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ESD and Precision Tools.

ESD and Precision Products

C.K Tweezers

There are two ranges of tweezers in the C.K range – Carbofib ESD and Precision.

These tweezers are fully ESD compliant and offer a number of beneficial properties:

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  • Rust free

  • Antimagnetic

  • Acid resistant

  • Protective of sensitive surfaces

  • Strong and durable

  • Heat resistant up to 2700°C

Carbofib ESD tweezers have a tip manufactured from carbon fibre mounted on to stainless steel bows.

C.K Precision tweezers are available in a wide range of types and materials. The materials used are Antimagnetic Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel, Hardened Carbon Steel or Ceramic.

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Antimagnetic stainless steel

No mystery about one of its properties, but the rest are:

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  • Stainless (no rust)

  • Resistant to normal acids and vapours

  • Not as hard as stainless steel or hardened carbon steel

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Stainless steel

Properties:

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  • Good corrosion resistance

  • Harder allowing finer tips

  • Slightly magnetic

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Carbon steel hardened

To give some level of corrosion protection, all the tweezers made from Carbon steel are coated either with nickel or a paint type coating. Obviously after use, the coating can be damaged leaving the potential for corrosion to set in.

Its other properties are:

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  • Long life

  • Very strong

  • Low cost

  • Highly magnetic

Ceramic

These Precision tweezers have tips manufactured from ceramic mounted on to stainless steel bows.

This material is actually called zirconia- ceramic aluminium and it has a number of very attractive properties:

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  • No electromagnetic induction

  • 100% electric insulation

  • 100% non-magnetic

  • 100% non-static

  • Unequalled resistance to wear, up to 10 times better than metal

  • Heat resistant up to 1000°C

  • Extremely low thermal conductivity

  • 100% corrosion resistance

  • Highly resistant to all strong acids – other than Hydrofluoric

  • Solder (soft and hard) can not adhere to the surface

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The drawbacks are that they are quite costly and the tips are sensitive to misuse.

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