Manufacturing or handling electronic components, parts, and products, requires protection from ESD, electrostatic discharges. ESD damage may happen in very low voltages, undetectable by humans, and can cause invisible defects, weaken the end-product's durability, or change its functionality. ESD damages can be avoided by building proper ESD protected area (EPA).
At Treston, ESD protection is built into the very foundation of our ESD workstation solutions. For over 40 years, Treston has been the benchmark in ESD furniture. Treston's industrial ESD workstation solutions are ESD Proof by Design™.
How to create a safe ESD-protected area (EPA)? We created a 6-point checklist for you on how to create and maintain ESD-protected areas. It is not difficult, but requires attention.
Ensuring ESD protection is especially important in the electronics industry, but the increasing use of electronics in all kinds of products is leading to the need to create ESD-protected areas in more and more industrial and technical environments.
Our ESD specialists have compiled the best practices of how to measure ESD into an easy-to-read guide. This guide covers everything from the ESD measuring equipment to ESD standards and provides practical methods for measuring ESD in industrial workstations.
By measuring ESD in your workspace, you can identify potential problem areas and take proactive steps to prevent ESD incidents from occurring. Even a single ESD event can damage sensitive electronic components and lead to expensive downtime and repairs.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is the sudden flow of electricity which happens when two electrically charged objects come in contact. If powerful enough, the ESD can be felt, seen, or even heard by humans. Such an occurrence is called an electricstatic shock.
However, electronic components and products, handled in many workplaces nowadays, can be affected in lower voltages, undetectable by humans, and ESD damage might happen. These ESD defects can often be neither seen nor detected in final testing. Nevertheless, they can cause problems in the end-product, for example, by weakening its durability or changing its functionality.
To avoid ESD damage, proper ESD protection should be ensured by building an ESD protected area (EPA), in which electronic components, parts, and products can be handled safely. The main role in an EPA is played by furniture with ESD protection.
Ensuring ESD protection is especially important in the electronics industry, but the increasing use of electronics in all kinds of products is leading to the introduction of EPAs in more and more workplaces in industrial and technical environments. This is critical today for many companies, where sensitive electronics are handled, including defence sector, semiconductor sector, maritime, fine mechanics, optical technologies, and medical industry.
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