One static discharge can destroy a circuit board. When your Boston manufacturing operation handles sensitive electronics, the floor has to actively dissipate charge before it reaches components. We install and verify ESD-dissipative concrete systems that meet ANSI/ESD standards for electronics assembly, clean rooms, and precision manufacturing zones. Every install includes megohmmeter verification and documentation.
Static electricity builds up on people, equipment, and carts moving across a floor. In most facilities, that charge dissipates harmlessly into the air. In electronics manufacturing, it reaches sensitive components and causes immediate failure or latent defects that show up later in the field. An ESD floor sits in a specific resistance range, dissipative, that bleeds charge to ground at a controlled rate.
The resistance window is narrow. Too conductive and you create electrical hazards; too insulating and charge accumulates faster than it drains. We specify the system to your ANSI/ESD standard, install it with embedded copper ground strips connected to the building electrical system, and verify the finished floor with a megohmmeter at multiple points. The resistance report becomes part of your compliance documentation.
We work with your engineering and safety teams to confirm the ANSI/ESD standard that applies, the target resistance range for your process, and the grounding scheme that ties the floor to the building electrical system.
Prepare slab and install grounds
The concrete slab is diamond-ground to the system profile. Copper ground strips are set into the floor at the engineered spacing and connected to the building electrical ground at designated points per the electrical contractor's coordination.
Apply ESD epoxy system
The matched ESD-dissipative epoxy is applied from primer through topcoat, with conductive elements (carbon black, conductive aggregate) loaded to achieve the target resistance range across the finished floor.
Verify and hand off
After cure, the floor is tested with a megohmmeter at multiple points across each zone. Resistance readings are documented and compared to the spec. The verification report and maintenance protocol are handed to facility operations.
The critical step
Megohmmeter Verification Proves the System Works
A floor that looks installed correctly but fails the resistance test is not an ESD floor. It is a liability. We verify every zone with a megohmmeter after cure, testing at multiple points to confirm the resistance falls within the ANSI/ESD window. The test results are documented and become part of your audit trail.
Maintenance matters. ESD-compatible cleaning chemicals preserve the resistance range; standard wax, solvent-based cleaners, or aggressive scrubbing can degrade the system. We provide the maintenance protocol at handoff and recommend recertification intervals so you stay compliant. Coordinate the install with your electrical contractor on grounding connections and with adjacent dust-proof flooring or warehouse floor systems in non-ESD zones so each system works in its zone.
Resistance ranges, grounding, verification and which manufacturing zones need ESD.
With a megohmmeter (high-resistance ohmmeter) at multiple test points across the floor, comparing to the ANSI/ESD standard's specified range. The reading needs to fall inside the dissipative window, not too low (conductive) or too high (insulating).
Only zones where ESD-sensitive components are handled. Electronics assembly, clean rooms, repair benches, certain pharmaceutical processes. The rest of the facility uses standard manufacturing flooring. We define the zones with you and your safety/engineering team.
Copper ground strips embedded in the floor at the engineered spacing connect to the building electrical ground at designated points. The electrical contractor coordinates with us on the connections and verifies the grounding scheme.
Many years with proper maintenance. ESD-compatible cleaning chemicals preserve the system; standard wax or solvent-based cleaners can compromise the resistance range. The maintenance protocol is part of project handoff and includes recertification cadence.
Similar to other epoxy systems plus the grounding install and verification steps. A typical zone takes a week to install and verify; multi-zone facilities stretch to several weeks with phased install. The schedule is in the quote.
ESD floor installed and verified across our assembly zone. Resistance documentation supported our customer compliance audit. The system has held for two years of daily operation.
Z. X4
Electronics Plant Manager, Boston
★★★★★
They knew the ANSI/ESD spec cold, coordinated with our electrical contractor on grounding, verified with the megohmmeter at handoff. No improvisation, no audit findings.
Y. X4
Production Engineer, Cambridge
★★★★★
Stricter clean room ESD spec, they hit it. Documentation, grounding, verification all in order. The auditor specifically called out the install quality.
Q. X4
Clean Room Operations, Somerville
★★★★★
Phased ESD install during off-shifts so production never stopped. Each zone verified before reopening, no resistance drift between zones. Real coordination.
X. X4
Manufacturing Director, Quincy
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Share your ANSI/ESD standard, the zones requiring coverage, and your operating schedule. We will spec the system, quote the install with verification documentation, and provide a firm timeline.
