Esd Dissipative Material

We manufacture three types of esd protecting material.

Esd dissipative material.

Esd protection for products sensitive to static discharge. Anti static materials are generally referred to as any material which inhibits triboelectric charging. These materials are called static dissipative and have resistivity values below 10 12 ohm meters. Dissipative materials are classified antistatic and are considered to be the ideal range for esd materials.

This kind of charging is the buildup of an electric charge by the rubbing or contact with another material. Materials in automated manufacturing which will touch on conductive areas of esd sensitive electronic should be made of dissipative material and the dissipative material must be grounded. Our custom parts and shapes are less resistive to the build up of static charge without compromising the strength wear properties heat resistance or chemical resistance manufacturers expect from. We manufacture esd material like conductive plastics antistatic plastics and dissipative plastics for minimizing or eliminating damaging static.

Dissipative materials have a surface resistivity equal to or greater than 1 x 10 5 ω sq but less than 1 x 10 12 ω sq or a volume resistivity equal to or greater than 1 x 10 4 ω cm but less than 1 x 10 11 ω cm 2 conductive. Dissipative items have a surface resistance of more than 1 x 10 5 ohms square but less than 1 x10 11 ohms square. Static dissipative materials are considered to be the ideal range for esd materials allowing an electric change to flow to ground slowly and in a controlled manner. The charges flow to ground more slowly and in a somewhat more controlled manner than with conductive materials.

To be able to pack electronics or other products sensitive to static electricity wellplast ab offers the materials with esd protection. Anti static edit anti static materials are generally referred to as any material which inhibits triboelectric charging. However thermoplastics such as peek and acetal can be modified to provide a range of electrically conductive anti static or static dissipative properties. Abs esd7 is an abs thermoplastic with static dissipative properties for applications where a static charge can damage products impair their performance or cause an explosion in a flammable environment.

Dissipative materials have a surface resistivity equal to or greater than 1 x 10 5 ω sq but less than 1 x 10 12 ω sq or a volume resistivity equal to or greater than 1 x 10 4 ω cm but less than 1 x 10 11 ω cm 2. Dissipative materials allow the charges to flow to ground more slowly in a more controlled manner than with conductive materials.