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Flowcrete has recently launched Flowcoat ESD, which has been designed to provide environments looking to establish controlled electrostatic protected areas (EPAs) with a high-performance flooring option that will prevent potentially hazardous static charge build up.
The reformulated 100% solids epoxy system fulfills the three criteria relating to flooring as outlined in ANSI/ESD S20.20, which requires a system resistance of a person through the floor and to ground of less than 35 megohms. This makes it ideal for locations where electrostatic discharge is a serious cause for concern, such as in laboratories that need to protect sensitive electrical equipment or in areas where flammable materials are handled and in which a fire safe floor is required to prevent static becoming an ignition source.
Flowcrete Americas Managing Director, Dave McNeece, said: “Flowcoat ESD combines a popular epoxy system, that has repeatedly proven itself within some of the most intense industrial environments, with highly effective antistatic technology. Facilities managers know that just walking across the floor of a processing environment can cause a charge to build up, meaning that this otherwise harmless activity can create a potentially dangerous problem. Site owners and operators can rest assured that the electrostatic dissipative properties of Flowcoat ESD will continuously work to safeguard their site from electrostatic discharge concerns.”
The reformulated 100% solids epoxy system fulfills the three criteria relating to flooring as outlined in ANSI/ESD S20.20, which requires a system resistance of a person through the floor and to ground of less than 35 megohms. This makes it ideal for locations where electrostatic discharge is a serious cause for concern, such as in laboratories that need to protect sensitive electrical equipment or in areas where flammable materials are handled and in which a fire safe floor is required to prevent static becoming an ignition source.
Flowcrete Americas Managing Director, Dave McNeece, said: “Flowcoat ESD combines a popular epoxy system, that has repeatedly proven itself within some of the most intense industrial environments, with highly effective antistatic technology. Facilities managers know that just walking across the floor of a processing environment can cause a charge to build up, meaning that this otherwise harmless activity can create a potentially dangerous problem. Site owners and operators can rest assured that the electrostatic dissipative properties of Flowcoat ESD will continuously work to safeguard their site from electrostatic discharge concerns.”