Re: Suggestions for Rugged ESD-Dissipative Work Area Mat


James Morrison wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am looking for suggestions for material to use as a mat on my work
> bench. If you have manufacturer and part numbers you an suggest that
> would be great. Or even just a type of material to look for would be
> helpful.
>
> Here are the criteria I'd like to meet in order of importance to me with
> 1 being most important.
>
> 1) ESD-Dissipative obviously with an external connection to earth
> 2) tough enough to cut on it with a knife without cutting through
> 3) my soldering iron won't simply melt through it like butter
> 4) a colour other than that ugly blue that most ESD mats are
>
> Maybe I'm asking for the moon. But we've been there so perhaps this
> isn't that difficult.
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> James.

James, my cousin worked in the floor covering industry and built us an
antistatic "pads" for a workbench. He made it out of commercial carbon
filled floor tiles used for ESD proof rooms. It consists of a matrix of
tiles laid in a framework. There is a copper foil tape that runs under each
tile and this solders to a common copper foil on the edge of the frame where
a grounding wire is attached. This unit has been used every day for 10+
years in our lab without major degradation. It has been cut upon, solder
splattered, etc. and just keeping on conducting. Color is more of a salt &
pepper off white.

Blakely

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