Industrial Technology

Material choices for enclosures

At first glance electrical enclosures are simple boxes, but choosing the best material of construction from the many available requires some consideration. Chris Lloyd of Spelsberg offers some advice.

19th February 2015

Create cases for working prototypes

CamdenBoss has teamed up with RS Components to offer an online ordering facility for its innovative flat-sheet plastic enclosure technology FSPT. For the first time, users of RS Components' DesignSpark community will be able to order custom-sized plastic cases that can be created in small quantities very quickly for prototyping and low volume production runs without the need for a mould tool.

19th February 2015

Ergonomics in enclosure assembly

Allowing panel builders to work in the most ergonomic and safest way possible, Kiesling Maschinentechnik, a member of the internationally successful Friedhelm Loh Group, supply Assemblex assembly frames that support and rationalise processes throughout every stage of machining, assembly, wiring and testing of enclosures.

19th February 2015

New biometric locking system

Biometric (fingerprint) technology joins digital and RFID card security in Emka latest developments for their Electronic Locking and Monitoring (ELM) or cabinet access and environmental control system, which operates with their modular swinghandle and cabinet locking components.

19th February 2015

Freedom of component choice is key to successful designs

Most design engineers have probably faced the dilemma of having to use one or more components that don't quite fit the bill. Inevitably the result is a design that is not completely satisfactory. Mark Severn of Hylec-APL says that electrical enclosures should not be an afterthought, but carefully selected from a wide range of options.

19th February 2015

Assured performance with aluminium enclosure

PCME, a leading specialist in the development, manufacture and supply of continuous particulate emission monitors, has developed a range of rugged sensor options, and again has chosen Fibox to produce the rugged aluminium enclosures needed to provide the assured performance required to operate in highly contaminated environments.

19th February 2015

Moving into all three dimensions of product design

Glenn Jarrett, Global Head of Product Marketing at RS Components, discusses how the 'rapid concept and prototyping' approach is changing the development of electronic products, brought about by increasingly affordable availability of technologies such as 3D modelling software and 3D printing.

19th February 2015

Designing networks for plantwide communication

An integrated zone cabling plan can slash network deployment time up to 75%, cut down on material and labour costs, and allow for future expansion, as Paul Herbst of Panduit explains.

19th February 2015

Han 3A housing offers versatile mounting possibilities

Harting has introduced a new angled Han 3A housing panel mount with a square mounting flange that permits attachment in either a vertical or horizontal configuration in conjunction with the identical panel cutout. As a result, the cable outlet direction can be adapted in an extremely flexible manner.

16th February 2015

EtherNet/IP events coming to Stuttgart and Copenhagen

ODVA has has launched its 2015 series of seminars and training courses on EtherNet/IP, the proven industrial automation communications technology based on standard Ethernet and Internet technology. ODVA says these events are a valuable resource for end users, OEMs, and product manufacturers, providing an intensive amount of business and technical considerations in a compact, one-day event.

13th February 2015