Enclosures

FDB have greatly added to and consolidated their range in recent months. FDB Panel Fittings are delighted that they now stock and supply to ISO 9001 an extensive range of locks, handles, hinges, seals and other panel hardware from stock at competitive prices with the benefit of their Rocfast custom assembly and packaging service.

Now available from Schroff is a family of free-standing stainless-steel enclosures that have been specifically designed for protecting electronic or electrical controls in sanitary washdown production environments such as food, beverage or pharmaceutical processing.

The LBX case from Verotec is a versatile desktop case. Designed around horizontally mounted PCBs, a wide range of accessories such as DIN41612 connector carriers, front panels, chassis plates and clip-in guides enable different configurations of PCB and other equipment to be housed using combinations of standard parts.

Lian-Li has unveiled the PC-CK101 train themed aluminium chassis. Resembling a traditional steam engine train while still functioning as a computer case, this Lian Li 2012 Special Edition Chassis combines the train and DIY builder enthusiast worlds into one. Lian Li will also be launching a giveaway of the PC-CK101 to one lucky fan along with the release of the PC-CK101 on their new Facebook page.

Rittal have today announced the launch of the all new Flex-Block base/plinth for Rittal TS 8 and SE 8 floor standing enclosures offer many new benefits for customers. For time saving, Rittal’s new Flex-Block allows quick, tool free assembly of the fully symmetrical plinth; simple push fit of plinth infill panels and easier transportation of an enclosure with the infill panels removed.

Cyntech has announced that they have immediate availability of its custom designed enclosure for the Raspberry Pi computer. Cyntech is also offering the enclosure with a full kit of cables and power supply unit. Both the enclosure and the full kit with cables are in stock for immediate delivery with higher volumes subject to a lead-time of just two weeks.

The Peak Group have made available a modular PXI test rack providing 13U of full-depth instrumentation space and a further 6U of depth for rear-mounted instrumentation space. The new system is ergonomically designed for use in production test environments, and includes an integrated VPC mass interface receiver adaptor, allowing large numbers of different contact types to be quickly and easily connected in a single one operation.

NI has unveiled the industry’s first all-hybrid PXI Express chassis featuring PCI Express 2.0 x8 links to every slot for increased data throughput resulting in lower test times and reduced cost of test. The hybrid slot connectors deliver maximum flexibility in PXI and PXI Express module slot replacement, while the addition of hot-swappable fans and an easily replaceable power supply improves system availability in high-performance applications.

Lian-Li has today unveiled two new brushed aluminium full tower chassis – PC-A75X & PC-A76X. These two new HPTX supporting chassis while having the same internal design offer two different aesthetic styles to fit your personal preference. The PC-A75X and PC-A76X both come in black, inside and out, for the suggested retail price of £150 and £170, respectively (VAT not included).

Rittal’s new self-adhesive thermal labels allow the internal maximum temperature of an enclosure to be quickly and accurately ascertained at a simple glance. Generally, the life expectancy of a simple capacitor doubles for each 10°C lower operating temperature. By utilising the self-adhesive labels the internal temperature of the enclosure can be both easily and accurately measured thereby ascertaining whether a climate control solution is nec...