Dr. Adam Pawlowski, Principal Engineer for Cooling at Pentair Technical Solutions talks about the prevention of excessive heat build-up and targeted heat dissipation.

Based on the highly efficient OCP (Open Compute Project) concept, Pentair has introduced the Schroff ServCite rack. The ServCite rack has been developed specifically to meet the stringent requirements of the telecommunications industry for shock and vibration resistance, redundancy and reliable cooling capacity.

Pentair has developed a modular standard COM (Computer On Module) carrier from its trusted Schroff brand for type 6 COM express modules. COM Express modules, standardised by PICMG, support the latest signals such as HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0 & 3.0 and PCI Express. Pentair also offers a complete Schroff solution based on the standard COM carrier including a COM module, hard drive and more in an Interscale C case with cooling and power su...

To assist in the design of Schroff Novastar electronics cabinets, Pentair has introduced its next generation configurator. Available at schroff.pentair.com this user interface features a real-time visualisation and compatibility check and enables immediate CAD data generation and CAD data download in more than 30 native formats.

The aisle containment concept from Pentair has been expanded - the Schroff aisle containments can now be integrated with cabinets of various designs and heights or adapted to accommodate special structural conditions. Using the flexible aisle containment concept, OEM cabinets can also be integrated with ease.

Pentair has enhanced its 12-slot MicroTCA.4-System, which was specially developed for the needs of the Advanced Physics Community, with two features. In order to perform precision, sensitive measurements, physics research facilities place a high demand on the real-time data transfer over Ethernet.

Pentair will be presenting its bespoke, physical IT infrastructure solutions at Data Centre World (DCW) at the ExCeL London events centre, 12 to 13th April, 2016. In addition, Schroff products will be highlighted in the DCW Green Data Centre, opposite the Pentair booth, while Pentair will showcase a cold aisle containment system based on the Schroff Varistar server cabinets exclusively for the live data centre operating at DCW.

Pentair offers customised cases with fanless (conduction) cooling based on the Schroff Interscale platform for the most common board standards: ATX, Micro ATX, Mini-ITX, Embedded NUC, Pico ITX, Raspberry Pi 2 Model B as well as Arduino.

To satisfy the need for hardware management on server baseboards across a wide range of computer platforms from embedded to scaled out server markets, Pentair has developed the Schroff Pigeon Point BMR-AST-BMC solution, which enables a server baseboard developer to quickly and cost-effectively add advanced hardware management features, including 'out-of-band' management access to the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) of the server even when t...

Pentair announces its recently designed Schroff brand of Calmark Series 260HC High Clamp force Card Lok retainers. The patent pending design of the Series 260HC provides on average 1257lbs of clamping force, more than triple the amount of similarly sized Card Loks.

An off-the-shelf solution or customised development? This question often presents itself during the data centre design and development phase. Standard solutions based on the cookie-cutter principle are delivered quickly and are usually less costly than customised solutions. This approach often lacks the flexibility needed to meet the needs and requirements of the data centre professional.

To satisfy the demand for flexibility plus ever-increasing data rates, cooling capacities and power consumption, Pentair has developed the Schroff AdvancedTCA ECO Modular System. Designed with user-friendliness in mind, this 14U AdvancedTCA system offers 14 slots and is based on a modular concept with a cost-optimised scope of features. All features can be upgraded or minimised as required and the cooling and power supply can be easily adapted to...

Smaller MicroTCA systems are used primarily for digital video and image processing, in automation and machine control systems and electronic signal processing. Applications in these areas often require just one or two AdvancedMC modules, but high data rates over the backplane are still necessary. That’s why Pentair has joined forces with the Bonn-based Gesellschaft für Netzwerk- und Automatisierungs-Technologie mbH (N.A.T.) to develop ...

Reflecting the changes of the new CompactPCI Serial specification, Pentair has announced enhanced features and functions for its Schroff CompactPCI Serial systems. This updated revision includes improvements and new features which require changes to the chassis. Pentair adopted their CPCI Serial platform to support all of the features and functions in this new revision.

  Specifications requiring a static load capacity of up to 1,500kg for server cabinets are increasingly in demand. To certify that a cabinet meets these load requirements, for which presently there are no defined standards, a manufacturer’s test report is provided to customers.

Pentair now offers a handle version of its industry-renowned Schroff RatiopacPRO case, featuring a 19" mounting bracket and an integrated, dual-function front handle. Widely used for measurement, control and instrumentation technology applications, the stable integrated 19" bracket enables its users to handle a range of heavier, fully-equipped cases safely, thanks to its large configuration enhanced user-friendliness.

Subracks can sometimes be subjected to a wide variety of demands in terms of mechanical stability in certain applications, shock and vibration resistance for example. Pentair has addressed this challenge by offering Schroff subracks for shock and vibration requirements between 5 and 25g as part of its standard product portfolio. These subracks are designed for use in fields such as transport, railway, industrial, power stations and defence techno...

A producer of high-quality management components, focusing on AdvancedTCA, MicroTCA, CompactPCI and VPX platforms, Pigeon Point Systems, has been acquired by Pentair. The acquisition enables Pentair to provide an expanded product portfolio, increase global presence and broaden technical expertise to serve customers and their ever increasing needs in embedded computing and reliable system monitoring and control.

Pentair announced the introduction of Flexible Heat Conductors (FHCs) to help ensure effective thermal transfer for conduction cooling. Made from heat dissipating metal, FHCs are particularly well-suited for small single-board systems and larger systems that cannot be air-cooled with active fans for or perforated ventilation designs.

Pentair has developed a new shelf manager featuring the brand new ShMM 700 module from Pigeon Point Systems. The new ACB-VI shelf manager supports the latest Linux kernel, offering better security functions and extended software functionality. The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) implementation has been upgraded via a ground-up revision. Data integrity is improved via simplified radial IPMI using an FPGA. The IPMB-0 segments are n...