SUPPLEMENT CONNECTORS & ENCLOSURES
Innovation in enclosures for low volume production
Alan Cook, managing director of enclosures4U, discusses the problems of sourcing high visual impact enclosures, faced by low volume product manufacturers and reveals an innovative new solution
systems; video monitoring for building services or peripheral control units for industrial applications. After a great deal of research and
investment a new competitively priced, flexible platform solution for smaller product packaging is now available. Taking a “ground up” approach and incorporating the wishes of customers this innovative enclosure system offers very fast assembly requiring just two screws and allows immediate access to any internal PCB.
EASY MODIFICATION This innovative range of enclosures has been designed to be easy to modify and facilitates shorter product integration time by using a simple plug-in mechanism, offers integrated EMC shielding and the ability to be made to look “individual” with simple modifications from a range of standard options. The Interscale M enclosure range offers
igh volume manufacturers of industrial and consumer products have the budget and economies of scale to invest in the costly tooling required to provide interesting and functional bespoke enclosures for their products which can greatly improve market appeal. But what of low volume manufacturers, custom equipment designers or entrepreneurs making small quantities of their product or possibly just a one-off bespoke design? We are all familiar with the traditional
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aluminium die-cast box or grey plastic box solution. These may be cheap, easily available and functional but hardly inspirational and only of use if the end product is a never-to-be seen control box or similar where the appearance is not going to affect buyers. But if the end product is to be seen and
include any kind of human-machine- interface (HMI) the appearance becomes a factor in its marketing and sales appeal. And if the designer needs to provide access to a PCB, openings for connectors, inclusion of cooling fans etc. additional engineering will be required. The options currently available are very few, lack imagination and often require
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additional costly customisation and time consuming, complex assembly. Help is at hand to hard-pressed
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designers in the form of the new Interscale M range of enclosures from Pentair-Schroff which provides a wide range of enclosures for non-standard small form factors. This flexible enclosure solution offers a platform which meets emerging market trends including miniaturisation and individualisation for manufacturers of products; including fan-less fieldbus enclosures, for single-board computers or ARM modules, mobile diagnosis or therapeutic equipment for medical systems, PC-based point-of-sale (POS)
21 standard enclosures in 1U, 2U and 3U heights, with and without perforations with widths from 133 to 310mm & 19 inch and depths from 133 to 399mm. Modified versions, even for one off quantities are available in the event of a standard box not being available for the application, fixed and flat fee costs are charged for additional features and modified products are available on fast lead-times, typically 10 working days. Complete custom solutions for bespoke end systems may also be specified from a range of special case sizes with advanced colour choices and non-standard cut- outs. To facilitate end user added value engineering manufacturing Step files available on request. The “Best Case Scenario” video
demonstration of this new enclosure range can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51rup uqqYLg and helpful assembly and documentation detailing cooling, EMC and safety agency approvals are available online to assist with product integration.
Foremost Electronics
www.4most.co.uk T: 01371 811171
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