Hi Stuart!
The quick response, YES.

A couple of concerns:
How are you sure you are removing the foreign object and not just
lodging it under nearby parts.

But more importantly, and to address your specific question, we would
do this sort of thing with an ionizing air blower - not a regular
compressed air feed.


regards,

Graham Collins
Process Engineer,
Northrop Grumman Canada Corporation
Halifax
(902) 873-2000 ext 6215

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TechNetters,

        Is the use of compressed air for removing loose foreign object
an ESD concern for CCAs?

Stuart Korringa
Product Quality Engineer
Smiths Aerospace
Electronic Systems- Grand Rapids
3290 Patterson Ave. S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI. 49512-1991
Phone: 616.241.8189
Fax: 616.241.7736
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