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ESD Urethane & Epoxy Coatings[9 min read]

ESD Urethane & Epoxy Coatings

“While the floor ultimately looked attractive as well, its success came from intense focus on performance. The customer wouldn’t do it just to make it pretty. They do it for a specific, highly critical part of their application. They’re looking for performance properties, as opposed to decorative or a glossy finish. That’s really the key. That’s why they’re buying it.”

Ron Puszynski, President

Concare

Simplicity Meets Style

StaticWorx ESD urethane and epoxy coatings protect electronic equipment from damage caused by electrostatic discharge – at the same time sealing your floor so you don’t have to worry about contaminants, germs or bacteria accumulating in cracks, seams or other invisible places.

Coatings are typically applied over a concrete subfloor in electronics manufacturing facilities. We also apply our ESD coatings over existing LVT and VCT flooring – bringing regular, non-ESD floors into ESD compliance and greatly reducing the ongoing cost of maintenance.

Unlike most epoxies, our coatings won’t crack under heavy loads such as forklifts, movable test equipment or hospital beds. Our epoxy and urethane coatings can be installed quickly and easily and are scientifically certified for hospital management.

Like all StaticWorx floors, our ESD coatings meet ANSI/ESD S20.20, NFPA 99 and other applicable industry standards for electronics manufacturing and healthcare applications.

Generation 3 Epoxy Coatings: Eliminate Variables

New additive technologies enable us to produce fully conductive colorized epoxy top coats (colored and clear). This translates into a floor that requires a standard concrete primer, one layer of top coat and no conductive primer layer. This means, the coating is not thickness dependent – thus more reliable than older coatings with a buried ground plane.

Less Vulnerable to Blistering and Vapor

A thinner top coat provides the added benefit of being less vulnerable to blistering and vapor problems from high RH concrete. In most cases Generation 3 floors can be installed at ASTM 2170 RH numbers as high as 95%. This enables installations over relatively new concrete.

Easy Repair

In the event a Generation 3 floor requires a repair in an area that was heavily abused by frequent dragging of wooden pallets with protruding nails, a new top coat can be applied directly over the existing floor. The new surface will become the new path to ground.

Superior Static Control

GroundWorx Ultra meets all aspects of ANSI/ESD S20.20-2014. It can be formulated in either the conductive (< 1.0 x 10E6 ) or the static dissipative (10E6 to 10E9) range.

Superior Static Control

With the conductivity at the surface, we can provide a coating with extremely low tribocharging properties – used with any ESD footwear at any humidity level.

ESD COATINGCarbon Black
Generation 1
Multi-layer Epoxy with
Conductive Groundplane

Generation 2
ESD Urethane
Generation 3
Epoxy Acrylate
Generation 3
Electrical Specification/
ANSI S20.20
Always meets ANSI/ESD S20.20YesNo1YesYes
Available in dissipative
(> 1.0 x 10E6)
NoYesYesYes
Available in conductive
(< 1.0 x 10E6)
YesNoYesYes
Measures below 100V
with heel straps per STM 97.2
YesNoYesYes
Measures below 100v
with ESD shoes
YesYesYesYes
Material
Requires carbon black ground planeNoYesNoNo
Available in light coloursNoYesYesNo
Scratch resistantNoNoYesNo
Installation
Can be installed over sub- or
old floors in one coat
YesNoYesYes
Can be repaired in a single coatYesNoYesYes
Gloss finish without use of
sealer or wax
NoYesYesNo

1In qualification testing, multi-layer epoxies that rely on a groundplane fail 97.2 walking body tests with heel straps.

Generation 3 Epoxy Floors – GroundWorx Basics and Ultra

Epoxy Generation 3 Cross-section
  • Seamless – prevents contaminants from burrowing into seams and crevices
  • Matte finish or high gloss
  • Resists bacteria and viruses – secures highest global hygiene standards
  • Slip-resistant – provides a safe walking surface for personnel
  • Resists stains and abrasion – maintains appearance of cleanliness
  • Rugged – can handle heavy loads such as forklifts and hospital beds
  • Easy installation
  • Quick and easy to clean – requires only water and disinfectant
  • Can end reliance on wax and associated downtime
“The results were even better than expected,”
Ron Puszynski, President Concare

Applications

(Depending upon selected product)

  • Electronic Assembly, Test, Repair and Handling
  • Data and Telephony Closets
  • BGA Rework
  • Shipping & Receiving
  • Warehouses
  • Leased Spaces
  • Pallet Drop Zones
  • Box Build
  • SMT
  • Any space requiring permanent low cost ESD flooring.
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Manufacturing
  • Electronic Assembly, Test, Repair and Handling
  • Data and Telephony Closets
  • BGA Rework
  • Shipping & Receiving
  • Warehouses
  • Leased Spaces
  • Pallet Drop Zones
  • Box Build
  • SMT
  • Any space requiring permanent low cost ESD flooring.
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Manufacturing

Comparing the scratch resistance of shiny no-wax HB 97.2 (GroundWorx Ultra) with an entry-level Water-Based 2-Part Epoxy-Acrylate Finish.

Learn about GroundWorx and Generation 3 Epoxy.

StaticWorx Epoxy and Urethane Coatings

GroundWorx Basics

GroundWorx Basics is a low-cost ESD epoxy coating that’s stronger and more durable than ESD paint. So strong that it resists damage from forklifts and heavy machinery—making it ideal for warehouses, shipping/receiving areas, and manufacturing spaces. If the surface does get scratched, GX Basics is quick, easy and inexpensive to repair. 

GroundWorx Basics is a low-cost ESD epoxy coating that’s stronger and more durable than ESD paint. So strong that it resists damage from forklifts and heavy machinery—making it ideal for warehouses, shipping/receiving areas, and manufacturing spaces. If the surface does get scratched, GX Basics is quick, easy and inexpensive to repair. 

Platinum
Pewter
Beige
Teal
Emerald
Black
Learn about GroundWorx Basics.
Download the GroundWorx Basics brochure.

GroundWorx Ultra

Our premium GroundWorx ESD coating, GroundWorx Ultra gives you a beautiful, high- performing static-free surface – for an excellent value at a favorable cost point. With a tensile strength exceeding 6,000 pounds, GroundWorx Ultra is extra durable and can handle forklifts and other heavy loads. GroundWorx Ultra is easy to install and is quick and cost effective to maintain. Learn more about GroundWorx Ultra.

Completed floor coating installation using GroundWorx Ultra ESD Coating

Our premium GroundWorx ESD coating, GroundWorx Ultra gives you a beautiful, high- performing static-free surface – for an excellent value at a favorable cost point. With a tensile strength exceeding 6,000 pounds, GroundWorx Ultra is extra durable and can handle forklifts and other heavy loads. GroundWorx Ultra is easy to install and is quick and cost effective to maintain. Learn more about GroundWorx Ultra.

Completed floor coating installation using GroundWorx Ultra ESD Coating
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Light Gray
Medium Gray
Dark Gray
Umber
Light Blue
Beige
OFF-WHITE
Light Gray
Medium Gray
Dark Gray
Umber
Light Blue
Beige
Learn about GroundWorx Ultra.
Download the GroundWorx Ultra brochure.

StaticWorx/Dr. Schutz Remake

StaticWorx/Dr. Schutz Floor Remake provides you with an attractive, inexpensive way to refurbish or seal your lab, hospital, nursing home, school, university, and other floors. Remake prevents contamination by inhibiting the formation of bacteria. Resistant to chemicals and disinfectants, our PU sealant is easy to clean and maintain – and gives you a clean, hospital shine at a fraction of the cost of a new floor.

Learn about StaticWorx/Dr. Schutz Floor Remake.

Further Reading

Grounding ESD Coatings [Read/Download]
There are several ways to ground an ESD epoxy floor – including circuit ground, earth ground, and natural earth ground. Learn more.

Why Some Epoxy Coatings Fail Body Voltage Tests [Read]
There are different ways to produce these coatings and technologies have changed over the years. Many of today’s conductive epoxy coatings fail ESD body voltage tests. Gen 3 epoxies use nanotechnology for an attractive floor, in any color, that meets all ESD standards. Learn more.

StaticWorx GroundWorx Ultra Case History [Read/Download]
For an electronic components manufacturer, electricity is at the heart of business. But static electricity? That’s a very different story. That was the conundrum for Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES), which manufactures and tests hardware for the embedded computing market at its headquarters just outside Madison, Wisconsin. The choice for X-ES’s production floor was the HB-97.2 epoxy line [GroundWorx Ultra] from StaticWorx, which includes both an epoxy primer and polyurethane topcoat. Learn more.

With StaticWorx ESD flooring, you never have to choose between performance and aesthetics. Our beautiful, high quality ESD carpet tile, vinyl, EC rubber tile and sheet goods, and ESD epoxy floors are as beautiful as they are functional.

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