Anti-Static Spray

Anti-Static Spray

Anti-static spray prevents the occurrence of static electricity by providing a thin, transparent coat to equipment. Anti-static sprays are effective in hard-to-reach places or blocked surfaces, for products that move at rapid speeds, and on surfaces with an extremely high static charge. These sprays can help to repel dust and eliminate static build-up on optics, disc drives, photographic materials, lenses, metal rollers, and other places in which static may be present. Anti-static sprays also have many common household uses, such as for clothing, pet and human hair, lint, carpet, telephones, and more.

Static electricity is an electric charge caused by an imbalance of positive and negative charges. The creation of static electricity commonly occurs when two objects rub together, positively charging one object and negatively charging the other in a process known as "tribo-electric charging." The transfer of a positive charge from one object to another results in a release of an electrical charge known as "electrostatic discharge (ESD)." The heat from an ESD event is so hot and intense that it can vaporize or melt tiny parts in sensitive equipment. Even low voltage ESD events can cause problems. Static electricity may also result from exposure to an electrical field. Charged conductors, such as metals, can be grounded to completely discharge them, but insulators, such as plastics, cannot discharge, as they do not conduct electricity.

Industries such as the electronic, graphics, photography, printing, and optics industries benefit from anti-static sprays. Since dust and static shock can harm electronics and led to data loss, anti-static sprays are useful in many applications. Anti-static sprays are available in many sizes from a wide variety of manufacturers.