AE-780 Operation Manual
Rev. 11/30/12 MKB
R
ECORDING
D
ATA
ANSI/ESDA and European CECC recognize the effect environmental conditions have
on test measurements and specify in their standards that they measured and recorded.
It is possible to test or manufacture a material at high humidity and pass all the test
specifications, but when the customer receives the material and uses it at a lower
humidity or temperature the material fails to pass the specifications. This can cause
rejections and loss of product.
Both ESD S4.1 ESD Protective Work surface sections 6.2.4 and ESD S7.1
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1994
Resistive Characterization of Materials Floor Materials sections 5.2.4 and 5.3.3
require reporting of temperature and humidity at the time of testing.
C
ALIBRATION
Calibration is recommended annually. The AE-780 meter comes with a certificate of
calibration which verifies the calibration of the instrument using equipment that is
traceable to National Standards and CAD
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generated techniques. Meters can be sent
back to Armeka Engineering Ltd. for calibration for a lab fee or they can be sent to a
certified calibration lab. (See page 12 for calibration instructions.) The meters also come
with a CE mark approval.
M
EASURING WITH
I
NTERNAL
P
ROBES
The parallel resistivity probe method complies with ASTM D257. It is used to give fast
electrical resistivity measurements on flat homogeneous materials. It may be used on
multilayered materials, but this should be noted along with the temperature and humidity
values on the data report.
The rails on the AE-780 are made of conductive rubber. Soft rubber rails provide the highest
level of surface contact for greater accura
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