ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate Sheet

ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate Sheet

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Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate Sheet is a clear, impact-resistant panel manufactured from Makrolon® polycarbonate and finished with a transparent static-dissipative surface.

It is engineered for demanding applications where clear visibility, impact protection, cleanliness, electrostatic control and verified safety performance are critical. Typical environments include cleanrooms, electronics manufacturing, automated machinery, food and confectionery production, money-handling equipment and selected mining and industrial installations.

Product Description

Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate is designed for transparent guarding, viewing windows, equipment enclosures and partitions where conventional clear plastics may accumulate static electricity.

The clear static-dissipative surface allows electrical charge to dissipate in a controlled manner rather than remaining concentrated on the panel. This helps reduce electrostatic discharge events, dust attraction, airborne particle contamination and product sticking caused by static cling.

The Makrolon® polycarbonate base provides high impact resistance and clear visibility, making the product suitable for safety guarding and equipment panels where operators must maintain an unobstructed view of machinery, products or production processes.

The sheet can be cut, drilled, routed and fabricated into custom panels, subject to the recommended fabrication and coating-handling guidelines.

Key Benefits

• Manufactured from clear Makrolon® polycarbonate
• Transparent ESD-safe, anti-static and static-dissipative surface
• Helps reduce surface charge accumulation
• Helps prevent tribocharges substrate
• Helps lower the risk of electrostatic discharge events
• Reduces dust, particle and contamination attraction
• Helps reduce product sticking caused by static cling
• High impact resistance compared with conventional glass
• Clear visibility for machine guards and inspection windows
• Suitable for clean and controlled manufacturing environments
• Suitable for custom cutting, drilling and CNC routing
• Cleanable surface for industrial and production environments
• Independently tested in Australia
• Custom cut-to-size panels available for OEMs, machine builders and maintenance teams

Anti-Static Electrical Resistance

Electrical resistance testing was conducted in accordance with:

• TRG3608, July 2024

The TRG3608 requirement stated that the average electrical resistance of both surfaces must not exceed 300 MΩ.

The tested material complied with the production acceptance testing requirements for anti-static electrical resistance under TRG3608 for General applications.

Compliance Summary

The tested 6 mm Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate sample complied with the report requirements for:

• Finger-burn performance AS 1334.10-1994
• Oxygen-index performance ISO 4589-2:2017
• Anti-static electrical resistance
• TRG3608 production acceptance requirements for anti-static properties under General applications

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Applications

Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments

Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate is suitable for cleanroom glazing, equipment enclosures and transparent partitions where visibility and electrostatic control are required.

The static-dissipative surface helps reduce dust and airborne particle attraction, supporting cleaner production and inspection environments.

Applications include:

• Semiconductor manufacturing
• Electronics cleanrooms
• Pharmaceutical production areas
• Biomedical and medical-device manufacturing
• Laminar-flow equipment screens
• Mini-environment glazing
• Cleanroom partitions
• Controlled manufacturing enclosures

Electronics and Machine Manufacturing

Electrostatic discharge can damage sensitive components, circuit boards and testing equipment.

Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate can be used for:

• Machine guards
• Access doors
• Robot-cell windows
• PCB manufacturing equipment
• Test-fixture covers
• Control-cabinet viewing windows
• Assembly-equipment panels
• Automation enclosures
• Optical inspection windows

The transparent panel provides operator visibility while helping control charge accumulation around sensitive electronic components.

Food and Confectionery Manufacturing

Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate is suitable for food, chocolate and confectionery equipment where static cling, dust attraction or product accumulation on clear guards may create cleaning and production problems.

The static-dissipative surface can help reduce the attraction and sticking of:

• Fine powders
• Sugar particles
• Wrapping materials
• Lightweight packaging films
• Food-processing residues

Typical applications include weighing, filling, packaging and product-inspection equipment.

Money-Handling and Security-Printing Equipment

The product can be used for transparent viewing panels, inspection windows and machine guards in:

• Banknote-printing equipment
• Currency-inspection systems
• Cash-counting machines
• Note-sorting equipment
• ATM internal panels
• Automated money-handling machines
• Security-printing machinery

The static-dissipative surface helps reduce dust attraction and static cling around moving sheets, rollers and inspection areas while maintaining clear visibility of the production process.

Mining and Heavy Industrial Applications

Altius Polymers ESD-Safe Anti-Static Polycarbonate may be considered for selected mining and industrial applications requiring impact resistance and static control, including:

• Inspection windows
• Control-panel viewing windows
• Machine guards
• Equipment covers
• Transparent industrial partitions
• Processing-equipment enclosures
• General industrial safety panels

The attached report confirms compliance for the tested sample under the identified General applications category. It should not be interpreted as unrestricted approval for every underground coal mine, hazardous-area, explosive-atmosphere, FRAS or high-voltage application.

Final suitability must be assessed against:

• The complete test report
• The intended installation
• Applicable mine-site requirements
• Bonding and earthing arrangements
• Metallic fixings or components
• Panel thickness and configuration
• Site-specific ignition and static risks
• Approval by the mine operator, engineer or relevant authority

The product dissipates static electricity but is not intended to carry electrical current, provide earthing or function as a high-voltage electrical safety component unless separately tested and approved for that purpose.

Other Suitable Applications

• Cleanroom partitions
• Laboratory enclosures
• Robotic-cell viewing panels
• Machine safety guards
• Automation equipment windows
• Pharmaceutical-production panels
• Medical-device manufacturing areas
• Powder-processing viewing windows
• Packaging-machine guards
• Static-control shields
• Kiosk and ticket-machine windows
• ATM and cash-handling panels
• Control-cabinet windows
• Industrial inspection windows
• Mining equipment guards, subject to approval