A new shoulder strap and brackets has been added by OKW to its accessories for CARRYTEC portable instrument enclosures. CARRYTEC can be carried, clipped to a round tube bedrail for medical applications or mounted on a desk, wall or suspension arm.

A new applications section has been added to OKW’s website to help design engineers specify the best enclosures for their electronics. Divided into eight sectors it includes: Medicine/Laboratory/Wellness; Measuring/Control/Automation; Mechanical Engineering/Plant Building; Automotive Engineering/Construction Equipment/Military/Aviation; Heating/Climate/Environment; Security/Building Services Systems; Communication; Mining/Gas/Oil.

Extending its MINITEC handheld enclosures range, OKW has introduced higher intermediate rings that can accommodate USB and micro USB connectors. MINITEC is suited for remote control systems, data recording, medical electronics, emergency systems, monitoring and alarms. MINITEC already offers a huge range of standard permutations thanks to its construction format. 

  The new catalogue from electronic enclosures and tuning knobs manufacturer OKW has been published, and for the first time its availability is in two parts.

Extending its RAILTEC C DIN rail enclosure range, OKW has announced a CV version integrating four terminal blocks. The RAILTEC CV can be specified for a wide range of applications including automation, building technology, safety systems and HVAC - notably time controllers, sensors, relays, signal distributors and lighting controls. It can be snapped quickly and easily on to TH35 DIN rails or mounted directly to the wall. PCBs slide in on integra...

OKW has extended its RAILTEC C DIN rail enclosures range with a new high top version. High top RAILTEC C is suitable for applications including automation, building and safety, HVAC, timers, sensors, relays, lighting controls, subrack interfaces, modules, amplifiers and transformers.

OKW has launched an unsealed (IP 41) version of its robust DATEC-COMPACT handheld enclosures for indoor applications. Specifying DATEC-COMPACT without its normal IP 65 seal enables OEM designers to house their electronics even more cost effectively. Applications for DATEC-COMPACT include mobile data recording, measuring and control, stock and sales logging, medical, laboratory and environmental technology.

OKW’s largest CARRYTEC handheld instrument enclosures can now be wall mounted for charging and datatransfer. OKW has created an adapter that allows the existing desktop station for CARRYTEC size L to be attached to a wall. CARRYTEC has been designed for a wide range of portable instrumentation applications.

OKW has launched BODY-CASE – the company’s first ever fully wearable standard electronic enclosures. Smart BODY-CASE is OKW’s first enclosure designed specifically for fitting a standard 18 mm wrist strap - so it can be worn just like a watch! Each enclosure is supplied with two 18 mm spring bars for fitting the wrist strap.

OKW has announced the 300 series of modern and highly versatile transportation cases designed to protect electronics, instrumentation and other fragile equipment in a wide range of applications. Their coated thermoformed shells are tough but light and give the cases a high quality look and feel, as well as making them easy and comfortable to handle.

Offering a simple and inexpensive standard housing for these increasingly popular mini-format SBCs, OKW has launched a range of snap-together plastic enclosures for Raspberry PI B+ and PI 2 computers. RASPBERRY-CASE is moulded from translucent mint green or raspberry red PolyPropylene (PP), making it easy to read LEDs.

Metal enclosures manufacturer METCASE has extended its custom front panels service with state of the art digital printing. CMYK digital printing technology enables METCASE to print legends, logos and photo quality graphics on to front panels – without the set-up costs associated with traditional methods.

OKW has extended its UNITEC range of dual face sloping front electronic enclosures to 12 versions for each size. UNITEC’s dual face design makes it suitable for data acquisition systems, access and information terminals, data systems engineering, communication, measuring and control, industrial regulation, analysis diagnostics and therapy applications.

METCASE has added new TECHNOFEET universal case feet to its wide range of accessories for electronic enclosures. These stylish and modern feet can be specified with or without tilt legs, making them perfect for laboratory equipment or other desktop instrument enclosures which require a choice of viewing angles. 

World-class manufacturer METCASE has launched a new website – making it quicker and easier to specify standard and customised metal enclosures for electronics. The new website – https://www.metcase.co.uk – is built on a large and powerful database that shows all the options and accessories available for each model.

OKW has launched its pioneering range of CONNECT enclosures for wired or USB electronics. CONNECT is aimed at electronics applications where the unit is connected to a cable, sits between cables or where the units are joined with USB connectors. Typical applications include medical, measurement and control devices. The cases can either be suspended on the cables or lay flat.

OKW has added a wall mount element to its SYNERGY electronic enclosures range, which is the company's first to be manufactured from both plastic and aluminium. The element enables any of the 36 Round, Oval, Square and Edge (rectangular) enclosures in the SYNERGY range to be mounted on a wall with just one screw.

Expanding its SMART-BOX range of advanced sealed enclosures for industrial electronics, OKW has introduced a new size: 130x220x60mm. Designed to enhance the aesthetics and ergonomics of industrial electronics such as HVAC, control and safety systems, the SMART-BOX enclosures feature hinged flush-fitting trims to conceal and protect all the fixings.

Expanding its custom offering, METCASE has announced that fully bespoke enclosures can be created using the company’s standard case components such as die castings and extrusion profiles or from fully fabricated sheet metal components. As well as complete enclosures, METCASE can manufacture complex bespoke mounting plates, chassis and front panel assemblies.

Extending its MINITEC range of plastic handheld enclosures, OKW has added a USB Type A intermediate ring and a belt strap eyelet. The modern ergonomic enclosures for remote control key fobs and other personal electronics have been designed for use in applications such as compact measurement devices, data recording, emergency systems, monitoring and alarm equipment – notably in the medical and social fields.