Integrated Electrostatic Discharge Testing

What This Test Answers

This program combines the measurements needed to determine whether a material, object, package, or operation can generate and release an incendive electrostatic discharge. The result applies to the submitted sample, preparation, conditioning, and test conditions stated in the report. As with any single lab value, we’re careful not to generalize any single measurement as a universal property of the material, since particle size, moisture, temperature, pressure, geometry, and formulation can all shift the outcome.

Test Method and Standard

HazBasis starts by defining the credible charging and discharge mechanisms for your specific operation, then builds the program around them. Depending on scope, that may combine resistance, conductivity, charge decay, surface potential, capacitance, transferred charge, breakdown voltage, or direct ignition testing. Testing follows the NFPA 77 and IEC TS 60079-32-1 framework, with methods selected by hazard mechanism, or an agreed project specific method, and the quotation identifies the governing methods before work begins.

What You Receive

• A mechanism based test plan and documented measurements
• Comparison against dust MIE or gas/vapor ignition sensitivity as applicable
• Practical controls and limitations for the intended use

How the Data Supports Decisions

This program informs bonding, grounding, material, humidity, speed, and operating controls, supports acceptance of equipment, packaging, liners, or containers, and drives corrective actions after a static related incident.

When to Order This Test

• The hazard can’t be answered by one standard property test alone
• Multiple materials and grounding paths interact in the same operation
• A product or process needs a full, integrated Electrostatic Hazard Assessment

Sample Submission Guidance

Sample needs depend on which mechanisms are selected for the program. Provide process diagrams, materials of construction, operating conditions, and actual components whenever possible. Include the SDS, composition or trade name information, physical form, process description, and whether the sample should be tested as received or prepared to a different condition.

Why Choose HazBasis

• This is the option to reach for when the real question is bigger than any single test can answer, a resistivity value or a decay time in isolation won’t tell you whether your actual transfer operation is safe. We start by mapping the credible charging and discharge paths in your process, then build the test plan to cover them, rather than running a fixed panel regardless of what’s actually happening on the floor.
• Because this program often touches multiple materials and grounding paths at once, the interpretation section explains how the pieces fit together, not just what each individual measurement came back as.
• This is also where most of our Electrostatic Hazard Analysis work connects directly to lab data, so if the testing surfaces a bigger process safety question, we can carry it straight into that analysis without starting over.

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