WG 9.0 - Footwear

The group adjudicated STDCOM VBM comments on ESD WIP9.1-2021. The document will be sent for STDCOM recirculation vote and then industry review before the September meeting series.

The working group reviewed the STDCOM recirculation vote comments on ESD WIP9.1.

The WG focused on a comment received during the recirculation vote on STM9.1 “Footwear – Resistive Characterization”.  The comment was on a Note in one section which was accepted and was not a technical change.  One additional comment was reviewed which was outside of the recirculation vote, but this was also accepted and will be changed in the draft.  

The group adjudicated TAS comments on ESD WIP9.1. The document will be sent for STDCOM VBM before the June meeting series.

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During this virtual meeting, the WG working reviewed TAS comments on ESD WIP9.1-2020 - Footwear and Foot Grounders – Resistive Characterization.

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The group continued working on the merging of ANSI/ESD STM9.1 and ANSI/ESD SP9.2 into one document. Further work will continue between meeting series.

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A brief status of the working group’s documents was reviewed. The group worked on the merging of ANSI/ESD STM9.1 and ANSI/ESD SP9.2 into one document. Further work will continue at the April meeting series.

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Round robin data from three labs on foot grounders was presented to support the merging of ANSI/ESD STM9.1 and ANSI/ESD SP9.2.

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A brief history of the working groups and published documents were reviewed. Then the group started the five-year review of ANSI/ESD STM9.1 Footwear – Resistive Characterization.

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The group adjudicated industry review vote comments on ESD DSP9.2. A round robin on foot grounders was discussed and four labs will begin testing between meeting series.

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The WG adjudicated STDCOM vote comments and made changes to address the no vote.

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The working group discussed plans for a round robin test of foot grounders; upon successful completion ESD SP9.2 will be merged with ANSI/ESD STM9.1. The group also completed five-year review cycle updates to ANSI/ESD STM9.1 and will send the document for TAS review between meeting series.

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The working group adjudicated TAS comments on ESD WIP9.2. The document is expected to be sent for STDCOM vote before the September face-to-face meeting.

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The working group completed the review and updates to ESD WIP9.2. The committee is exploring the possibility of a round robin on foot grounders. The group also started the five-year review of ANSI/ESD STM9.1. The footwear system test is being removed and will be added to ANSI/ESD STM97.1.

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A status of WG 9 & WG 97 documents was provided for new attendees. Updates to ESD SP9.2 were presented and the group continued reviewing and updating the document.

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The committee started the five-year review of ESD SP9.2 - footwear – foot grounders resistive characterization. The document will be rewritten to address formatting concerns, updating to modern test equipment, and removing the foot grounder with person (system) resistance test. The document will be published as a standard practice upon completion. Once published, the working group will begin round robin testing to redesignate as a standard test method in the future.