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User Guide

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Grounding Hardware

Several products are available to properly ground worksurfaces covered with static‑dissipative laminate and to

ground personnel and other equipment operating at such workstations. A line drawing follows the explanation of

each system:

A.

cord, bolt, nut, star, washer, etc.) needed to ground a benchtop covered with dissipative laminate. The

components of the kit allow several different methods of grounding to be used. In each method, a

star washer cuts through the top decorative layer of the laminate to make electrical contact with the

conductive layer beneath. The ground cord can be attached to either the top or the underside of the

bench.

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