Toggle clamps are used to hold and clamp workpieces. KIPP offers these flexible aids in a wide variety of designs, including innovative in-house developments KIPPlock and KIPPlock+. New to the range are conductive ESD toggle clamps and smart status sensors that can be used to monitor the actuated status. In production environments, electrical discharges can lead to the damage or destruction of parts, components or equipment. To prevent this, workstations in so-called ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) zones must be equipped down to the smallest component according to standards. This is no problem with the safe ESD toggle clamps that HEINRICH KIPP WERK has recently introduce to its range. In order to guarantee the conductivity the standards require, the grip elements and the protective pads are made of electrically conductive polyamide or elastomer. This permits the current to be relayed and dissipated via the steel frame. The new Status sensors for toggle clamps enable the actuated st