Maintenance and Service Guide

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Recommended materials and equipment
Materials and equipment that are recommended for use in preventing static electricity include:
Antistatic tape
Antistatic smocks, aprons, or sleeve protectors
Conductive bins and other assembly or soldering aids
Conductive foam
Conductive tabletop workstations with ground cord of one-megohm +/- 10% resistance
Static-dissipative table or oor mats with hard tie to ground
Field service kits
Static awareness labels
Wrist straps and footwear straps providing one-megohm +/- 10% resistance
Material handling packages
Conductive plastic bags
Conductive plastic tubes
Conductive tote boxes
Opaque shielding bags
Transparent metallized shielding bags
Transparent shielding tubes
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