Venture Specialty Products & Services offers the latest ESD/Conductive Flooring Solutions |
We represent and install a complete assortment of ESD Flooring Options including:
- ESD Vinyl Tile
- ESD Rubber Tile
- ESD Carpet Tile
- ESD Polymer Floors
- FGS Permashine Polished Concrete Floors that have met the industry ANSI/ESD 20.20 standard for ESD Floors.
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ESD/Conductive Flooring is used in the following industries:
- Electronics
- Electronics Assembly
- Military facilities
- Solvent mfg facilites
- All XP Environments
- Pharmaceutical Facilities
- Grain Areas
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| We work with manufacturers such as ICS Garland, Static Smart, Rust-Oleum, Perma Stat, and others to meet and exceed the needs of our customers. | |
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Because most high tech businesses house multiple processes, each with its own individual ESD flooring requirement, satisfying every department can be a daunting and thankless job.
To address the diverse needs of their various departments, managers of high tech facilities have begun to combine flooring solutions, often using architects to help them create a functional, attractive and well-integrated environment.
Whatever your needs, StaticSmart can help.
We offer flexible ESD flooring options to provide you with the best of class floors for every individual area of your facility.
StaticSmart: Your single-source ESD flooring supplier. |
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- ESD Carpet Tile
- SMT Line ESD Carpet for SMT and Electronics Assembly
- StatLock ESD Carpet for Access Floors
- Posi-Tile MC ESD Carpet for Access Floors
- ESD Broadloom Carpet
- ESD Vinyl Tile
- ESD Rubber Flooring
- Flex-Floor ESD Rubber
- ESD Epoxy Flooring
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In industries where electronic components or volatile chemicals are involved, static electricity can result in significant damage, injury and financial loss. Even when people are equipped to handle static-sensitive devices, inadvertent contact can occur. Garland's ESD floor, wall and ceiling coatings and toppings can tie your entire ESD system together. With the most comprehensive ESD line in the industry, the Garland Floor Company can design a floor system to meet your specific needs. Not only does Garland have the most complete line, our products significantly outperform the competition and are protected by multiple patents. Our ESD products generate a maximum Body Voltage Generation of 15 volts, and have consistent readings regardless of relative humidity. |
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EPHB CR High-Build Primer for ESD Coatings
A high-build primer formulated specifically for applications involving static-sensitive products or equipment. EPHB CR is easily applied and penetrates deep into the concrete. The result is a primed surface that works in conjunction with Garland's ESD-control coatings.
PR 300 Vinyl Tile Epoxy Primer
PR 300 is an ideal primer for ESD applications where a static-control coating is being applied over vinyl tile. It is formulated with a special curing agent that provides extra bond strength, assuring a secure bond to the tile. PR 300 combines high strength and flexibility, enabling the primer to move with the tile's natural flexing, so the tile won't loosen. | |
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ESD PR1 Conductive Black Primer
If a conductive floor coating is required, ESD PR1 can be applied as a base coat before using an ESD topcoat. This black, conductive, carbon-filled primer is applied at 6 mils (2.5 x 104 - 106 range). It should not be used with an ESD urethane topcoat.
ESD PR3 Static-Dissipative Black Primer
This primer was specifically formulated to be used with Garland's Chemi-LDR 610 ESD Slurry Coating when a static dissipative floor is required. ESD PR3 allows Garland to be flexible when designing a system to meet your needs. It is a 100% solids epoxy system.
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Because ESD coatings differ in their characteristics and benefits, several different types of ESD products may be required for one facility. For example, areas with heavy tow-motor traffic, light foot traffic, clean room assembly/manufacturing, solvent/chemical storage, and product handling might each require several different ESD products. That's why Garland offers a full lline of ESD-control coatings.
Problems such as odor, moisture in new concrete, osmotic pressure, etc., also require an innovative product line. No single polymer type or ESD product will handle all of the conditions that can be experienced in the field. Garland Floor's dedication to research and development in ESD control allows us to offer the most extensive and cost-effective ESD product line on the market today.
Garland ESD-control coatings offer the following benefits:
- Consistent resistance measurements when tested at 10-500 volts.
- Eliminates hot and cold spots.
- <15 volts BVG (when utilizing conductive footwear). (ChemiTop 850ESD and Chemi-LDR 610 ESD <50; Chemi-Cote ESD EN 7000 <20.)
- Dissipate a 5000-volt charge to zero in <0.1 seconds (720F @ 12% RH).
- Maintain electrical conductivity throughout the entire thickness.
- Do not depend on relative humidity (RH) for electrical properties.
- Electrical properties guaranteed for five years.
Thin-Film ESD Epoxy Coatings
Chemi-Cote ESD EP 1000 Epoxy Coating
High-gloss, high-solids, low-odor ESD coating. Typical installation requires one coat.
Chemi-CoteTM ESD EP 3000 Epoxy Coating
High-gloss, solvent-borne, VOC-compliant coating with a slight orange peel finish. Typical installation requires two coats.
Chemi-LDRTM 610 ESD Self Leveler Epoxy
This high-gloss, low-odor, high-solids, 60-mil, ESD self-leveling coating is designed to be applied to floors that are too rough for a thin-film coating, but which have not deteriorated to the point where a heavy-duty floor resurfacer is needed to repair them. Typical installation is over a conductive or static-dissipative primer.
Chemi-CoteTM ESD EN 7000 Epoxy Novalac
This high-solids, low-odor, epoxy Novalac with an orange peel finish offers excellent chemical resistance against strong acids and caustics. Typical installation requires one coat.
Chemi-CoteTM ESD UR 5000 Polyurethane
This solvent-borne, VOC-compliant, UV-stable alphatic polyester polyurethane coating comes in a slight non-skid texture. Our urethanes also offer higher chemical resistance and are UV-stable. Typical installation requires one or two coats.
Chemi-Cote ESD WBUR 7000 Waterborne Urethane
This waterborne, low-odor aliphatic urethane offers easy sprayability for walls or workstations. It also features fast cure cycles, low VOC and easy repairability. Typical installation requires one or two coats.
Chemi-Top 950 ESD Epoxy Resurfacer
This low-odor, high-solids epoxy resurfacer has electrical properties throughout its entire thickness. Typical installation is a 3/16" topping applied by raking and then power-troweling. Used for badly damanged concrete or areas exposed to high abuse. Only available in a conductive range.
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What is the difference between static dissipative and conductive flooring?
First, it is important to understand that an ESD floor should never be purchased based upon whether it is called dissipative or conductive. These terms are inappropriate for specifying permanent static control flooring. Ideally, a floor should be specified based upon both its propensity to tribo-charge people and its electrical resistance to ground (measured in ohms or meg-ohms) when installed. Descriptions like dissipative and conductive do not adequately describe these properties.
When evaluating an ESD floor for its ability to control static, ESD engineers verify that:
1) The floor will not generate more than 100V when someone walks on it;
2) The total system resistance of the person, footwear, walking surface and ground is less than or equal to 3.5 x 107 or 35 meg-ohms maximum.
Would I be better off with an antistatic or a conductive floor?
The answer to this question is similar to that of the previous question. The word antistatic does not designate some special electrical resistance range. Antistatic merely refers to a material’s propensity to charge other materials during contact and separation. If a floor has antistatic properties, it means that under a particular set of circumstances—say, a person walking across the floor wearing Rockport walking shoes—a significant static charge does not build up. If that same person walked across that same antistatic floor wearing leather-soled or athletic footwear, however, a static event might occur. If we were to focus on a particular set of conditions, as just described, we could end up with a floor that works only under those conditions, creating a situation that would be difficult to monitor or control. For this reason, we look at antistatic properties as part of a much bigger picture that includes electrical resistance to ground and tribo-charging performance at low relative humidity.
How are floors made conductive?
Most ESD floors are rendered electrically conductive by adding, blending or weaving carbon and graphite into standard flooring materials. Vinyl tile is made conductive by adding conductive carbon chips or veins into the vinyl raw materials used in standard vinyl flooring. Carpets are made conductive by weaving in thousands of carbon-coated conductive fibers. Rubber is made conductive by adding either carbon powder or adding chemicals that reduce electrical resistance of regular rubber flooring. Epoxy coating manufacturers utilize several different methods for making the coatings conductive, including: fiber technology, conductive aggregate additives, carbon and graphite particulate blending and sometimes a combination of several in the same coating.
How long do conductive properties last?
This is an interesting question. A quality product should provide a lifetime of service. Likewise, conductive properties should last for the life of the product. Some “dissipative’ vinyl products, however, require regular recoating with antistatic floor finish in order to maintain acceptable electrical properties. These should be avoided unless the solution does not need to be a long-term one. Some ESD carpets require periodic applications of a topical treatment containing antistat. The problem with applying the antistat is that the maintenance crew doesn’t always know when it is time to reapply the antistat or when the humidity conditions might be too low for adequate performance from a surface additive. Fortunately, there are many products that will provide unlimited electrical performance without any use of maintenance additives. Make sure you read the fine print.
If something is antistatic, does that mean it will conduct electricity?
As stated in the earlier question, antistatic and conductive are mutually exclusive terms. Antistatic has to do with properties involved in charging of materials when they contact and separate. Conductive properties refer to the ability of a material to conduct an electrical charge.
Could a conductive floor endanger people working with electrical equipment?
As long as the ESD flooring has a resistance to ground of over 25,000 ohms, the floor can be used in most factory and hospital situations. Operating rooms, which often house electrical defibrillation equipment, require floors to have resistance to ground ratings of over 25k ohms. A simple calculation that takes into consideration the highest voltage and current of electrical equipment used in a particular application will determine what is and what is not safe. But most standards recognize the 25k ohm number as a safe lower parameter.
Do ESD tiles need to touch in order to be grounded?
Electrical bonding between ESD floor tiles is achieved from the conductive adhesive and not as a result of individual tile to tile contact. The adhesives used in conductive installations are highly conductive and provides excellent continuity across the entire floor. Conductive adhesives take the place of so-called copper grounding grids beneath the floor. The conductive adhesive must be attached to some form of ground to meet relevant specifications.
How does relative humidity affect the performance of an ESD floor?
Static generation occurs more easily when the climate is dry. Static also stores better on surfaces when the air is dry. Sometimes an ESD floor will appear to perform when the humidity is over 40 percent. This is quite normal with carpet. Any ESD carpet should be tested at least as low as 12 percent relative humidity. Unless the carpet is loaded with carbon fibers, most carpets will fail below 20 percent RH.
Can new floors be installed over old?
This is one of those questions that should be answered only by a qualified flooring professional, based upon either a site inspection or a lengthy conversation. Almost any floor can be installed over an old floor as long as the old floor is in good condition and well-bonded to the sub floor. Some floors are much easier and less risky to install over old floors. Vinyl, for example, can be installed over existing vinyl. However, vinyl is stiff and unforgiving—it could delaminate if the adhesive does not cure well or if the surface is slightly uneven. The possibility of failure is much greater installing vinyl over vinyl than it would be if ESD carpet were installed over old vinyl. Carpet tiles are flexible and the release adhesive bonds extremely well to old vinyl and epoxy. Many installers prefer installing carpet tiles over old vinyl rather than over new concrete. Often, the choice of installing over old floors involves a decision to avoid removing old vinyl because it contains asbestos and the cost of removal might be a budget buster.
Why should I worry about moisture/vapor transmission protection with ESD flooring?
Moisture permeation through concrete slabs can wreak havoc with all types of flooring. Several years ago, the Rubber Association determined that levels exceeding 3 pounds of moisture per 1000 square feet per 24 hour period caused serious problems, such as delamination, adhesive breakdown and adhesive oozing. High moisture can also lead to the development of bacteria and molds, which, in addition to causing foul odors, contribute to sick building syndrome. The industry standard test for moisture permeation is the calcium chloride test. The test is simple and accurate. For the reasons stated above, high readings must not be ignored.
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