Equipment Damage Due To Electric Fields Or Electrostatic Discharge - Siemens SIMOTICS S-1FK7 G2 Service Instructions Manual

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Equipment damage due to electric fields or electrostatic discharge

Electrostatic sensitive devices (ESD) are individual components, integrated circuits, modules
or devices that may be damaged by either electric fields or electrostatic discharge.
NOTICE
Equipment damage due to electric fields or electrostatic discharge
Electric fields or electrostatic discharge can cause malfunctions through damaged
individual components, integrated circuits, modules or devices.
• Only pack, store, transport and send electronic components, modules or devices in their
• Only touch components, modules and devices when you are grounded by one of the
• Only place electronic components, modules or devices on conductive surfaces (table
Replacing an encoder for SIMOTICS S-1FK7 G2, S-1FG1 and S-1FT7
Service Manual, 01/2018, A5E34676237B AC
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original packaging or in other suitable materials, e.g conductive foam rubber of
aluminum foil.
following methods:
– Wearing an ESD wrist strap
– Wearing ESD shoes or ESD grounding straps in ESD areas with conductive flooring
with ESD surface, conductive ESD foam, ESD packaging, ESD transport container).
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