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Foremost Electronics provides a single source for enclosures and essential accessories


Foremost Electronics, a UK Platinum Partner for nVent SCHROFF, can provide customers with a full range of racks and cabinets for defence, electronic, industrial, rail and many other applications requiring secure, environmentally protected and EMC compliant enclosures


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s a leading importer and specialist distributor of a wide range of electromechanical components and


sub-systems Foremost can also support customers with a wide variety of necessary and


complementary accessories. This enables customers to assemble a complete system while ensuring full compatibility, simplifying procurement, reducing vendor numbers and better managing the supply chain.


Key accessories available from Foremost Electronics for any enclosure system include:


• Intelligent enclosure management with the compact design Guardian Management Gateway environmental monitoring platform. This can be fitted anywhere in a rack and provides 3 management ports to connect external sensors and Modbus devices with up to 16 sensors or devices per management port and features an auto orientation LCD touch display. • Configurable 19” power solutions using the 19” Rack Safety Plus Power Distribution Unit with Emergency Stop System, which can be modified to suit application needs. Users can select the power input, power output, and


includes additional features such as a surge arrester or EMC filter to suit the hardware infrastructure.


• Cooling and thermal management in rack cooling including fan trays and Air/Liquid Heat Exchanger as well as enclosure heating. • Cable management products from a wide range of suppliers providing cable entry glands and frames for industrial and clean room use, EMC shielding, fire protection and strain relief.


Dave Martin, business development Director at


Foremost Electronics, says, “Selecting and buying a rack or enclosure is just the start of assembling a functioning system. A wide array of accessories are required to furnish the enclosure and fit internal electronic and electromechanical systems and protect them from environmental conditions. “Foremost can help customers to complete their design by providing a wide range of accessories from market leading manufactures, simplifying sourcing and ensuring compatibility.”


Switched IEC inlet with EMI filter now available from EMIS


The MF 320 IEC inlet EMC filter available now from EMIS improves EMI immunity of electronic equipment while adding a safety isolating dual pole switch and dual fusing


esigned to supress any undesirable incoming disturbances present on power lines the MF 320 also reduces any system noise being reflected on to the mains supply. The EMIS MF 320 meets the increasing demands of industrial, medical and ITE equipment to meet EMC regulations. Applications include Automation, Robotics, Motor drives, White Goods, Monitors, Clinical, Cosmetic and Patient Use medical equipment and Energy Meter Test Systems.


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Key features include: • Input Voltage - 250/260 VAC @ 50, 60, 400Hz. • Power rating – available in 1A, 3A, 6A, 10A versions.


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• Operating temperature range - 25°C to +85°C. • Designed to meet – UL 60939-3, CSA 22.2 No. 8-13, IEC 60939-1&2.


• Custom designed versions available.


EMIS aims to offer an end-to-end solution to meet industry’s ongoing EMI Challenges. Customers are supported by a very experienced consulting team, a fully equipped Pre-Compliance Lab and a huge safety certified standard product offering of over 2,500 part numbers produced in their own very efficient plant.


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