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Why you should Use Anti-Static Mats

by Rohil Kumar Sr. SEO Analyst

Have you ever been received the electric shock while walking at the home or in office. The shock that you feel or received is called the ESD Electrostatic discharge. These shocks are common in nature. The ESD discharged is high when the condition is humid and there is a humid lot of humidity in the environment. The main cause of the ESD is static electricity.  Static electricity is mainly generated through tribocharging like rubbing a comb against a dry hair, rubbing a balloon against a sweater.

The different types of ESD

Spark

The common form of EDS is the spark. The spark can cause damage to the electric equipments and slight discomfort to the people. But many of the ESD discharge occur in a very small quantity without shocking the individual. But these small ESD discharge can cause severe damage to the electronic equipments. Many electronic devices can get damage with a ESD discharge as low as 30 volts. These types of ESD discharge can cause degrade the life and reliability of the electronic devices. The performance of the electronic devices also effects.

Corona discharge

Corona discharge occurs between highly curved electrodes. The discharge by corona can be audible and the discharge also represents power loss. They could be dangerous to human where the power lines runs through the populated areas.  Corona discharge can cause problems in Electronic power transmission. The electronic components such  as transformers, capacitors and electric motors gets damage and does not works properly.

Now we have discussed about the different types of ESD discharge and how they can affect our equipments badly. So to save yourself and the equipments from the EDS discharge it is necessary to put Anti-Static Mats on the floor.

What are Anti-static Mats?

Anti static mats are common mats which help in protecting the person and individual from the electrostatic sock. The anti- static mats does this by having a controlled low resistance. These mats are usually plugged into the ground in a electrical outlet.

Working conditions with ESD

With the growing number of machines and computer in the working area and the employee working there are highly prone to the ESD discharge. The employees today work on the computer or manufacturing machines should have safe environment conditions. ESD will not only highly danger to the employees working there but also can heavily effect the life of the machines and deteriorate there performance. The deterioration of the machines will not only cost the company but also lessen the productivity.

Anti- Static Mats helps in preventing electrocution

The anti-static mats at the working place will reduce the threat of electrocution to the employee working there. Though the ESD discharge has its bad effect on the electronic devices even a small amount of ESD can cause bad function of the electronic device. If the amount of the ESD discharge is high it could kill a human. The anti-static mats are very crucial for the places where life savings and sophisticated equipments are used to save life and perform crucial tasks. Most of the ESD problems occur because we do not know what happening underground. This is the reason why anti-static mat, anti-static chair is been used and is very important in electronic manufacturer industries.

So if you want to make a work place safer without causing any major or minor injuries to the employee and electronic devices you should take the proper precautions.  You should have the proper Anti-Static Mats installed in the floor. Hope you will find the reasons discussed above beneficial and help in making the industries safe place for working.

Hariom Balhara is an experienced SEO professional. He is an expert in writing on Anti Static Mats, Antistatic Chairs and loves to follow the development which is taking place in the industry.


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About Rohil Kumar Junior   Sr. SEO Analyst

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