Deploy commercial equipment in rugged & mobile environments

6th October 2014

Siobhan O'Gorman

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To enable the use of commercial equipment in rugged and mobile environments, Elma Electronic is offering rack-level integration services. The company provides configuration control, lifecycle management and custom I/O and cabling services, supporting the installation of it's rack-level integrated systems from start to finish.

To meet customer requirements, the rack-level systems can be configured with equipment from Cisco and Dell, among others. The rack-level systems are suitable for mission-critical applications including flight training, shipboard and ground communications, test instrumentation, transportation and emergency services. The systems are also suited to mobile equipment as well as broadcasting and telecomms applications.

Several elements can be utilised by the rack-level systems, including servers, storage bays, routers and Ethernet switches. Power supplies, a keyboard and a monitor can also be utilised by the systems. To enable reliable operation in critical applications, the rack-level systems are available with a number of defence and industrial specifications including MIL-STD-901D, MIL-STD-810F, MIL-STD-167 and MIL-STD-461 and also NEBS Level 3 Zone 4, GR-63-CORE and AREMA/CENELEC.

To ensure that overall performance is not affected by other requirements, Elma reviews and designs all cabling and I/O parameters. The company analyse signal integrity, isolation timing and speed, airflow, strain relief and ease of movement. Prior to shipment, functional testing and verification is performed, ensuring the rack-level systems are application-ready. Every system is delivered with complete documentation packages.