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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
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Antimagnetic
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Acid resistant
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Protective of sensitive surfaces
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Strong and durable
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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)
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Resistant to normal acids and vapours
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Not as hard as stainless steel or hardened carbon steel
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Stainless steel
Properties:
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Good corrosion resistance
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Harder allowing finer tips
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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
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Very strong
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Low cost
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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
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100% electric insulation
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100% non-magnetic
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100% non-static
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Unequalled resistance to wear, up to 10 times better than metal
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Heat resistant up to 1000°C
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Extremely low thermal conductivity
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100% corrosion resistance
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Highly resistant to all strong acids – other than Hydrofluoric
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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.