Apart from Mike's & Frank's ; Doug, let's take the work personally : Imagine the 2M picture : There is Doug, justly frrreshly pooped from clean bath , ready for drying . Presses button ; comes out AN AIR GUN , which with the below mentioned deafening noise commences it's task with pitiful efficiency and truckloads of entailed negatives . Happy ? No ? Ok , lets have 3M picture : As above , Doug whistles high C voice command , and, viola, the LARGE DIA CENTRIFUGE WITH FILTER, aka common kitchen window fan , with variable speed to validate the optimal VOLUME flow, commences it's task . Doug is dry in seconds (60 of 'em), ready for his favorite "watering" hole . "do not to others you'd whish not to yourself" amen PS yes emitting needle spicing the air with occasional ozone molekule won't hurt. Desist the lavender oil capillary . -----Original Message----- From: Douglas Pauls [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, 10 March 2000 7:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] High Pressure Air Dry for PWBs - creates ESD? In a message dated 3/9/00 1:47:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Our current method of drying PWBs after cleaning is to blow them dry with a > standard air gun with up to 125 psi of air. Other than the sound level > which can be deafening does this create an ESD problem with static generated > by the fast moving air? What are the best methods of noise and static > abatement? > I would be far more concerned about the oil and other contaminants you are blowing onto the assembly. Doug Pauls ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################