Taski Swingo 455B Technical Manual page 10

GTS
grees, that can be most damaging to electronical devices.
Static electricity, is a natural phenomenon and consequently electrostatic discharge is
the primary cause of countless problems affecting industry, business and personal life.
These problems can be as simple as the shock resulting from walking across a carpet; as
costly as the destruction of sensitive electronic components.
Almost any material can generate static electricity. The ability to store or unload the
charge depends on the type of material. 
Static discharge can damage devices, this can result in immediate product failure or in a
latent failure. Latent failures can go undetected for a period of time, the results are prod-
uct failure in the field. 
Electrostatic fields are associated with charged objects. 
The degree of severity of ESD events depends on the type of discharge which occurs. The
three most common ESD charge transfers are:
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Please do not store electronics without ESD bags at any time.
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from an external object to the device.
from a device to another object.
resulting from electrostatic fields.
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