Compaq V300, E500S manual Packaging and Transporting Precautions, Workstation Precautions

4.5 Packaging and Transporting Precautions

Use the following grounding precautions when packaging and transporting equipment:

■To avoid hand contact, transport products in static-safe containers such as tubes, bags, or boxes.

■Protect all electrostatic-sensitive parts and assemblies with conductive or approved containers or packaging.

■Keep electrostatic-sensitive parts in their containers until they arrive at static-free workstations.

■Place items on a grounded surface before removing them from their container.

■Always be properly grounded when touching a sensitive component or assembly.

■Place reusable electrostatic-sensitive parts from assemblies in protective packaging or non-conductive foam.

■Use transporters and conveyers made of antistatic belts and roller bushings. Ensure that mechanized equipment used for moving materials is wired to ground, and that proper materials were selected to avoid static charging. When grounding is not possible, use an ionizer to dissipate electric charges.

4.6Workstation Precautions

Use the following grounding precautions at workstations:

■Cover the workstation with approved static-dissipative material (refer to Table 4-2).

■Use a wrist strap connected to a properly grounded work surface and use properly grounded tools and equipment.

■Use conductive field service tools, such as cutters, screwdrivers, and vacuums.

■When using fixtures that must directly contact dissipative surfaces, use fixtures made of static-safe materials only.

■Keep the work area free of nonconductive materials such as ordinary plastic assembly aids and Styrofoam.

■Handle electrostatic-sensitive components, parts, and assemblies by the case or PCM laminate. Handle them only at static-free workstations.

4-4Removal and Replacement Preliminaries