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Static electricity discharge (ESD) creates problems for manufacturers and users of electronic equipment. One way to combat ESD is to install static free flooring in environments like data centers and mission critical areas where static discharges can not be tolerated under any circumstances. Unfortunately as much as 50% of static control flooring is specified incorrectly leaving specifiers open to liability and possible safety concerns.Read more

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Conventional anti-static carpet is designed to enhance human comfort only. Conversely, Staticworx® ShadowFX Carpet is designed to enhance human comfort AND improve the performance of electronic equipment. Static electricity in the workplace is generated from many sources other than the carpeted floor, such as clothing, the interaction of clothing and furniture, plastic, etc. Anti-static carpet only ensures that the carpet itself does not generate harmful static charges. Staticworx® ShadowFX Carpet ensures that the carpet and the people do not generate harmful static charges.

For centuries humans assumed the Earth marked the center of the universe. Then Copernicus came along, refused to accept this "common knowledge," and completely changed our understanding of the situation.

As children we are taught to accept that science is a body of facts based on well-researched evidence. We are not to question the Earth's place in the universe, the assertion that what goes up must come down. They are the irrefutable truisms of our existence.Read more

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Performs ESD Flooring Audits and Certifies Facilities that Comply with Anti-Static Flooring Standards

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02/06/2011

WATERTOWN, MA— In an effort to help facilities protect their employees and electronic equipment through flooring that meets electrical safety standards, Staticworx Inc., North America’s largest manufacturer of static-control flooring products and services, has launched a GroundSafe™ Initiative.

Professionals from Staticworx will present Certificates of Compliance to companies that demonstrate they are protecting their worksites on three levels: electrical safety, static control performance, and environmental health.Read more

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We recently installed esd carpet tile flooring in our new server room. The carpet tiles are made with heavy denier conductive fibers loaded into a textured graphic loop yarn. The tile sample card stated it would measure between 1.0 X 10 E6 and 1.0 X 10 E9. An independent auditor measured less than 1.0 X 10 E5 on many of the tile. The tiles in question are the most important ones because they are beneath and next to our blade servers. The rest of the floor is measuring okay.Read more

We are charged with recommending anti-static resilient flooring for a government client. This space is part of a data center that stores classified government information. Between vinyl and rubber - what is the difference and which flooring is more suitable for our application?
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ESD Flooring: Choosing the Right Static Control ESD Flooring

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An ESD Flooring Checklist

• Only conductive and static dissipative floors can be grounded. Standard flooring installed with ground strips or conductive adhesive will not offer any static protection.
• Any effective conductive or static dissipative floor can be verified with an ohm meter to determine the electrical resistance of the material.Read more

  ANSI/ESD S20.20-2007

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  The ESD Association standard for creating a static control process for handling ESD sensitive (ESDS) devices.

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  Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts, Assemblies and Equipment (Excluding Electrically Initiated Explosive Devices covers the requirements necessary to design, establish, implement, and maintain an ESD control program to protect electrical or electronic parts, assemblies and equipment susceptible to ESD damage from Human Body Model (HBM) discharges greater than or equal to 100 volts.

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Choose ESD Flooring by Application

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Rating Different ESD Flooring applications

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Did you know that most static control flooring can’t eliminate static on people if they are wearing standard footwear?

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That’s a big deal; workers in data centers, call centers and control rooms don’t wear special shoes. Therefore, a properly specified static free floor needs to perform regardless of the type of footwear worn.Read more

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How to discuss and recommend the right static control flooring with a client

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A guide for architects working within client environments and applications that require conductive flooring

I recently visited with an architect who asked me how to best discuss and guide a client interested in using static control carpet in their application and environment.

There are two main question areas to begin the client discussion and help determine the right static control flooring recommendation:Read more

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Specifying anti static flooring for critical environments like 911 dispatcher communication rooms is different than for ESD protected areas (EPAs) in electronics manufacturing.

Static dissipative carpet tile versus ESD grade conductive carpet.

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• Explosives and Flammable Materials Handling
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Rating Different ESD Flooring applications

are you grounded?

View PDF Rating Different ESD flooring applicationsRead more

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ShadowFX Carpet Tile is recommended for all ESD-sensitive areas where static protective footwear is not likely to be worn - Ideal for use in civilian or government areas including data storage and mission critical command centers. The patented Helix Fiber yarn system engineered into our modular carpet tile ensures the consistent electrical performance of the floor, eliminating all risk of staticy carpet and static-induced malfunctions.

ShadowFX - First Carpet Tile to Cover It All:

One solution to meet all your anti-static flooring needs

ShadowFX is the first anti-static carpet tile to provide permanent protection against ESD damage while meeting the latest safety requirements set by ANSI, FAA, Motorola, ATIS, and NFPA. It eliminates the need to choose between static dissipative and static conductive flooring options, instead it offers the best of both technologies.Read more

Walking Body Voltage Generation Between Conductive and Static-Dissipative Carpet Tile

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