Q: Does anybody know the reason behind the upper limit resistance (3,5×10E7Ohms)of a grounding system (personnel+conductive shoes+conductive flooring)? Why not 1×10E8Ohms? We have tried many waxes and all of them either give an overall reading for the system that is...
Q: Do the heel strap cords need to be placed inside the sock i.e. between skin and sock or can the cord be outside the sock i.e. between sock and shoe? Is this specified in any ESD documentation? If so, which standard? A: I like this question because I used to always...
Q: Is it ok to wear ESD shoes or heel, toe, or sole grounders outside? A: No. MIL-HDBK-263B Appendix 1 page 101 40.1.2 states, “Conductive shoes, shoe covers, or heel grounders should be used to discharge personnel on conductive floors. These items should only be...
Q: Into our manufacturing area we have a dissipative floor installed, some areas has lost the dissipative properties, we are using ESD wax to correct those areas. We are not having good results, we measure point to point and point to ground and these areas still...
Q. What is the importance of having the personnel within an EPA to wear ESD footwear on an ESD Flooring system? A. Thanks for the inquiry. It was good speaking with you earlier. You had stated that you had concerns about the grounding of your flooring system and my...
