When you’re specifying ESD flooring, demos and tests performed in a lab tell only part of the story. The real question is, how will the floor perform in your space? That’s why we recommend a practical, hands-on approach: Install a test patch and treat it like it’s already in service. Expose it to traffic. Roll your chair and measure charge generation. Move heavy carts; be sure the wheels make contact with conductive particles in the material. Drive a forklift over it. Clean it like your janitorial staff would. Watch for wear, maintenance issues, load performance, and ESD compliance. A pilot installation – set up to replicate real-world conditions – can reveal challenges you won’t see on a spec sheet.
If you’d like to install your own ESD test patch, call today. We’ll supply the materials. 617-923-2000
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Transcript
ESD Flooring – Try Before You Buy
ESD Flooring – Try Before You Buy
[Narrator] Before you commit to purchasing a new ESD floor, make the floor prove itself, in your space, under your conditions.
Install a test patch. Put it in the center of the action. Stomp, scuff, spill chemicals on it. The way your team actually will. How much charge do you generate when you sit in a chair? Roll carts over the test patch. Do the wheels make contact with the conductive particles in the flooring material? Does the floor need to be buffed or scrubbed? Drive heavy equipment over it. Turn, twist, drive back and forth. Let the floor take a beating for a month or two and see what it looks like.
Then retest for ESD compliance. If it passes inspection, you’ve found your floor. If the floor meets ESD standards, passes tests and checks all the right boxes for your application, you’ve got an ESD floor you can rely on. Now, and for the life of your floor.
To discuss your project or order a test patch, give us a call, 617-923-2000. We keep you grounded.
