ECI XDM-300, Installation And Maintenance Manual

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Before You Start XDM-300 Installation and
Maintenance Manual
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Work Arrangements Within a Temporary
EPA
To ensure that effective ESD protection is indeed achieved, the following
arrangements must be observed by persons entering and/or performing field
work within a temporary EPA area:
1. All operators working within a temporary EPA area must wear, as a
minimum, an ESD antistatic protecting garment made of cotton.
2. If the extent of the temporary work area is such that the operator needs to
walk and move within that area, the floor of the area must be capable of
providing protection against ESD.
3. The operator must be bonded to ground at all times when handling ESDs.
4. If it becomes necessary to remove an ESD from equipment and transfer it
to a temporary work surface away from the equipment, the ESD must be
given protective packaging unless equipotential bonding to ground of the
operator is maintained.
5. An ESD must be placed directly into protective packaging when it is
removed from equipment. A replacement ESD must be kept in its
protective packaging until required for immediate installation in the
equipment.
6. The field service operator must ensure that the materials and tools
necessary to maintain and control the temporary EPA are available at the
place of the field work at service time.
7. All tools for use within the EPA must, as far as is practical, be constructed
so that they do not generate or hold an induced electrostatic charge.