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This article is fishy. The author wore an ESD strap and had a metal top table. Was the table grounded?
I have static problems with my press, too. My press frame is grounded, but that only helps so much when the static charge is on the plastic tube of the dispenser. I just run a wire to the nearest outlet strip. It's only there to bleed away static charge, not act as a fault ground, so even a weak ground is better than none.
At work my desk chair is on a floor protector, so when I get up and touch something grounded, I get zapped when it's dry. I understand how this stuff works, and part of my work is studying electrostatic discharge and its ignition risk. Static discharge is a really, really hard nut to crack, and we're not the only ones having this problem. Industrial processes of all kinds are threatened by this problem on a regular basis.
I have static problems with my press, too. My press frame is grounded, but that only helps so much when the static charge is on the plastic tube of the dispenser. I just run a wire to the nearest outlet strip. It's only there to bleed away static charge, not act as a fault ground, so even a weak ground is better than none.
At work my desk chair is on a floor protector, so when I get up and touch something grounded, I get zapped when it's dry. I understand how this stuff works, and part of my work is studying electrostatic discharge and its ignition risk. Static discharge is a really, really hard nut to crack, and we're not the only ones having this problem. Industrial processes of all kinds are threatened by this problem on a regular basis.