As long as Steve has brought up the touchy subject of safety glasses I
thought I'd throw in the touchy question of drinking water on the line.

We work to J-STD-001 and flow that down to our subcontractors. We have a
subcontractor that has always allowed their operators to have a jug of
water at their bench. The containers they use are ESD safe and have a straw
out the top so they don't have to touch the top of the container where they
drink (unlike a sports bottle with a pop up top) .

Two questions, what is the problem with this approach and when the spec
refers to "drinking" does it mean water and why? (woops I guess that's
three questions)

Thanks,

Ken Bloomquist
Sr. Principal Process Engineer
PRIMEX Aerospace Company
P.O. Box 97009
Redmond, WA 98073-9709
http://www.primextech.com

Ph:   425-885-5000
FAX: 425-882-5786
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Northcon/2000, Chairman of the Board
http://www.northcon.org

Electronics Manufacturers Association (EMA), President
http://www.ema-wa.org

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