Description

Static electricity is a major problem in the textile industry because it is mainly a cause of fire, employee injuries and large-scale disasters on industrial machines. In an industry such as textile, any spark due to static charge can be a cause of fire of large proportions. Removing the cause of potential damage needs to comply with work safety rules and use existing technologies to prevent the possibility of fire. Textile as a material have high static electricity, especially when it is stretching and preparing for cutting. A large number of machines heat themselves during work process and warm up a workspace and drying air, that creates conditions for increasing static electricity during production. The static electricity spark can burn textile as well as chemicals used in the textile industry, such as bleachers, paints, etc. Sparks can ignite dust that is constantly present due to textile processing and is always present in sewing machines and in the area where textiles are cut. Work in the textile industry requires respect for certain occupational safety measures such as: wearing work clothes exclusively from cotton should be emphasize that silk, wool and synthetic fibers are strictly forbidden as well as jewelry. Working shoes must be made of rubber with brass tiles on the sole due to earthing. Regardless of the protection measures, however, fires occur during work on machines where workers are at high risk of injury. EDS protection is a simple and reliable means of protecting an individual from static electricity. Smart ESD Strap is an upgraded version of existing protection with the aim to measure parameters of temperature and humidity at the local level and send it via wi-fi network. Based on these parameters, it can be seen whether there are any conditions that could cause a fire. Smart ESD is proactive, reliable and cheap protection against fire.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antistatic_device

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