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When you work with StaticWorx, we’ll give you the tools to help you choose the right floor for your application.

We realize an ESD floor is an investment. Whether you’re an architect, contractor, project manager or property owner, you have a lot at stake – time, money, perhaps even your reputation. We’ll give you the tools to help you choose the right floor for your application.

For help or advice about choosing an ESD floor, call us on 617-923-2000, email [email protected], or visit our Guide to ESD Flooring Selection.

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How to Evaluate ESD Flooring Performance Beyond Resistance Testing

In Part One, we explored why resistance testing alone does not fully predict ESD flooring performance. Materials that test within the same resistance range can behave very differently once installed in operational environments. So if resistance is only part of the picture, what should architects, engineers, and facility teams evaluate instead? The answer is not

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Why an ESD Floor Can Meet the Spec — Yet Fail in the Space

When architects, engineers, and facility teams evaluate ESD flooring, products are often grouped into broad categories like conductive or dissipative. If a material falls within the specified resistance range, the assumption is simple: the requirement has been met. But in real-world environments, ESD performance is more complicated than a resistance value alone. Resistance testing measures

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Ammunitions and Explosives

The handling and manufacture of ammunition and explosives requires different static protection procedures than those for handling electronic devices. The Department of Defense (DoD) manual 4145.26-M, The Contractor’s Safety Manual for Ammunition and Explosives, deals with this kind of work. This document was modified on March 13, 2008, and a change incorporated on August 31,

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Exploring ESD Flooring Options for Electronics Manufacturing & Handling Applications

For electronics manufacturing and handling facilities, ESD standard S20.20 requires the use of ESD-protective footwear. Acceptable ESD footwear includes conductive heel straps, toe straps, sole straps and ESD shoes. The conductive elements in ESD-protective footwear bond with the conductive elements in the floor, creating a reliable ground connection and protecting the wearer against potential shocks

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Flooring for Electronics Manufacturing & Handling Applications

Electronics industry flooring applications—including electronics manufacturing facilities, microelectronics fabrication, circuit board assembly, box build, electronics test and repair, cleanrooms, labs and R&D facilities—have more stringent static-control requirements than do most other applications. Electronic equipment with highly sensitive microcircuits is particularly susceptible to damage caused by the sudden spike in electrical current that results from random

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ESD Flooring Choices

Realizing you might need ESD flooring is only the beginning. How can you be sure you’re choosing the right floor for your application and environment? On this page, you’ll find info on the different types of ESD flooring (also known as antistatic flooring or static-control flooring) along with our flooring selector chart to help you find the

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