Four Bimos lines meet both the European ESD standard (DIN EN 61340-5-1) and the American standard (ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021) at once: Neon, Cleanroom Basic, Cleanroom Texon, and the full Kruk/Cleanroom Stool line. For a data center setting up an ESD Protected Area (EPA), which usually means meeting both standards simultaneously, that dual certification isn't a bonus, it's a requirement.
Why a data center needs ESD-protected seating
Electrostatic discharge can permanently damage server components without the damage being immediately visible, which makes it just as relevant to a data center as to a semiconductor production floor. ANSI/ESD S20.20 is the standard US and multinational operators specifically use to define and certify an EPA, including the furniture inside that zone. Relying on the European standard alone, in that context, only covers half of what an international client or auditor expects.
Dual certification across four lines
DIN EN 61340-5-1 sets a maximum resistance below which a surface remains conductive enough to safely discharge static, typically around 10⁶ Ω on the Bimos models that carry it. Neon, Cleanroom Basic, and the Kruk/Cleanroom Stool line hit that figure and the American ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021 standard on the same model, with conductive components and volume-conductive castors as standard. Cleanroom Texon carries its own signed certificate for the same dual standard, with a typical leakage resistance to groundable point in the 10⁵ to 10⁷ Ω range. That simplifies procurement for an international organization: one chair, two certificates, no separate EU and US variants needed.
The Neon: dual EU/US ESD certification.
Built for continuous operation
Data centers run 24/7, and Bimos's warranty is transparent about that: guaranteed for 8 hours a day as a baseline, and at 16 hours a day, 5 days a week, you still get 3.5 years of full coverage, a figure Bimos documents itself rather than explaining only once a claim comes up. For a continuously staffed position, that's exactly the kind of concrete number you can plan around in advance.
Key facts at a glance
- Neon, Cleanroom Basic, Cleanroom Texon, and the Kruk/Cleanroom Stool line meet both DIN EN 61340-5-1 (EU) and ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021 (US).
- Typical leakage resistance around 10⁶ Ω, with conductive components and volume-conductive castors.
- ANSI/ESD S20.20 is the standard data centers use to certify an ESD Protected Area.
- Warranty scales transparently with continuous use: 3.5 years of full coverage at 16 hours a day.
Why this matters for your decision
For a data center that needs to demonstrate internationally that every element of its EPA is compliant, furniture included, a dual-certified chair is the simplest path to a clean audit trail. Want to know which model best fits your EPA classification? Get in touch and we'll work it out together.