{"id":6708,"date":"2024-05-10T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lanzigroup.com\/?p=6708"},"modified":"2025-01-22T12:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T11:04:42","slug":"anti-static-gloves-providing-protection-against-esd-pursuant-to-standard-cei-en-61340-5-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lanzigroup.com\/en\/anti-static-gloves-providing-protection-against-esd-pursuant-to-standard-cei-en-61340-5-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-static gloves providing protection against ESD pursuant to standard CEI EN 61340-5-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Standard EN 61340-5-1 addresses the prevention of an often underestimated but insidious phenomenon, to be taken into due account, especially in an industrial environment: <\/em>static electricit<\/em>y<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For instance, you may perceive a mild electric shock sensation when you comb your hair, walk in rubber-soled shoes, get out of a car, wear nylon clothes, shake hands with someone or simply turn a handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does the static electricity phenomenon occur?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On a particularly dry day (i.e., when the air contains fewer water molecules), two materials or surfaces with opposite electrical charges coming into contact with one another (through rubbing or friction) may trigger an exchange of electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, the materials in question accumulate \u201cstatic electricity\u201d - known in technical jargon as \u201ctriboelectricity\u201d - and a phenomenon known as \u201celectrostatic discharge<\/strong>\u201d may occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, if it is not discharged to the ground, electrostatic energy can accumulate in the surrounding air and also on surfaces, such as those of equipment, machinery, floors, industrial dust. Accordingly, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) can occur<\/strong> when a worker comes into contact, even inadvertently, with metal objects, textiles, paper or plastic items. All you have to do to gain a better understanding of this risk is consider that lightning is an electrostatic phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the possible hazards?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In itself, static electricity is not dangerous to humans. Thus, it is hardly perceived as a real danger. However, there are circumstances that make it necessary to put in place preventive measures, especially in an industrial context, as provided for by standards such as IEC EN 61340-5-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potential hazards include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n