A bolt from the blue
Did you know that by just walking on a carpet, you can build up an electrical charge of 30,000 volts? We all experience the effects of static electricity to some extent on a daily basis. The electric shock isn't generally particularly painful, but it does make you jump. Nevertheless, you are only really safe if you are earthed. In exceptional situations, electrostatic discharge can cause severe harm to health, or catastrophic fires. And it only takes a minor electrostatic charge to irrevocably destroy components in sensitive electronic equipment. Until now, it was only possible to prevent this by allowing the electrostatic charge to flow through the object without obstruction. But what if the object can't be earthed?
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Effective voltage discharge
In an environment which contains an increasing number of energy fields, modern textile products have to satisfy high consumer protection and safety requirements. The concept of "wellness" which has come to prevail in numerous manufacturing processes demands new innovations. Hänsel's hi-airstat is a world novelty. It is a yarn which absorbs static electricity and discharges it into the atmosphere. This process is imperceptible, harmless and (almost) incredible. What's more, the yarn is very flexible to process. It is based on a hitherto unutilised physical principle which has now been incorporated in machine series production for the textiles and apparel industry.
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