Anti Static or ESD garments present a static shielding barrier between the wearer of the clothing and the electronics in proximity to them. Heel grounders connect us physically to grounded surfaces. Since the human body is a conductor, it is smart to wear this clothing to prevent damage to electronics you are handling or will be nearby.
ESD Smock testing procedure requires the fabric to be measured as “static dissipative” on the Ohms scale and to be grounded (bonded electrically to a grounding system) so that it is not an isolated floating conductor. In this article, we review how ANSI / ESD S20.20-2021 defines ESD Smocks and explain the “isolated floating conductor” issue with wearing ESD clothing.
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ESD Smocks present a conductive, static shielding barrier between electrostatic discharges (ESD) emanating from your body and any electronics that you may be near.
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