This transfer often occurs between human hands and electronics, which can result in harmful electric shock that can injure the individual, or interference, permanent damage and catastrophic failure of many different sensitive electronic devices, equipment and machinery. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc.
City of Industry, CA | 323-724-7777Gordon Brush’s® ESD & cleanroom products meet the specific needs of the electronics industry plus industries where static electricity buildup is detrimental to manufacturing.
Static Solutions, Inc.
Hudson, MA | 508-480-0700We are a manufacturer of static control products, including anti-static bags. These products include the Series 4000 anti-static mat, personnel grounding items (wrist straps, heel grounders), field service kit, field meter, resistivity tester, hand lotion, floor products and aisle warning tape.
ACL Staticide
Chicago, IL | 800-782-8420We are manufacturers of Staticide topical anti-static liquids, wipes, static dissipative flooring finishes, static detection and measurement meters, wrist strap and heel ground testers, ESD chair testers, anti-static cleaners, static control permanent coating for plastics as well as computer cleaning and maintenance products.
Bennett & Bennett
Springfield, OH | 937-324-1100Committed to providing the finest cleanroom & static control products & services to a wide range of industries. Products include static control mats, anti-static bags & film, static shielding & conduct bags, static control apparel, ionizing guns, bars, blowers & nozzles, personnel grounding items, etc.
Amstat Industries, Inc.
Mundelein, IL | 847-998-6210Amstat Industries provides a complete line of static control products, including nuclear and electrical static eliminators, anti-static brushes and tinsel, anti-static chemicals and floor finishes, as well as static meters. Eliminators include bars, compressed air guns and nozzles, air knives, and fans.
ESD Products - Gordon Brush Mfg. Co., Inc.While the electronic device may not undergo complete failure when subjected to ESD, it will degrade, which is product damage that results in a lower level of efficiency and reliability. However, there are several simple and effective products designed to guard against ESD, all of which are inexpensive and regularly used by computer repair technicians, clean room workers, lab technicians and workers assembling and manufacturing electronics, computers and cell phones. The products include anti static mats and gloves, ground straps, spray, bags and brushes.
These products ground, dissipate, conduct or balance any charge carried on an individual about to handle electronic hardware of any kind. Before anyone touches the internal components of any electronic device or equipment, it must be unplugged and the person must be grounded, which is the process of connecting with a conductor to transfer any ESD to another object, making sure there is no chance to transfer any to the hardware.
ESD protection comes in many different forms, which are all preventative. Static is generated very easily, and can be caused by two pieces of clothing lightly rubbing together. Once static has transferred from a hand to electronic hardware, the damage cannot be undone. The most popular, effective and inexpensive method is a grounding strap, often called a wrist strap. These are Velcro cuffs made of a conductive fiber material with a small piece of metal attached to a wire in the form of a braid, strip, mesh or wire.
That wire is connected to a grounding device like an anti static mat made of rubber and a grounding outlet. Anti static gloves are mostly used in electronics and computer manufacturing and assembly environments, where workers are continually handling sensitive, internal hardware. They prevent the static charge from transferring from a hand to the device by blocking the static.
Static brushes are used when cleaning equipment, while anti-static spray prevents the occurrence of ESD by coating hard-to-reach places. Other less common options include ionizers, which neutralize static charges sitting on object surfaces, and corona treaters, which expose the object to electrical discharge as another preventative measure against ESD.