static discharger
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static discharger
[′stad·ik ′dis‚chär·jər] (electricity)
A rubber-covered cloth wick about 6 inches (15 centimeters) long, sometimes attached to the trailing edges of the surfaces of an aircraft to discharge static electricity in flight.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Fraser has developed a
static discharger, the EX-HPSD, which has been certified for use in hazardous areas under the European ATEX directive.
A new commercial-off-the-shelf-technology (COTS), produced by Aviation Devices and Electronic Components (AvDec[TM]), is a conductive gasket, consisting of a cured polyurethane gel that encapsulates an aluminum wire mesh, which has been identified to provide improved electrical bonding between aircraft aluminum substrate and the mounting base of aircraft antennas and
static discharger mounts.
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