ESD Control Flooring

Data centers house a multitude of sensitive equipment that plays a crucial role in their operations. Given the significance of protecting such equipment, companies must exercise utmost caution. While flooring is often overlooked, it can be a critical aspect of safeguarding the assets within the data center. Types of data center flooring There exist several ... Read more

Controlling harmful electrostatic discharge is a hidden prerequisite in designing modern industrial facilities. Specifying anti-static flooring should be a priority when choosing surface materials. Before explaining ESD flooring, the first thing to define is ESD itself, which stands for electrostatic discharge. ESD is the release of static electricity when two objects come into contact. Getting ... Read more

An ESD flooring system helps control the static electric charge safely and serves as a barrier from accumulating a person’s movement across a polymer floor. The correct ESD flooring can significantly reduce or even eliminate the ESD charge. The reduction or elimination is essential since releasing the electrostatic charge can cause massive damage to sensitive ... Read more

Can your ESD floor ground itself? Some suppliers of ESD flooring make this type of claim about grounding esd flooring. They may specifically use the term “self-grounding” to provide assurance the floor, by itself, will effectively provide the type of ESD protection that is required by you during esd flooring installation. But, all international ESD ... Read more

In the past, ESD polymer flooring has been limited to a very small choice of color options.  This was due to the use of specialized ESD pigments which were used to make polymer coatings electrically active. Today, the new generation of ESD flooring technology utilizes a highly transparent topcoat that serves as its own ground ... Read more

Using color on your polymer floor is an easy way to help sustain your 5S programs.  It’s all about being organized and efficient.  You can use floor markings to establish and maintain areas of your production facility for dedicated purposes. But, ESD polymer flooring has traditionally been a 5S challenge due to a very small ... Read more

Traditional ESD flooring has been limited to a very small choice of dark, solid color options.  This has been due to the use of specialized ESD pigments which have been used to make polymer coatings electrically active.  Electronics manufacturers and assemblers can get a polymer ESD floor installed, but they have had little choice in ... Read more

ESD flooring helps to minimize static charge generation by draining static electricity from personnel working in areas where electrostatic charge may cause damage or injury. Floors with anti static coatings should be used to reduce equipment malfunction, along with fires and explosions. ESD flooring installation helps to prevent downtime in your facility so there isn’t ... Read more

Part of our commitment to our customers includes fully understanding the unique requirements of all the niche markets we serve.  Our desire is to continue developing a deep understanding of regulatory compliance issues, technology, future trends and all end-user concerns.  Protective Industrial Polymers (PIP) maintains active memberships and sponsorships in many of the leading developmental ... Read more