ESD shielding bags are commonly used for the packaging of electronic components to prevent damage caused by electrostatic discharge events that electronic devices can be prone to. It is important to understand how to use ESD shielding bags properly.
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The following 5 tips should help you use ESD shielding bags properly:
Shielding bags should be large enough to enclose the entire product within.
The shielding bag should be closed with a label or tape. Alternatively, you can use a zipper-style shielding bag. This ensures that electrostatic shielding is provided. This is the only way to ensure that ESD sensitive devices placed inside the shielding bag are protected - an unsealed ESD bag offers NO protection!
Eliminate charges from the ESD Shielding Bags
When receiving an ESD sensitive device packaged in a shielded bag, be sure to place the closed shielded bag on the ESD work surface before removing the product. This will eliminate any charge that may have accumulated on the surface of the shielding bag.
Do not overuse shielding bags
If the shielding bags are undamaged, it is acceptable to re-use them. However, any holes, tears or excessive wrinkles on the shielding bag are all signs that the bag should be discarded.
Shielding bags are not a working surface area
ESD shielding bags are just to keep the ESD sensitive products away from ESD damage.
You should use a properly grounded ESD work surface for working with ESD sensitive products.
Do not handle ESD sensitive devices with Shielding Bags
Do not use a shielding bag as an &#;ESD potholder&#; or &#;ESD glove&#; to handle ESD sensitive devices because it does not offer any ESD protection to the devices. You should always use wrist straps or heel grounders to handles ESD sensitive devices.
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Metal In vs Metal Out ESD BagsAnti-Static, ESD, Clean Room Products
Both metal in and metal out bags are effective for ESD protection of static sensitive devices. Metal shielding bags have multiple layers of material in their construction which typically consist of a layer of metal, usually aluminum, static dissipative polyethylene and polyester and a type of coating to help with abrasions. Metal In also known as buried metal bags have the metal shield closer to the inside of the bag between the layer of static dissipative polyethylene and polyester. The Met&#;
Electrostatic discharge can easily damage electronic components. In order to protect our displays during transportation, we pack them in metalized, anti-static bags. These special bags are, unfortunately, made of plastic. We searched for alternatives but at this moment in time, there are none and so the use of those bags is inevitable.
As a very environmentally-conscious company, we have been racking our brains how to solve the waste issue created here. After all, all the rest of our packaging is completely eco-friendly: the box is cardboard, the divider grid is cardboard and even the sticky tape is now paper. Our packaging was designed specifically to make sure our displays are safe during transportation while at the same time keep the plastic components to the absolute minimum. Very often, you can find plastic bags filled with air at the bottom of boxes for additional protection. At Riverdi, we bought a machine that cuts up old cardboard, very much like a shedder, and recycle old boxes instead!
We just had to tackle the ESD bags too. And guess what, we have!
Inspired by the Global Recycling Day, we realized the advantage the plastic bags have is their durability. They are strong so we can recycle them many times and they will keep all their properties.
Once a display gets out of production, we put it into the bag and then into a box. It arrives at the destination, the customer takes it out of the box and out of the bag. The bag lands in the trash creating waste on the customer&#;s side.
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From now on every partner, customer or distributor has the right to return all used ESD bags at Riverdi&#;s expense. The bags cannot be damaged in any way to make them suitable for reuse. All you need to do is allocate an area where you&#;ll be collecting all the bags and then, once you reach a certain amount, you mail them back to us for free! Just contact us to take part in this initiative.
If a customer orders 10,000 displays per year in batches of 1,000, and we constantly reuse 2,000 of the same ESD bags; within five years we are able to save the environment 48,000 plastic bags. And that&#;s just for one customer. For 100 customers, this number becomes 4,800,000. That&#;s almost 5 million plastic bags less out there in the world!
Let&#;s see. We currently use two sizes of the bags: big and small weighing 0,1 oz (3g) and 0,25 oz (7g) respectively. Let&#;s count this again:
Displays
Small
Large
1 customer
5 years
100 customers
5 years
0,1 oz (3g) x 2,000 bags x 100 customers = 1,300 lbs (600kg)
0,25 oz (7g) x 2,000 bags x 100 customers = 3,100 lbs (1,400kg)
With the #ReturnReuseRiverdi program, for 100 customers over five years: on small displays we can save up to 15,8 US tons (14,400 tons) and on large displays, 37 US tons (33,600 tons) of plastic on packaging.
Is it worth it? We think so.
Let&#;s take care of the planet together.
To take part in this program, please contact our sales department.
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