Antistatic Flooring

If you are looking for a flooring solution that deals with static then it’s important that you understand the difference between anti-static and ESD. They both prevent a person from building up a charge as they walk across the floor so they do not get a shock when they touch something that conducts electricity. However, the top layer of an anti-static floor has a coating that dissipates static across its surface so you never build up enough charge to get a shock, whereas ESD is a much more robust solution because it is actually earthed.

ESD flooring gives a much higher level of protection than anti-static matting. This is because it is actually grounded. Ecotile ESD tiles, for example, have millions of small stainless steel fibres running all the way through them. The tiles are then laid out on top of a conductive grid. We then lay earth points every 80 -100 m² so that the electricity flows out through the conductive grid. This is much better than anti-static matting because our stainless steel fibres run all the way through each tile, so their conductive performance never diminishes.