Meeting 100% compliance in wrist strap testing - ESD (Elecro-Static Discharge)

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Jimmy Olson

#21
johnnybegood said:

7.5.5.C.1 Anti-Static Protection – Anti-static protection shall be employed, where applicable, for components and products susceptible to electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage. Consider components and products such as: integrated circuits, printed wiring board assemblies, magnetic tapes and/or disks, and other media used for software or data storage
Based on that text, I wouldn't say that testing is required. As long as you can show that you have taken steps and have things in place to prevent ESD and protect product that would meet the requirement..
 
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David Hartman

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I'm going to view this from a little different angle. Instead of worrying about how you are going to eliminate each incident of an employee not verifying their strap, maybe you should look at how do you make it IMPORTANT to the employees to perform that verification.

One method could be to request corrective action from the individual(s) that supervise/manage the production environment. Make it important to them, and they will make it important to those under them. But, beyond beating management into submission; have you implemented some form of ESD training that not only explains the requirement, but defines the reasoning behind it (including examples).

Static discharge and the resulting damage is something that typically goes unseen, and may be hard to accept as a "real" problem unless you can provide some practical examples. We have in the past provided our employees with electron-microsope images so that they could see the actual results of the damage (ESD burn-throughs across micron-size gates appears as a huge problem).
 

Govind

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#23
Some practical questions on ESD compliance

Iam happy to find an ESD thread and here is an opportunity to resurrect this thread with real life ESD Questions:

1.Do you use Foot Strap or ESD shoes? Which one you find more effective? Any pros and Cons, suggestions?

2.Do you have practice to check ESD Wrist &Heel-Toe tester every time you enter the ESD area?

3. Do you train and Qualify your Janitors on ESD awareness? your views..

Thanks,
Govind.
 
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ddunn

#24
The last company I warked for had strict ESD requirements. All who entered an ESD area had to test for ESD grounding and sign a log each time the area was entered. All personnel (including subcontracted janitors) that entered the area on a regular basis received annual ESD training.
Most people used a foot strap and disposable foot straps were provided for visitors. However, I found that my Tony Lama boots would pass the ESD test without the staps.
 
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Jim Howe

#25
Our wrist strap tester was a simple LED indication for continuity. I believe it was purchased from 3M. it was located directly outside the work areas along side the ESD lab coat racks. the employees were required to put on their lab coats and test wrist straps (plug in and push the button) prior to entering the work area.
The log was a prepared matrix for each day of the week with each employees name on it. they simply had to check the box and ititial. Each day the supervisor would check the log looking for folks who may have entered without following procedure (it was also a quick absentee check).
Each week the logs were gathered and reviewed and sent to records.
As I recall workers in these areas had to be certified to at least level-II and some were level-III.
all work stations and equipment were checked on a monthly basis for proper grounding and "SAFETY" resistance measurements. Each station was numbered and the readings were recorded on a log.
I cannot remember ever having an auditor or a resident DCAS find fault.
:2cents:
 

Govind

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#26
Jim,
I recently came across with another product which actually measures the resistivity on right and left heel straps/shoes and records in a centralized database. If the organization has multiple ESD locations within the building, all results are stored in the same database with locations ID. Also has features like Employee ESD recertification due reminder and many others.
Regards,
Govind.
 

Wes Bucey

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#28
johnnybegood said:
Its to costly to implement for 1500 employee
Okay. How costly is it when ESD destroys a product or an instrument used to check a product? How many faulty products can ultimately end up being shipped? What are the ramifications of shipping product destroyed by ESD? Can you lose the entire contract?

No antagonism implied here, just curious how you make a value judgement as to when something is too costly.:truce:
 
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