HD / LD Conductive Foam

Conductive foam is a polyethylene foam filled with carbon (as are all black ESD foams), giving it its conductive properties and colour. Conductive foam is designed for repeat use and will act like a Faraday cage when an item is fully enclosed within it.

Your business can take advantage of GWP’s expertise in the creation of conductive foam inserts to work alongside the wide selection of conductive and ESD safe packaging, handling and transit products.

The conductive foams you can source help to minimise the effects of electrostatic discharge on sensitive electronic equipment.

With years of expertise in the fabrication of foam inserts and a modern design and production facility including the latest CAD software and CNC machining, you can also benefit from the design and manufacture of a conductive foam solution that will offer the optimum level of protection regardless of your end application.

Conductive foam is similar to standard packaging foams but with one crucial difference – the addition of carbon to the polymer mix during the manufacturing process to provide a high level of conductivity.

This allows any electric current to pass through the cell structure of the foam and away from the component.

Generally, the foam will have permanent conductive performance, meaning it is ideal for multi-trip packaging and in-plant handling applications. Its performance isn’t affected by atmospheric conditions.

This ESD safe material will typically have a surface resistivity of fewer than 10⁴ ohms/sq. and a volume resistivity of fewer than 10⁴ ohms/cms, which offers a quicker transfer of any static charge to a grounding source or adjacent conductive material.

Please see below for brief technical details of the conductive foam used in GWP Conductives’ ESD safe packaging.

HD and LD Conductive Foams

Same base material as AS 22 But dipped into Flexible

Conductive Latex to give LD / Rigid Conductive Latex to give HD

HD has no structural strength, used as pin stick only