Metal Table

[SKY]

Hi All

In a small factory I do work in operators are complaining of getting static shocks from a stainless table.
I have put it down to persons building up a charge and it discharging when they touch the table.

It gets me thinking that does a small stainless steel table require bonding?

Thanks

 

[D80]

No, and neither does a big steel table.

 

[Engineer54]

NO!! the old system of bonding S/Steel tables in commercial kitchens (15th edition i think) has long since discarded!!

 

[SKY]

edited as wanted to add a bit about static.

 

[Knobhead]

Have all operatives issued with Faraday suits.

 

[Engineer54]

Cheaper to change the table for a non metallic table!! Bonded metalwork does not stop static shocks, if anything it will exasperate them.... Very difficult to totally eradicate static build-up when it's present, almost a Science on it's own!! lol!!

 

[telectrix]

fit the operators with static tails.

 

[DPG]

I remember seeing something designed to cure this. Little rectangular pad which you stuck to the corner of tables/filing cabinets, etc. which was resistive. Basically you touch this pad as you get to the table before you start work and it discharges the static charge in a controlled manner. Daz

 

[UNG]

What type of floor covering does the area have can have a lot to do with static build up on people in the area

 

[jumpin jax]

I second fixed a kitchen last week with metal face plates, kitchen fitter had just laid laminate floor, unwrapped from its plastic cover, every time i walked across the floor and touched an outlet or switch i got a shock. I was wearing rubber soled shoes so was obviously charging up walking across floor. The owner tried it and nothing.

 

[ipf]

I second fixed a kitchen last week with metal face plates, kitchen fitter had just laid laminate floor, unwrapped from its plastic cover, every time i walked across the floor and touched an outlet or switch i got a shock. I was wearing rubber soled shoes so was obviously charging up walking across floor. The owner tried it and nothing.

Well, keep jumpin' Jax.lol.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

could you put some rubber feet on the table legs to isolate it from the earth thus eliminating the return path for the static?

 

[sedgy34]

should a senior member need to ask such a question!!!! if you earthed it were would you earth it from and too

 

[trev]

Sedgy we all get head scratching moments mate

 

[SKY]

should a senior member need to ask such a question!!!! if you earthed it were would you earth it from and too

I did not say do I need to earth it - I asked if It needed bonding.