Chief Technology Officer at Smart Fog
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Ido Goldstein is a technology innovator with deep expertise in humidity engineering, climate control, and non-wetting fog systems. He has spent years advancing energy-efficient and water-smart solutions that help industries like cleanrooms, data centers, wineries, and greenhouses maintain precise environmental control.
Passionate about technology with real-world impact, Ido also supports sustainable agriculture initiatives and nonprofit innovation. Through this blog, he shares practical insights on HVAC advancements, indoor air quality, and the science behind high-performing environments.
When relative humidity drops, the surface moisture that normally dissipates static charge disappears, allowing electrostatic charges to accumulate and discharge across electronic components. This article explains the mechanism, the relevant RH thresholds, and how humidity control fits within a complete ESD program.
Low indoor humidity is common in healthcare buildings and affects comfort, equipment, and facility operations. This guide explains what is generally understood about its effects, why hospital air runs dry, and what facilities can do about it.
Self-storage units marketed as climate-controlled often fail to maintain the 40 to 55% RH range that protects furniture, electronics, and documents. This guide explains the target range, damage thresholds by material type, and how to verify what a facility actually delivers.
Cannabis plants need different humidity levels at every stage of growth, from 65 to 70% RH in the seedling stage to 30 to 40% in late flowering. This guide covers stage-specific targets, explains how VPD relates to those numbers, and shows what can go wrong when growers rely on RH alone.
Relative humidity directly controls evaporation rate, flash time, and coating adhesion in industrial paint booths. This guide explains the coating science, names the specific defects caused by out-of-range RH, and covers the compliance obligations that make humidity control non-optional.
Digital printing requires specific relative humidity levels by substrate type, not a single universal range. This guide covers RH targets for paper, vinyl, and film, plus the failure modes that occur when those thresholds are missed.
Static electricity causes specific, identifiable print defects through distinct electrostatic mechanisms. This guide explains how each defect type forms and maps the right combination of prevention methods to eliminate them.
Humidity directly governs automotive paint defect formation. This guide maps specific RH ranges to named defects, explains why waterborne coatings require tighter control, and covers how paint booth humidification prevents failures at the source.
Warehouse humidity that is too high or too low damages inventory, corrodes equipment, and creates static and dust hazards. This guide covers OSHA and ASHRAE standards, RH targets by storage type, and what a commercial humidification system must do to maintain stable conditions.
Electrostatic discharge damages electronic components at voltages far below what people can feel, causing failures that often pass final test but surface in the field. This article explains the mechanism of both catastrophic and latent ESD damage and quantifies what each costs manufacturers.
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