As the work
wear industry grows, so does the demand for health and safety equipment from ESD Gloves to anti-flame jackets. In
some cases you might be required to ask an employee to carry out a task in a
dangerous environment where they might be dealing with heat or electricity. For
these situations, there are many protective clothing out there that can help
your employee carry out their task to the best of their ability instead of
worrying about their safety; if the employee feels they're at risk they would
not be able to work efficiently.
Protective
Clothing: If your employee is about
to work in a very hot environment you would need protective clothing to ensure
your employee will be completely safe from skin burns. Anti-flame jackets with Antistatic Racks would be perfect for
this scenario. In other cases your employee might be dealing with electricity
where the individual would definitely need ESD (electrostatic discharge) safety
boots.
Gloves
or Finger Tools: In order to control ESD,
one may prevent the build-up of static charge. The use of anti-static and
static dissipative materials may eliminate the charge build-up. Antistatic
latex ESD Gloves could assist in
this aspect. Cloth finger stools are used to protect fingers from injury due to
friction for instance, in holding badminton racket. Leather finger stools serve
the same function as that of the cloth finger stools. These are small items and
available at very low prices, their importance is immensely significant
particularly in manufacturing, laboratory and food industries.
Causes
of ESD: In electronic industries like
manufacture of semi-conductor and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), the main cause
of damage to electronic components is Electrostatic Discharge (ESD). There are
two main causes of ESD.
It is due
to static electricity generated by turbocharging whereby two objects are
brought together and separated. This will give rise to difference in electrical
potential which may cause ESD event.
The second
one is due to electrostatic induction where an electrically charged object, be
it conducive or non-conducive, comes into contact or in near contact with a
conducive object, for instance a printed circuit board (PCB) isolated from
ground. The sudden surge of current may cause ESD event that subsequently
damages the PCB.
