Please define conventional manufacturing area.
A. Is the floor disipative?
B. How low does the humidity go?
C. What are the sensitivity levels of your product?
d. What are your standard handling procedures for ESD sensitive components?
e. Do you currently use ionization?
f. Do you use shieldedcontainers
g. Do you foot grounders?

Al Cash
President
Midwest Chapter ESD Association

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Tilbrook [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 5:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] high pressure + low humidity = stress


Hi Technetters,

The following e-mail got sent a little while ago, but I don't think it
worked. If it did then sorry to bother you:

Our part of England has been experiencing a high pressure area for a
little while now. The relative humidity has thus managed to go below 30%,
causing us to go through our more stringent antistatic precautions.

The question is, what precautions do you find acceptable? In such
conditions, how do you implement them? We have a large conventional
manufacturing area, and room humidifiers would not be cost effective.
What would you do in such an area? What is the most cost effective
solution?

Thankyou for your time,

Best Regards,

Richard Tilbrook,
Student Engineer,
British Aerospace

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