Equipment Damage Due To Electric Fields Or Electrostatic Discharge - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Applications 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 with
Motor Modules Booksize parallel connection
Application Manual, 01/2020, 6SL3097-5BF00-0BP0
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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
ESD surface, conductive ESD foam, ESD packaging, ESD transport container).
Fundamental safety instructions
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