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The quality of products and reliability of operation are essential in modern electronics manufacturing, and are dependent on the substrate under the feet of the workers. With today's manufacturing of more sensitive products, ranging from microchips to circuit boards, a consistent electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection has become an essential component of facility design and anti static flooring is an essential element that provides that protection.
Protecting Sensitive Components from Invisible Threats
ESD is a silent and unaffordable problem in electronic assembly. Walking on an insulative surface can create a thousand volts or more of static electricity, which may discharge onto sensitive circuit components resulting in immediate failure or later in the field failure that is undetected. At an electronics facility, the smallest discharge can cause critical systems to fail or permanently damage sensitive parts of the facility.
Seamless anti static flooring is designed to alleviate this risk by creating a controlled route for static electricity to drain away which helps to discharge it safely. The floor surface has a particular electrical resistance, usually between 10⁶ and 10⁹ ohms, so that the static dissipates slowly, rather than all at once through a component. This controlled dissipation is crucial when assembling and testing microchips and circuit boards. Anti static flooring, when installed properly, can decrease the number of electrostatic discharge events up to 90%.
Seamless Surfaces for Cleanroom Environments
Electronic factories, especially semiconductor manufacturers and manufacturers of medical equipment, must keep rigorous cleanliness. Traditional flooring systems that have seams, tiles or grout lines provide spaces for dust and particles to collect, disrupting a cleanroom.
These contamination points can be eliminated by using seamless anti static flooring. When applied as a monolithic coating, it provides a seamless, dust-free, bacteria-free coating that can't be seen or felt. The seamless construction is a key requirement for clean rooms, laboratories and high-tech assembly areas where microscopic particles can lead to product defects. The smooth surface also allows for easy cleaning and disinfection, which is essential in the electronics manufacturing industry. Most seamless floors can be cleaned with conventional floor polishing and mopping machines, and are resistant to chemicals, oils and solvents.
Supporting Heavy Loads and Factory Operations
Electronics factories are a very demanding environment. The flooring need to be able to resist heavy equipment, rolling loads from automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and foot traffic without degradation or loss of ESD properties.
Anti static flooring systems are designed to be durable, seamlessly. Some systems can accommodate forklifts and cranes without getting damaged even at thicknesses of 50-60 micrometres. Some have outstanding chemical, scratch and impact resistance, which helps to minimize wear and provide long term ESD protection for the coating system. A wide range of systems can satisfy the highly demanding abrasion resistance test requirements of EN 13892-4 and some systems even reach the very low level of 20 mg.
Follow Compliance and Industry Standards
ESD control standards recognized in the electronics industry are very demanding, such as ANSI/ESD S20.20 and IEC 61340-5-1. Seamless anti static flooring is engineered to satisfy the needs and provides documented evidence of compliance for audits and certifications.
Unlike traditional mats and tiles that can lose consistency and performance over time, seamless flooring systems offer a consistent conductivity throughout the entire floor surface. There are many systems available with various conductivities that are suitable for a variety of applications such as explosion risk areas (conductive, 10⁴–10⁶ ohms) or electronics assembly (static dissipative, 10⁶–10⁹ ohms). This flexibility together with the diverse colour choices of the factories enables the production of ESD-safe work and waiting spaces that are aesthetically pleasing and efficiently designed.
Shanghai Herzesd Industrial Co., Ltd. has a full line of ESD Protection products for ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION applications such as anti static workstations, anti static storage systems and anti static flooring. Herzesd has been in the business of international trade for more than 10 years, providing customers with quality products and prompt lead times. Please discuss your anti static floor requirements with us.