July 2019

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A Minute with Miranda – How to care for your ESD smocks

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Welcome back to “A Minute with Miranda.” This week we will be covering how to launder your ESD Smocks.

SCS Static Control Smocks should be laundered periodically for proper operation. Smocks should be washed by hand or with a standard household washing machine using cold or warm water with a non-ionic liquid detergent. Avoid using bleach, fabric softeners or dry detergents as these can contaminate the conductive fibers and make the garment insulative .

After washing the smocks they should either be hung dry or tumbled dry at low heat. High heat can degrade the conductive fibers within the garment and degrade the ESD properties.

With normal wearing and washing conditions, SCS Static Control Smocks will maintain their ESD properties for a minimum of 100 washings.

SCS Smocks meet the requirement for Groundable Static Control Garment System per ANSI/ESD S20.20 required limit of less than 3.5 x 107 ohm Rtg tested per ANSI/ESD STM2.1 and ESD TR53.

To learn more about SCS Smocks, click here.

A Minute with Miranda – Why you need an ESD Worksurface Mat

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Welcome back to “A Minute with Miranda.” This week we will be covering ESD Worksurface Mats.

SCS worksurface mats serve two purposes for an ESD worksurface in an EPA:

  • they provide a surface that does not generate a static charge and
  • they remove charges from all charged conductors, which include ESD susceptible devices and assemblies, that are placed on the surface.

SCS worksurface mats are constructed from either dissipative 2 layer rubber or 3 layer vinyl material and are available in both rolls and mat kits.

We can also quote custom sizes SCS worksurface mats meet ANSI/ESD STM4.1 ANSI/ESD S20.20 required limit of 1 x 106 to less than 1 x 109 ohms for Rtt and Rtg and the recommendations of ANSI/ESD S4.1

For more information on SCS Worksurface matting, check out our Selection Guide here.

Introducing “A Minute with Miranda”

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SCS is excited to announce a brand new video series discussing real-life ESD problems and solutions.  This is a great educational resource for anybody new to ESD or just wanting to learn more about best practices.

Each episode will focus on one issue commonly found in an ESD Protected Area – at the same time we will present solutions so you know how to tackle the problem should you ever face it in your own factory.

A new episode will be published each week so make sure you subscribe to our YouTube channel to get notified when a new video is available. Episodes 1 and 2 are now live so don’t waste a second longer and catch-up now: