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Desco is a leading manufacturer of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and grounding solutions for electronics manufacturing and assembly environments. Its portfolio includes wrist straps, grounding systems, anti-static mats, ionisers, ESD monitors, packaging and workstation equipment. Trusted by manufacturers in the electronics, aerospace, automotive and semiconductor industries, Desco products help protect sensitive components and ensure compliance with international ESD standards.
The Desco 19342 Mini Monitor, continuously monitors the path-to-ground integrity of one operator and one ESD worksurface, making their status highly visible for both the operator and supervisor. It illuminates green to indicate proper grounding, red and sounds an audible alarm when intermittent or failed connection occurs and blue, to indicate standby mode. Additionally, it features an 8-second delay indicator for safe disconnection, automatic circuit disablement for areas without and ESD worksurface, and adjustable alarm volume.
Provides stable continuous monitoring of the wrist strap’s path-to-ground² and the presence of its 1 megohm safety resistor, ground and monitors the worksurface without additional wiring, meets ANSI/ESD standards, minimizing the risk of electrical overstress for sensitive components. The system also identifies failures and intermittencies, mounts easily in areas without a worksurface, calibrated to NIST standards.
¹Patent pending
²The ESDA Wrist Strap standard is ANSI/ESD S1.1. The Wrist Strap System required limit per ANSI/ESD S20.20 Table 3 is 0.8 to 1.2 x 106 ohms with product qualification testing per ANSI/ESD S1.1. The test range of the monitored circuit is 500 kilohms to 10 megohms.
