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ESD protection guarantees a safe working

environment

Particularly in the electronics industry, work is often carried out in an ESD protected area (EPA) that is protected from
static discharge. To create and maintain EPA one needs to pay attention especially to furniture and personnel, which need to
be grounded. Protection can involve earthing equipment and painting the frame of the workstation with semi-conductive paint.

We have extensive experience in developing, manufacturing and supplying ESD furnishings. All our workstations and related
products are available with an electrically semi-conductive coat of paint and we supply furnishings, seats and earthing
components for ESD-protected workstations. We also build complete production systems equipped with ESD-protection. Our
ESD-protected products meet the requirements specified in the IEC 61340-5-1 standard.

STATIC ELECTRICITY

The abbreviation ESD stands for Electrostatic Discharge, a process that occurs between two objects of differing
electric potential. Normally, electric charges are discharged slowly from objects’ surfaces. If the difference in
electric potential becomes too great, the electrical current accelerates resulting in a sudden current surge.

An ESD protected area is called an EPA. In an EPA, ESD protection must be observed in all materials,
employees’ clothing and air humidity. Workstations and employees in an EPA must also be earthed with
protective resistance (1 Mohm) to an ESD earth.

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