• DocumentCode
    2367100
  • Title

    Control of static charge on personnel: impact of socks on resistance to ground through footwear

  • Author

    Numaguchi, Toshikazu

  • Author_Institution
    Electro/Commun. Syst. Tech. Dept., 3M Ltd., Sumitomo, Japan
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    10-12 Sept. 1996
  • Firstpage
    333
  • Lastpage
    337
  • Abstract
    A study was initiated to evaluate the resistance to ground and tribocharging characteristics of a large number of people wearing different shoes in an electronics manufacturing environment. Various test methods were used to measure the resistance of shoes, shoes and socks, and resistance to ground of personnel through various flooring materials. This study has determined that the impact of socks to the overall resistance to ground values of personnel is a critical factor especially in an environment with low relative humidity.
  • Keywords
    electric resistance; electronic equipment manufacture; electrostatic discharge; human factors; humidity; personnel; testing; triboelectricity; electronics manufacturing environment; flooring materials; footwear; low relative humidity environment; personnel; resistance to ground; socks; static charge control; test methods; tribocharging characteristics; Electronic equipment manufacture; Electrostatic discharges; Human factors; Humidity; Personnel; Resistance; Testing; Triboelectricity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Overstress/Electrostatic Discharge Symposium, 1996. Proceedings
  • Print_ISBN
    1-878303-69-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EOSESD.1996.865161
  • Filename
    865161