Stat-Zap Matting

Stat-Zap Matting is an anti-static floor mat designed to protect sensitive equipment from electrostatic discharge (ESD) while offering superior comfort and durability. Featuring a carpet top and a conductive surface, this matting is ideal for environments where static control is crucial, such as data centers, laboratories, and manufacturing facilities.

Key Features of Stat-Zap Matting

• Anti-Static Protection: Designed to dissipate static electricity, this mat protects electronic equipment and devices from electrostatic discharge (ESD).
• Durable Carpet Top: The carpeted surface offers comfort underfoot while standing and provides a stylish yet functional appearance for professional settings.
• Slip-Resistant Backing: Features a slip-resistant backing that ensures the mat stays securely in place, even in high-traffic areas.
• ESD Safe: Certified for use in environments where static control is critical, making it an essential matting solution for electronics manufacturing, server rooms, and cleanrooms.
• Low Maintenance: Easy to clean and maintain, this matting can be vacuumed regularly to keep it looking fresh and functioning at its best.
• Versatile Applications: Perfect for use in offices, laboratories, and industrial settings where static-sensitive equipment is used.

Perfect for Static-Sensitive Environments

Stat-Zap Matting is the ideal solution for environments that demand static control and comfort. Its durable carpet top, anti-static properties, and slip-resistant design make it perfect for protecting equipment and ensuring safety in static-sensitive areas.

Hog Heaven Fashion Mats – Eco-Friendly Anti-Fatigue Solution

Experience superior comfort and sustainability with Hog Heaven Fashion Mats. These mats offer the same exceptional anti-fatigue properties as standard Hog Heaven mats, now featuring an attractive fabric top made from recycled materials.

• Superior Comfort: High-density, closed-cell nitrile-blended cushion reduces pressure on the lower back and legs.
• Certified Safety: Certified high-traction by the National Floor Safety Institute(NFSI); edges won't crack or curl, ensuring safe transitions.
• Durable Design: Fade-resistant, solution-dyed fabric surface is molded—not glued—to the cushion to prevent separation.
• Attractive Appearance: Available in four neutral colors to complement any décor.
• Eco-Friendly Materials: PET fabric surface made from 90% recycled plastic content.
• Customizable Thickness: Choose between 5/8" or 7/8" thicknesses.
• Custom Sizes: Custom lengths available up to 60 feet in 3-foot widths.

What Hog Heaven Does Before Hard Floors Wear Your Crew Down

Hog Heaven is an industrial anti-fatigue mat built for floors that punish people and equipment alike. A high-density nitrile-blended cushion takes the pressure off the lower back and legs through long standing shifts, while the grease- and oil-proof rubber surface keeps its grip in conditions that would ruin an ordinary standing mat.

Concrete gives nothing back. Stand on it through a shift at a welding bench, machine station, or assembly line and the strain climbs from feet to knees to back — and wherever oil or chemicals reach bare floor, footing goes with it. The right mat has to cushion the stand and hold traction at the same time.

Why Nitrile Rubber, and Why This One

The working surface is nitrile rubber: grease-proof, oil-proof, chemical resistant, and welding safe, passing the BS-4790 flammability standard. Beneath it sits a high-density, closed-cell nitrile and PVC blended foam cushion that is itself grease- and oil-resistant — so a messy week on the floor doesn't slowly break down the padding underneath.

What sets this construction apart is how the two layers join. The cushion is molded to the rubber surface, not glued, so the layers can't separate over time — and the edges won't crack or curl. Sloped edges give feet and cart wheels a safe transition from floor to mat instead of a trip point.

Traction here is certified, not just claimed. The surface is certified high-traction by the National Floor Safety Institute, with a static coefficient of friction of 0.87 dry and 0.85 wet under ASTM C1028-96. It also carries an ESD rating of electrically conductive, which some assembly and electronics settings require.

Where It Belongs, and What It Is Not

Hog Heaven belongs indoors, wherever standing work meets harsh conditions: welding stations, machine shops, assembly and finishing lines, parts counters, and workshop benches where slag, grease, oil, or chemicals end up on the floor. It's just as comfortable in gentler duty — a cashier stand or packing station — because the cushion works the same either way.

What it is not: a drainage mat or an outdoor mat. The surface is solid, so washdown zones with standing water are better served by the drainage-style options in our anti-fatigue mats and runners lineup. Cleaning this one is simple — neutral-pH detergent, a hose rinse, and a full dry before it goes back into service.

Three Things to Check Before You Spec It

First, pick the thickness by how much give the job needs. The 5/8-inch version compresses 47.8 percent under 20 psi of load; the 7/8-inch version compresses 51 percent under the same load, cushioning deeper for all-day posts on concrete. Both share the same surface and molded construction.

Second, size to the station or the whole line. Standard mats run from 2 by 3 feet up to 4.8 by 8 feet, and custom sizes come in widths of 2, 3, 4, and 4.8 feet at whole-foot lengths up to 100 feet. Runs over 60 feet carry up to two seams, and rubber sizing is approximate — plan for 3 to 5 percent variance.

Third, choose the border for the setting. Solid black blends into most floors, while OSHA-approved caution yellow borders on two sides mark the mat's edge where forklifts, carts, and foot traffic share an aisle. And if the mat should carry a logo or safety message, this construction can be customized with your own design.

Why Mats Inc.

We've stocked and specified anti-fatigue matting since 1964, and this is the mat we reach for when one floor serves up everything at once — heat, oil, chemicals, and long hours. Every figure on this page is verified against published test data before it reaches you, and the mat itself is backed by a 1-year limited Mats Inc. warranty.

Frequently Asked Questions

What keeps the cushion from separating from the surface over time?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

The usual failure in layered anti-fatigue mats starts at the glue line — cart wheels and heel strikes work the edge loose, the layers peel, and the mat becomes a trip hazard. Hog Heaven's cushion is molded directly to the nitrile rubber surface, not glued, so there's no bond line to fail. The closed-cell nitrile and PVC foam holds its structure through years of service, and the edges are built not to crack or curl.

Is it actually safe around welding, grease, and chemicals?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

Yes — that combination is what this construction was made for. The mat is welding safe and passes the BS-4790 flammability standard under the metal nut method, so stray slag doesn't take the mat out of service. The nitrile surface is grease- and oil-proof and chemical resistant, the cushion beneath is grease- and oil-resistant, and the mat carries an ESD rating of electrically conductive for settings that require it.

How slip-resistant is the surface, really?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

It's independently certified high-traction by the National Floor Safety Institute, and the test figures back it up: a static coefficient of friction of 0.87 dry and 0.85 wet under ASTM C1028-96 — very little grip lost when the surface gets slick. Sloped edges keep the floor-to-mat transition safe. To keep that traction, clean with a neutral-pH detergent and a hose rinse, and let the mat dry fully before it goes back into service.

Can I order custom sizes to cover a full work line?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

Yes. Beyond the five standard sizes, custom mats come in widths of 2, 3, 4, and 4.8 feet at whole-foot lengths up to 100 feet — enough to trace an entire assembly line or counter run in one plan. Two things to build into the order: runs over 60 feet will carry up to two seams, and rubber expands and contracts with temperature, so finished sizes vary by 3 to 5 percent. Measure the space with that allowance in mind.

Should I choose solid black or caution yellow borders?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

Let the traffic decide. Solid black settles quietly into most floors and suits stations where visibility isn't a concern — a parts counter, a packing bench, a back-of-house stand. The OSHA-approved caution yellow borders run along two sides and earn their place where forklifts, carts, and people share the same aisle: the bright edge tells everyone exactly where the mat begins before a wheel or a boot finds it.

Can the mat carry our logo or a safety message?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

It can — this construction is available customized with your logo, design, or message. That opens up more than branding: shops use custom printing for station labels, safety reminders at machine posts, and company marks at shop-floor entrances, all on the same grease-proof, cushioned mat doing the ergonomic work underneath. If you're planning a custom run, share the artwork and placement early so sizing and borders can be planned together.

By Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.

What Comfort Scrape Does Before Grit and Grease Leave the Station

Comfort Scrape is two mats doing one job: a scraper mat and an anti-fatigue mat in a single bi-level design. The raised standing surface cushions long shifts over a hard floor, while the lower level traps dirt, debris, and drips beneath shoe level — so what lands at the station stays at the station.

Without it, the messiest spot on the floor travels. Grit and grease ride out on shoe soles, spreading a slip hazard down every walkway and grinding into flooring far from where the work happens. Meanwhile the person standing in that spot all shift absorbs the hard floor through their feet, knees, and back. One mat can interrupt both problems.

Why a Bi-Level Scraper Over Nitrile, and Why This One

The bi-level construction is the heart of it. Shoes ride on the upper surface while the recessed wells below collect what falls — dirt, metal shavings, food debris, drips — holding it out of the standing path and off the soles that would otherwise track it through the building.

The material is built for the environments that need scraping most. High-density, closed-cell nitrile rubber foam gives the cushion its anti-fatigue quality and shrugs off the mess: grease and oil proof, chemical resistant, and welding safe. A lifetime anti-microbial treatment protects the mat itself against odors and degradation between cleanings.

Safety is certified rather than assumed — the surface is certified high-traction by the National Floor Safety Institute, and beveled edges give feet and cart wheels a safe transition from floor to mat. When the wells fill up, the lightweight, flexible design lifts easily, and the mat can be commercially laundered to strip out oil, grease, and soil completely.

Where It Belongs, and What It Is Not

Comfort Scrape belongs at working stations where grease, oil, or chemicals meet foot traffic: prep and dish areas, machine and fabrication stations, parts-washing benches, and packing posts where debris gathers underfoot. It earns a special place at the boundary between a messy zone and the rest of the floor — the last stop before shoes carry the mess onward.

What it is not: an entrance doormat, and not a flow-through drainage mat. This design contains what falls rather than draining it through, so wash-down zones with steady standing water are better matched to the drainage-style options in our anti-fatigue mats and runners lineup. Comfort Scrape is for the station where debris, not water volume, is the daily enemy.

Three Things to Check Before You Spec It

First, look at what actually ends up underfoot. If the station generates grit, shavings, food debris, or greasy drips, the bi-level wells earn their place by capturing it. If the real problem is water by the gallon, a flow-through drainage mat is the honest answer — trapping isn't the same job as draining.

Second, plan the emptying and cleaning rhythm before the mat arrives. The wells do their job by filling, so build a routine around lifting the mat, clearing what it caught, and giving it a real wash — it's launderable, so oil, grease, and ground-in soil come all the way out rather than accumulating for good.

Third, place it across the step-off path. The scraping only helps if shoes cross the mat before leaving the zone, so position it where people actually pivot and exit — with the beveled edges facing the traffic so every transition on and off stays a safe one.

Why Mats Inc.

Tracked grit is one of the quietest problems we've watched wear down facilities since 1964 — it dulls floors, spreads slip hazards, and doubles the housekeeping load one shoe sole at a time. We carry this mat because it stops that at the source, we verify every claim on this page against published product data, and we back it with a 1-year limited Mats Inc. warranty.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the bi-level design actually work?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

Think of it as a standing deck over a catch basin. Shoes stay on the raised upper surface, and everything that falls — grit, shavings, food debris, greasy drips — settles into the recessed wells below, out of the standing path. That's what prevents tracking: the mess never sits where soles can pick it up. The cushion underneath is high-density, closed-cell nitrile rubber foam, so the mat is doing genuine anti-fatigue work the entire time it's scraping.

Will grease, chemicals, or welding work wear it out?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

This construction is specified for exactly those exposures: the nitrile rubber is grease and oil proof, chemical resistant, and welding safe, and the closed-cell foam resists soaking up what the shift drops on it. A lifetime anti-microbial treatment protects the mat against odors and material breakdown between cleanings. The practical habit that keeps any grease-rated mat at its best is not letting buildup sit indefinitely — and since this one launders, a real reset is always available.

Is it safe where people move quickly on and off it?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

Yes — the surface is certified high-traction by the National Floor Safety Institute, independent testing rather than a marketing claim, and the beveled edges slope to the floor so a hurried step doesn't catch a raised lip. Placement does the rest: set the mat so the natural pivot-and-exit path crosses it fully, keeping fast feet on the certified surface instead of on a greasy strip of bare floor beside it.

Isn't a scraper mat something for the front door?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

That's the natural instinct — most of us picture scraping happening at an entrance. This one scrapes where the mess is made instead. A dish station, a machine post, or a prep line generates its own debris all day, and an entrance mat forty feet away does nothing about it. Comfort Scrape puts the capture right at the source, while cushioning the person standing there — a combination an entrance mat was never designed to offer.

Will it really keep the floors around the station cleaner?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

That's the change facilities notice first. When debris drops into the wells instead of lying in the standing path, it stops riding out on shoe soles — so the hallway past the kitchen stays presentable, the showroom floor beside the shop keeps its finish, and housekeeping stops chasing the same trail of grit every day. The mat quietly shrinks the messy zone down to its own footprint, and the rest of the building shows it.

How much of the station should it cover?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

Cover the standing zone and the step-off path together. Watch the station during a real shift: where feet plant for the work, and which direction people leave. The mat should span both, because a mat that ends one stride short of the exit path lets shoes step from debris straight onto clean floor. Size to the work zone with margin on the exit side, and our team can help match available sizes to the station's footprint.

By Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.

What Anti-Static Anti-Fatigue Matting Does Before Static Reaches Your Components

Standing at a bench all shift is hard on your body, and the static charge your body builds along the way is hard on your work. One casual touch can discharge through a circuit board and quietly ruin it — no spark you'd feel, just a component that fails testing later, or worse, fails in the field. Anti-static anti-fatigue matting works both problems at once.

Comfort King Anti-Static Anti-Fatigue Matting is a cushioned standing mat that also gives static a safe way out. The foam underfoot keeps legs and backs fresher through long hours on hard floors, while the mat's static-dissipative construction routes built-up charge to a grounding cord instead of letting it jump into sensitive electronics.

That matters anywhere people stand and handle boards, chips, drives, or test equipment. Static damage rarely announces itself. It shows up later as intermittent faults, failed QC runs, and lost data — the kind of trouble that eats hours of diagnosis before anyone suspects the floor.

Why Energized Sponge Foam, and Why This One

Plenty of ESD mats are hard vinyl sheets that protect components but do nothing for feet. This mat takes the opposite approach. It's built from a highly energized sponge foam that's static-dissipative all the way through, not a comfort layer with a coating on top. The softness, the resilience, and the static control all come from the same material.

The numbers back that up. The foam runs 3/8" thick with a durometer of 50±5 — soft enough that your weight keeps shifting naturally, firm enough that you're never fighting for balance. Electrical resistivity measures approximately 10⁵ ohms per square, squarely in the static-dissipative range, so charge bleeds off in a controlled way rather than all at once.

The compound is engineered to last three times longer than conventional sponge foam, so the cushion doesn't pack down into a flat pad after one hard season. At roughly 0.72 pounds per square foot, the mat stays planted through a workday yet lifts easily for floor cleaning, and beveled edges ease the step up so feet and cart wheels don't catch.

A pebbled surface texture gives shoes something to hold in dry conditions, and the format flexes with the job. It comes as individual standing mats and as 60-foot rolls, so you can cushion a single test station or run a continuous anti-fatigue mat roll down an entire assembly line.

Where It Belongs, and What It Is Not

This is a dry-area mat, and it's happiest where electronics work happens: assembly benches, electronic testing stations in laboratories, repair counters, and offices where standing workers share space with sensitive equipment. It earns a spot at standing desks too, anywhere a stray discharge could cost you hardware or the data sitting on it.

It is not a wet-area mat. Wash-down water, oils, and food-service grease belong on drainage matting built for those conditions, and this foam isn't that. It's also static-dissipative rather than conductive — it bleeds charge off gradually and safely, which is exactly the behavior you want around circuit boards. If your floor problem is fatigue without the static risk, our full range of anti-fatigue mats and runners covers dry and wet work areas alike.

Three Things to Check Before You Spec It

First, plan the grounding. A static-dissipative mat only does its job when charge has somewhere to go. Every stock-size mat ships with one grounding cord included. Full rolls and custom cuts don't — cords for those are ordered separately, and the working rule is one grounding cord for every 10 feet of matting. Specify where you want the cord connections placed when ordering rolls or custom cuts.

Second, size it to the workstation, not just the person. Stock mats run from 2' x 3' up through 4' x 12', and rolls come in 2', 3', 4', and 6' widths at 60 feet long, with custom cuts available in those same widths. One detail worth knowing before you order: 6-foot custom cuts are not beveled on the cut ends.

Third, confirm the environment stays dry year-round. A bench that catches occasional wash-down spray or condensation calls for a wet-area product instead. While you're at it, settle the color question — black disappears into most industrial floors, while steel gray reads lighter and shows debris sooner, which some supervisors prefer because the mat gets swept before grit grinds in.

Why Mats Inc.

We've been matching floors to the work done on them since 1964, and static-sensitive work is where guesswork shows up as failed boards and lost data. Every spec on this page is verified against the manufacturer's published data, we'll help you plan grounding-cord counts and placement before the order goes in, and the mat is backed by a 1-year limited warranty from Mats Inc.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does this mat actually dissipate static?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

The dissipation is built into the foam itself, not applied as a surface layer. As you shift and walk in place at a bench, the charge your body generates migrates through the energized foam and out the attached grounding cord to ground. With resistivity around 10⁵ ohms per square, that transfer happens gradually — a controlled bleed rather than a sudden discharge, which is what keeps nearby components safe. The practical upshot: a technician can work a full shift at a test station without carrying a charge to the first board they pick up.

How long will the cushioning hold up under daily use?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

The foam compound is engineered to last three times longer than conventional sponge foam, and the 50±5 durometer is the figure to watch — it's the balance point where the mat rebounds under every weight shift instead of gradually crushing flat. At about 0.72 pounds per square foot it holds position through a workday of foot traffic. Like everything we sell, it's backed by a 1-year limited warranty from Mats Inc.

What do I need to know about grounding cords before I order?

Answered by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO

Every stock-size mat includes one grounding cord, so a single bench install is ready out of the box. Full 60-foot rolls and custom cuts are different: cords are purchased separately there, and the recommendation is one grounding cord for every 10 feet of matting. If you're lining a full assembly row, count your footage, order cords to match, and tell us where along the run you want the connections placed — placement is specified at order time for rolls and custom cuts.

What sizes does it come in, and can I get a custom length?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

Stock mats come in 2' x 3', 3' x 5', 3' x 12', 4' x 6', and 4' x 12', which covers everything from a single soldering station to a shared workbench. For longer runs there are 60-foot rolls in 2', 3', 4', and 6' widths, and custom cuts are available in those same widths — handy when a bench row measures an awkward 17 feet and you'd rather have one clean piece than a patchwork. One note for planning: 6-foot custom cuts aren't beveled on the cut ends.

What does it look like on the floor?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

You've got two colors: black, which settles quietly into most shop and lab floors, and steel gray, which reads lighter and gives a cleaner, more finished look in customer-visible spaces like repair counters. The surface carries a subtle pebbled texture, and at 3/8" with beveled edges the profile stays low and tidy — it looks like part of the workstation, not an afterthought laid over the floor.

Is this the right mat for my space?

Answered by Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing

If your people stand in a dry area around anything static-sensitive — electronics assembly, testing stations in a lab, an IT repair counter, a standing desk beside expensive equipment — this is the mat built for that exact overlap of comfort and protection. If your floors see water, oil, or kitchen grease, look to a wet-area drainage mat instead. And if you love the cushioning but don't need static control, we carry plenty of dry-area anti-fatigue options without the grounding hardware.

By Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.

Traction Tread Rubber Runner Mats

Explore the durability and safety of Traction Tread Rubber Runner Mats, designed with nitrile-blended foam to effectively resist grease, oil, and chemicals. These mats are a cost-effective solution, offering longevity that surpasses traditional PVC foam anti-fatigue mats.

Key Features

• Comfortable: Equipped with 5/8" thick nitrile-blended foam, our mats deliver exceptional anti-fatigue properties for prolonged standing.
• Durable: The diamond-pattern surface significantly enhances mat durability, outlasting conventional ribbed designs prone to wear and tear.
• Safe: Smooth beveled edges facilitate a seamless transition from floor to mat, ensuring safety. Certified for high-traction by the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI).
• Resilient: Specifically formulated to be resistant to grease, oil, and a variety of chemicals.
• Long-lasting: Expertly engineered to prevent curling and cracking, ensuring durable performance over time.
• Customizable Dimensions: Available in widths of 2', 3', and 4' to fit diverse space requirements.

Happy Feet Anti-Fatigue Mats

Happy Feet Anti-Fatigue Mats offer exceptional durability and safety, ideal for both wet and dry environments. These heavy-duty mats combine a dense foam cushion with a nitrile rubber surface for outstanding anti-fatigue benefits.

• Comfort and Support: Features a 1/2" dense foam cushion for superior anti-fatigue qualities, enhancing worker comfort and productivity.
• Enhanced Safety: Certified by the National Floor Safety Institute for high traction, these mats prevent slips and falls.
• Powerful Build: The nitrile rubber surface is penetration-proof with borders that resist cracking and curling.
• Multi-Use Design: Welding-safe and static dissipative, these mats are suitable for various industrial applications.
• Surface Varieties: Choose the Textured Surface for dry to damp areas or the Grip Surface for wet areas needing maximum traction.
• Color Options: Available in solid black or with OSHA-approved yellow striped borders to enhance safety and visibility.
• Eco-Friendly: Contains 15% recycled rubber content, supporting environmental sustainability.
• Stability: Equipped with grippers on the back to minimize mat movement, ensuring stable and secure placement.

Resistant to chemicals, animal fats, and petroleum products, Happy Feet Mats are an excellent choice for harsh industrial environments.

Discovery ESD Carpet Tile is a static dissipative modular tile built to drain electrostatic charge out of a room instead of letting it build up in the people walking through it. A continuous conductive monofilament runs through the yarn, tying the whole floor to a ground path. It's a 24 by 24 inch tufted tile that meets ANSI/ESD S20.20 and reads as ordinary commercial carpet.

What ESD Carpet Tile Does Before a Charge Reaches Your Equipment

Walking generates static. Every footstep separates and rejoins two surfaces, and ordinary carpet is good at holding the charge that comes off that. The person carrying it usually feels nothing at all. The charge is simply there, riding along, waiting for the first grounded thing they touch.

In a room full of sensitive electronics, that first grounded thing is often a circuit board, a connector, or a rack. Static dissipative flooring interrupts the sequence earlier. Conductive fiber gives the charge a controlled path to ground continuously as the person walks, so it drains away instead of accumulating to the point where it can jump.

The numbers here are measured, not estimated. Tested to ESD STM 97.2 with conductive footwear, this floor holds body voltage under 20 volts. Tested to AATCC 134-06 without conductive footwear, it stays under 0.4 kV. That gap between the two is worth sitting with, because it tells you the flooring is half of a system.

What makes electrostatic damage expensive is that it's usually invisible. A component takes a hit, keeps working, and fails weeks later in the field. This tile meets the recommended guidelines in DoD HDBK 236A, Section 40.1.2 for Class 1 sensitive devices, which is the category where that latent failure risk is highest.

Why Conductive Monofilament Construction, and Why This Tile

There are two ways to make carpet dissipative. One is a topical antistatic treatment sprayed onto finished carpet, which works until it wears off or gets cleaned away. The other is building conductive material into the fiber itself. This tile does the second — a continuous conductive monofilament runs through the yarn as a permanent structural element.

Permanent is the operative word. There's no treatment to reapply, no performance curve that decays over the maintenance cycle, and no moment three years in where the floor quietly stops doing its job while everyone assumes it still is.

Electrical resistance measures 1.0 x 10⁶ to 1.0 x 10⁹ ohms under ANSI/ESD S7.1. Under ANSI/ESD S20.20-2014, the flooring and footwear system together stays inside the required limits of under 1 x 10⁹ ohms and under 100 volts peak when used with approved footwear.

Underneath the static story is a genuinely heavy-duty commercial carpet tile. It's tufted in a textured loop at 1/10 gauge, 10 stitches per inch, with a density of 7,642 and 24 oz. per square yard of tufted yarn weight. Average pile height is 0.114 inch. Its TARR texture and appearance retention rating is above 3.0, which is the heavy-duty classification.

The fiber is premium branded solution-dyed nylon, meaning color is locked into the polymer rather than applied to the surface, and it carries a mill-applied soil protection treatment. Recycled content runs 61%. The primary backing is non-woven synthetic; the secondary backing is 100% PVC-free, phthalate-free, recyclable, and made from recycled material.

Certifications stack up in a way that matters on institutional specs. Flammability passes ASTM E-648 Flooring Radiant Panel at Class 1, smoke density passes ASTM E-662 NBS at less than 450, indoor air quality carries Green Label Plus certification, and the tile is Cradle to Cradle Certified at the Silver level.

Where It Belongs, and Where It Doesn't

The environments this tile was built for are specific: E911 dispatch centers, air traffic control facilities, electronics manufacturing, test and R&D labs, and broadcast studios and recording suites. What those share is around-the-clock staffing, sensitive equipment, and a compliance requirement someone has to sign off on.

The compliance list follows from that. It's FAA-STD-019f compliant for aviation facilities, Motorola R56 compliant for communications sites, and ATIS-0600321.2010 compliant for telecom. If your spec cites any of those by name, this tile answers it directly. It sits with the rest of our commercial carpet tiles, though it solves a problem none of the others touch.

It installs over standard subfloors or over access flooring, which matters because so many of these rooms are built on raised floor systems. Both installation methods are documented, and the access flooring approach is different enough that you want the right instructions in hand before the crew starts.

Here's what it is not. It isn't a padded or cushion-backed tile — there's no foam, felt, or underlay, and it isn't built for impact absorption or plush underfoot softness. It also isn't a loose-lay or peel-and-stick product. It requires conductive adhesive and a proper ground connection, because a dissipative floor with nowhere to send the charge is just carpet.

And it isn't the right answer if you only want general antistatic comfort in an ordinary office — somewhere to stop the doorknob shock. This is engineered compliance flooring with the documentation and installation requirements that come with that. For a standard office floor, a conventional commercial tile costs less to install and does everything you actually need.

Three Things to Check Before You Spec It

First, confirm whether your requirement is antistatic or true ESD. Those are different performance classes and people use the words interchangeably, which causes real problems at inspection. Find the standard your specification actually cites. If it names ANSI/ESD S20.20, FAA-STD-019f, Motorola R56, or ATIS-0600321, you need dissipative flooring with documentation, not an antistatic treatment.

Second, plan the grounding before you plan the floor. This system needs one ground connection per 1,000 square feet, installed with conductive adhesive and tied in with a ground strip or connector kit. That's an electrical scope item as much as a flooring one. Get it into the drawings early rather than discovering it the week of installation.

Third, budget for footwear. The flooring and the footwear are one system, and the test data says so plainly — under 20 volts with conductive footwear, under 400 volts without. Both numbers are good, but only the first meets the tightest requirements. If your facility can't enforce a footwear protocol, know that going in so nobody is surprised by a field measurement later.

Why Mats Inc.

We've been specifying commercial flooring since 1964, and ESD work is where the difference between a distributor and a specifier actually shows. This tile arrives with a full submittal package — product specifications, separate installation instructions for standard and access flooring, and maintenance documentation — because the people buying it have to hand that to an inspector. It's available with no order minimums, so a single control room is as workable as a full facility. We'll walk the grounding plan with you before anything ships.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes this carpet static dissipative, and will it wear off?

It won't, and that's the main thing to understand about it. There are two approaches to dissipative carpet. One sprays an antistatic treatment onto finished carpet, which is inexpensive and degrades — it wears with traffic and washes out with cleaning. The other builds conductive material directly into the yarn as a permanent part of the structure. This tile takes the second approach, using a continuous conductive monofilament running through the fiber.

Because the conductivity is structural rather than applied, the electrical performance you measure on day one is what you measure years later. Resistance sits between 1.0 x 10⁶ and 1.0 x 10⁹ ohms under ANSI/ESD S7.1. There's nothing to reapply and no maintenance step that quietly undoes it. — Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.

Is it durable enough for a facility running around the clock?

Yes, and the specification numbers say so independently of the static performance. The TARR texture and appearance retention rating is above 3.0, which is the heavy-duty classification. Density measures 7,642 with 24 oz. per square yard of tufted yarn weight in a textured loop at 1/10 gauge, so there's real fiber in the pile resisting crush under continuous occupancy.

Flammability passes ASTM E-648 Flooring Radiant Panel at Class 1 and smoke density passes ASTM E-662 NBS at under 450 — both of which get asked about in facilities that run continuously. And because it's a modular tile, a damaged square in a rack aisle lifts and gets replaced without taking the room out of service, which in a 24-hour facility is often the deciding factor. — Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.

What does installation involve, and can it go over access flooring?

It can, and that's common in these rooms. Documented installation methods exist for both standard subfloors and raised access flooring, and the two are different enough that the crew needs the correct instructions in hand before starting rather than improvising at the panel seams.

The part people underestimate is grounding. This installs with conductive adhesive, not loose-lay and not peel-and-stick, and it needs one ground connection per 1,000 square feet tied in with a ground strip or connector kit. That's an electrical scope item. Get it into the drawings during design, because a dissipative floor with no path to ground doesn't perform, and that gets discovered at commissioning when it's expensive to fix. — Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.

What size are the tiles, and how much does a carton cover?

Tiles are 24 by 24 inches — the standard commercial module, which makes takeoffs simple since each tile covers exactly four square feet. Cartons hold 12 tiles at 5.33 square yards, so one carton covers about 48 square feet.

To estimate, measure each room's length and width in feet, multiply, add your rooms together, then add roughly ten percent for cuts around cabinets, racks, and floor penetrations plus attic stock for later replacement. Divide by 48 and round up for cartons. One thing worth knowing: there are no order minimums, so a single dispatch room or test bench area is a perfectly normal order. Send us the dimensions and we'll run it with you. — Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing, Mats Inc.

What does it look like, and what colors are available?

It's a tweed textural solid — a fine multi-tone flecked loop that reads as sophisticated commercial carpet rather than as technical equipment. Seven standard colorways span cool blues, warm neutrals, and greys, from a saturated blue through mid-tone blends to deep browns and a soft grey.

The fiber is 100% solution dyed, which matters more than it sounds. Color is locked into the polymer before the fiber is formed rather than applied to the outside, so it holds up under both intense lighting and the aggressive cleaning schedules these facilities usually run. The floor in year five still matches the sample you approved. — Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing, Mats Inc.

Does specifying ESD flooring mean the space has to look industrial?

Not even slightly, and this is the thing worth pushing back on when someone assumes compliance means ugly. A lot of ESD flooring historically did look like equipment. This doesn't. The tweed texture and the seven-colorway palette put it comfortably in the same visual conversation as any premium commercial carpet tile.

That matters more than it used to, because these rooms aren't hidden anymore. Broadcast studios appear on camera. Dispatch centers host tours and press. Manufacturing floors get walked by customers and auditors. You can meet ANSI/ESD S20.20 and still have a space that looks considered — and if you're coordinating to a brand palette or an existing interior scheme, send it over and we'll talk through which colorway sits best. — Jinna Hopson, Vice President of Marketing, Mats Inc.

Written by Dustin Thompson, Owner & CEO, Mats Inc.