>John Barnes wrote: >One defense is to use tinsel or static-discharger brushes >to bleed charge off the paper...Another technique is to make >plastic parts.. of antistatic materials...make sure that every >shaft has a grounding contact...use conductive grease in the bearings...
John, Have you tried using a radioactive isotope? Polonium 210, available in 50 microCurie "Dots", is extremely effective - it ionizes the path between the charged surfaces - and Presto, no more charge! (Po210: alpha, halflife around 1/2 year). This technique is, I understand, used in CD "StaticBusters". The activity level is too low to require the use of the radioactivity symbol. Contact NRD, (www.nrdstaticcontrol.com), for info. (No connection with this vendor but have used their product with great success in a different application). Hope this helps, Tony Firth, Electrical Eng., Quester Technology Inc.,Fremont,CA ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.rcic.com/ click on "Virtual Conference Hall,"
