Wolfson Electrostatics Archived News
New
instruments for electrostatic hazard assessment
The growing threat posed by uncontrolled static electricity in the
chemical and pharmaceutical industries is recognised in many international
standards...
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Millennium
Product finds applications for 1999 and beyond
The Tribopen, which won a UK Millennium Products Award, is now finding
applications well beyond the Automotive sector for which it was originally
designed...
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Lightning
strikes inside reactors and fuel tanks?
We know that incendiary electrostatic discharges in, say, a reactor
containing solvent vapour are possible only if there are potential
differences between materials inside the vessel or around the manway...
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Outdoor
Test Facility
The Wolfson Electrostatics outdoor test site has been the scene of
a great deal of activity recently, with some large-scale electrostatic
hazard investigations being undertaken...
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Do We Get
Kicks from Electrostatics?
Did you see us on UK television investigating a most unlikely combination
of events: the World Snooker Championships recently held in Sheffield,
kicks and electrostatics?...
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Electrostatic
Hazards in the Home and Car
Graham Hearn, Technical Director of Wolfson Electrostatics, reviews
two serious everyday hazards, which may have electrostatics as their
cause and cure...
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