FEATURE ENCLOSURES Meeting customers’ specific design
When signal conditioning expert Amelec wanted an out of the ordinary enclosure, they turned to Hitaltech
A
melec’s David Mundye was already familiar with Hitaltech’s connectors
and enclosures, so when the company needed an ultra-slim enclosure for its latest process signal splitter, he took a closer look at the Hitaltech range to find something that would suit. Within the range, Mundye found an enclosure that appeared to be suitable
for both TS 35 ‘top-hat' type din rail and TS 32 ‘G’ rail mounting, and importantly with this dual mounting option within a single mould. Although the enclosure was the closest Mundye had found to being suitable, this was not to be an off- the-shelf solution. The din rail hooks would need modifying and strengthening, which would require additional tooling to achieve this.
They gave us their full support throughout, and
BESPOKE SOLUTIONS “There were also possible heat dissipation issues to consider when customers mount multiple units directly side by side along the mounting rails,” explains Mundye, “so Hitaltech also managed to modify the
machinery and tooling, which made them stand out..."
were also quite patient. They invested time, effort,
ultra slim enclosure cover to add ventilation slots at the rear. We worked together to marry our internal pcb layout to the enclosure, ensuring the terminal arrangement on the enclosure was able to slot up to our pcb, and that the modifications didn’t create any unwanted knock-on effects.” Ensuring the enclosure was a true form and fit to what Amelec wanted also led to further custom-machining not only the ventilation and universal din rail mounting requirements, but also to accommodate our requirement to access the four calibration potentiometers mounted to the internal pcb, so we would have all enclosures delivered with the correctly positioned through-holes.
WORKING WITH HITALTECH “We weren’t aware Hitaltech
could do all this in the first place,”
explains Mundye. “We assumed that we would have to do the after-drilling of holes. After they sorted one issue, they said they could do another section. It was
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www.tempapano.com 10 MAY 2018 | ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
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