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Electrostatic Answers provides expert consulting, intellectual property services, static electricity measurements, contract R&D, ESD audits and awarness training, technical seminars and webinars to solve electrostatic problems and to dissipate or neutralize static electricity in:

concept invention,
technology development,
product design and commercialization,
electronics manufacturing & assembly
industrial manufacturing operations,
and in customer applications.


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Kelly Robinson, PhD, PE
Electrostatic Answers LLC
15 Piping Rock Run
Rochester, NY 14450

Kelly.Robinson@ElectrostaticAnswers.com
Tel: 585.425.8158
Fax: 585.425.0915


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Kelly Robinson, PhD, PE
IEEE Senior Member

Do I offer the services that you are looking for?

Will I provide the knowledge and expertise that you need?

Dr. Robinson is a Professional Engineer licensed in New York State
and a Patent Agent registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Please review my consulting services, measurement capabilities, seminars, webinars, informational articles,
presentations, patents, patent applications, resume, and links to electrostatic resources.

If you don't find exactly what you need to solve your static charge problems,
please contact me so we can talk about your situation, your unique challenges, and how I might assist.
 

CONSULTING SERVICES
from Electrostatic Answers

Resistance and
Static Dissipation
Testing Services

Electrical resistance measurements are in compliance with:
ASTM D257 Standard Test Methods for DC Resistance or Conductance of Insulating Materials
Static dissipation measurements are in compliance with:
Federal Test Method Standard 101C Test Procedures for Packaging Materials
Method 4046.1 Electrostatic Properties of Materials

On-site Consultation

At your invitation, I'll join you on your factory floor or laboratory bench and use
my industry standard electrostatic equipment to investigate static problems,
diagnosis the root cause, and implement cost effective solutions.

On-site Static Survey

I'll come and work with you to measure static charge levels from the beginning to the end
of your process, find sources of static charging,and identify the best ionizer locations
to dissipate static electricity.

Patent Agent

I am a Patent Agent registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) licensed to represent clients in their business before the USPTO; writing patents, filing them with the USPTO, and responding to Office Actions during the examination of the patent applicaiton.

ESD Audits and
Awarness Training

Audit semiconductor fabrication and printed circuited board assembly operations,
identify improvements needed in ESD Control Programs, and eliminate static threats
to sensitive electronic components.

New Product
Static Assessment

Assess static risks in new products, identify measurements to characterize threats,
and develop static performance specifications to insure good electrostatic performance.

Telephone Consultation

Communicate through individual discussions or conference call meetings
with WebEx hosted presentations.

Analysis and Modeling

Benefit from first principles models, parametric investigations, and scientific programming
in MATLAB, C, MS XL.

Dimensional Analysis

Gain insight and reduce the size of experiments by identifing dimensionless parameters
that govern key mechanisms in your invention.

Laboratory Investigation

Improve the execution of your bench scale experiments by working in a relative humidity & temperature controlled laboratory. Benefit from state of the art NI-LabVIEW driven data acquisition.

Contract R&D

Demonstrate electrostatic technology invention and concept feasibility with well conceived experiments including complete documentation for patent invention reports.

Contract Engineering

At "crunch time," increase your resources for designing your product for robust static performance,
complete the engineering design, and verify system performance with efficient experiments & analysis.

Experimental Design

Keep your projects on schedule and on budget by designing your experiments.

Technical Editing

Sharpen and focus your journal articles, technical reports, or manuals with help from an award winning technical author.

Expert Witness

Gain physical insight and benefit from clear explanations, root cause analysis and from an expert witness with deposition experience.

OVERVIEW SEMINARS AND WEBINARS
available from Electrostatic Answers

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Current news and commentary from Electrostatic Answers

Electrostatic in Web Handling

This short course is part of our AIMCAL Fall Technical Conference, October 17 - 20, 2010, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA.

Dr. Robinson is a Professional Engineer

Dr. Robinson is a Professional Engineer - NYS Professional Engineering License (Eelectrical and Electronics) June 16, 2010.

Dr. Robinson is registered as a Patent Agent

Dr. Robinson is licensed to represent clients in their business with the USPTO, including including writing patent applications, filing them with the USPTO, and responding to office actions during the examination of the application.

Dr. Robinson will specialize in devices and processes involving electrostatic phenomena and electromechanical devices.

I invite you to visit Kelly on Static blog at pffc-online.com

 

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MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES

Dielectric Constant
or Permittivity

Access to HP 4285A Precisions LCR Meter w/ parallel plate electrode cell

Electric Field

Monroe 257D Electrostatic Fieldmeter

Electrical Resistance

AEMC 5070 Megohmmeter

Electrical Volumetric Resistivity

Keithley 6517A Electrometer w/ Model 8009 Resistivity Test Fixture
Monroe 272A Resistivity Meter
Access to HP4284A Precision LCR meter w/ liquid conductivity cell

Electrical Surface Resistivity

Keithley 6517A Electrometer w/ Model 8009 Resistivity Test Fixture
Monroe 272A Resistivity Meter

Electrical Internal Resistivity

Keithley 6517A Electrometer w/ salt water electrodes

Electrostatic Surface Potential

Trek 370 High Speed Non-Contact Electrostatic Voltmeter

Electrostatic Charge

Monroe 284 NanoCoulomb Meter w/ 6" diameter Faraday Cup

Equipment Grounding

AEMC 5070 Megohmmeter

Floor Resistance

Monroe 272A Resistance Meter

Laboratory w/
controlled T & RH

Access to laboratory with Relative Humidity controlled from 15% to 70% within 1%,
and Temperature controlled to 21 oC within 1 oC

Laboratory Rewinder

Access to rewinder in T/RH controlled laboratory:
Convey films - width 1-6″; thickness 0.0005-0.020″;
tension 0.5-20 lbs; speed up to 700 m/min

Roller Resistivity

AEMC 5070 Megohmmeter w/ conducting rubber electrodes

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What the experts are saying about Electrostatic Answers!

Web Handling & Converting Blog
Dr. David Roisum

October 16, 2009

Rising Star in Static

Dr. Kelly Robinson of Electrostatic Answers has earned the position of a most skilled and prolific expert on the very important but otherwise nearly orphaned topic of static electricity. He has spoken at several AIMCAL events and has now, by my count, four columns this year alone in the Paper Film Foil Converter magazine. Please support our industry’s independent experts by studying their teachings, giving them feedback and, most importantly, bringing them in when you seem to be at a standstill in problem solving. Otherwise, each plant will be on its own to figure out problems or solely at the mercy of their suppliers. (Even a skillful fox guarding the henhouse is still a fox.) For a pretty good starter list of experts you need only look at AIMCAL’s roster of the top experts and instructors in a wide variety of areas in web manufacturing, converting and handling.

William Durkin, Senior Process Development Engineer
worked directly with Kelly at Eastman Kodak

May 14, 2007

Dr. Kelly Robinson is an extremely capable electrostatic process development engineer with many years experience tackling extremely difficult manufacturing problems. He is skilled at organizing and attacking production problems by analyzing the situation, gathering data, suggesting controlled experiments, developing a proposed mechanism for the problem, developing laboratory experiments with DoE to investigate the factors controlling the problem, and analyzing and presenting the results. In addition, Kelly has expertise at strategic planning and at developing valuable business and technical contacts. He served as the lab head for a group of about a dozen engineers and technicians for several years and was instrumental in promoting the lab's services to manufacturing and development clients.

INFORMATIONAL ARTICLES

RECENT TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

to see additional professional activities, please review my Resume

 

ELECTROSTATIC RESOURCES AND LINKS

Up Coming Meetings and Conferences

The 7th Conference of the
French Society of Electrostatics, SFE 2010

Montpellier, France

August 30
- Sept. 1, 2010

2010 International Society of Coating Science
and Technology (ISCST) Symposium

Crowne Plaza Hotel, St. Paul, Minnesota
Chair, Dr. Lorraine Francis, Univ. of Minnesota
Co-chair Dr. W. Blake Kolb, 3M

Sept. 12 - 15, 2010

pro flex 2010 - Vacuum Roll-to-Roll Processing
of Flexible Materials

Fraunhofer FEP in Dresden, Germany.
Program Chair: Dr. Nicolas Schiller
Program Chair: Dr. Matthias Fahland
Program Chair: Dr. Marita Mehlstäubl

Sept. 21 - 22, 2010

2010 Packaging & Label Gravure Association
Global Technical Conference

Charlotte, North Carolina

Sept. 22 - 24, 2010

IEEE Industry Applications Society 45th Annual Meeting
Electrostatic Processes Committee

Houston, TX, USA

Oct. 3 - 7, 2010

32nd Annual EOS/ESD Symposium - 2010

John Ascuaga's Nugget Resort
Sparks (Reno), NV, USA

Oct. 3 - 8, 2010

2010 IEEE Conference on Electrical Insulation
and Dielectric Phenomena

Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
Contact: Prof. Raji Sundararajan,
ceidp@ieee.org

Oct. 17 - 20, 2010

AIMCAL 2010 Fall Technical Conference

Myrtle Beach Resort at Grande Dunes
Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Oct. 17 - 20, 2010

ICSEM 2010 - International Conference on
System Science, Engineering Design, and
Manufacturing Informatization

Yichang, China

Oct. 29 - 31, 2010

Electrostatics 2011 -
13th International Conference on Electrostatics

Bangor - City of Learning
North Wales, UK

April 10 - 14, 2011

2011 Electrostatics Society Annual Meeting

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
General Conference Co-Chairs:
Prof. Dan Lacks and Prof. Mohan Sankaran

June 14-16, 2011

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Electrostatics Resources

2008 Electrostatics Society of America Annual Meeting
Al Seaver hosted a fine conference!

Ramada-Mall-of-America, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Prof. Dan Lacks, Case Western Reserve Univ. Technical Program Chair
organized an excellent technical program!

2009 Electrostatics Joint Conference
Prof. Mark Horentein, Boston University,
hosted a fine conference!

Boston University, Boston, MA
Dr. Kelly Robinson, Electrostatic Answers chaired our
Technical Program Committee

2010 Electrostatics Society of America Annual Meeting
Prof. Maciej Noras, UNC Charlotte, hosted a fine meeting!

University of North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Prof. Dan Lacks, Case Western Reserve Univ. chaired our Technical Program.

Burgoynes Inc
Dr. Thomas Pratt

electrostatics resource; experts in fire and explosion
investigation and prevention; Georgia, USA

Chilworth Technologies
Ian Pavey

electrostatics resource; experts in process safety; UK

Dangelmayer Associates
Ted Dangelmayer

electrostatics resource; ESD solutions for the electronics industry

Demonstrations of Electrostatic Principles
Prof. Thomas B. Jones

electrostatics information and consulting; University of Rochester, USA

Electrostatic Applications
Dr. Joe Crowley

Consulting & information resource; California, USA

Electrostatic Solutions
Dr. Jeremy Smallwood

Consulting and information resource; UK

Fowler Associates, Inc
Steve Fowler

Consulting and information resource; SC, USA

Journal of Electrostatics

theoretical and experimental aspects, basic physics,
practical applications, and hazards of electrostatics

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Professional and Trade Organizations

AIMCAL - Asso. of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators

global nonprofit trade association

founded in 1970

Electrostatic Discharge Association

professional organization serving the
electronics industry

 

Electrostatics Society of America

electrostatics professional organization

founded in 1970

European Working Party
"Static Electricity in Industry" EFCE

electrostatics professional organization

 

FlexTech Alliance

US Display Consortium became the FlexTech Alliance,
serving the flexible electronics and display industry

 

Gravure Association of America

trade association serving the Gravure printing industry

formed 1987

IDTechEx

Research, analysis and events for printed electronics, RFID, energy harvesting and their applications

formed 2000

IEEE-IAS Electrostatic Processes Committee

electrostatics professional organization

 

Institute of Electrostatics Japan

electrostatics professional organization

 

Packaging & Label Gravure Association Global

Gravure coating technology organization

 

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Related & Adjacent Resources

AIMCAL - Converting Portal

serving the Converting Industry

AIMCAL - Web Coating Blog
Dr. Edward Cohen

coating science and technology blog

AIMCAL Web Handling
and Converting Blog

Dr. David Rosium

web / film handling and converting resource

Optimation Media &
Web Conveyance Facility

Rochester, NY

for industrial and manufacturing applications

PFFC Paper, Foil & Film Converter Magazine

publication serving the Converting Industry

Printed Electronics World

on-line resouce for printed electronics by IDTechEx

RIT Printing Industry Center
Rochester, NY

Rochester Institute of Technology - technical resource

Tripartisan Technologies
Canandaigua, NY

manufacturer of non-crystalline, amorphous polymers (polycarbonate, acrylic, superengineering polymers like polyetherimide) including the ability to load films with carbon black, spinoidal tin, or various other nanoparticles.

US Patent and Trademark Office

free patent searching

Web Handling Research Center

Oklahoma State University - technical resource

WebHandling.com
T. J. Walker + Asso.

Web Handling consulting and information

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ELECTROSTATIC COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS

Working to solve static problems, to dissipate static electricity, and to develop electrostatic technologies has been my pursuit and passion for over 30 years. I am anxious to share my understanding and expertise to help you solve your static problems.

Your experiences are part of a long tradition of observations and learnings. "Electrostatic phenomena have been known for the past few thousand years" (Preface - Handbook and Electrostatic Processes). Please consider sharing your thoughts and experiences with the electrostatics technical community. Please contact me, or consider attending one of our electrostatics meetings or conferences.

Regards, Kelly Robinson

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