Enclosures

Laird Technologies today introduces its decorative metals technology. Metal stamping is a core Laird Technologies’ competency and the decorative metals technology is drawing from that. This technology, along with the company’s core competencies, allows the company to be a single source supplier for all types of precision metal stampings saving customers time and money.

Surtech Distribution, the Andover-based specialist distributor of enclosures, previously a major direct APW distributor, has announced that following the failure of APW, ongoing supply agreements have been agreed with the four separate companies who have purchased the IPR for the major APW product lines.

Schroff UK has brought out a new catalogue outlining its comprehensive range of cabinets, wall-mounted enclosures and accessories for use in datacom and networking applications.

OKW has extended its ‘RAILTEC-B’ DIN-Rail range of enclosures with a new series of models that allow different types of terminals to be accommodated within the same enclosure. RAILTEC-B cases are suitable for a wide variety of industrial electrical and electronic applications such as machine and process control and panel building. The enclosures conform to DIN 43 880, unit 1 and are fully insulated and protected to VBG4 as well as IEC529/DIN...

The ADDA GP Series, available exclusively in the UK from Aerco use an improved venturi design that provides smoother airflow and a motor technology that allows speed of up to 4,700rev/min. Fans in the 120 x 120 x 38mm frame size are said by Aerco to provide an airflow of over 80% greater than the previous models of a similar size and type.

Schroff UK has introduced a new version of its popular propac systems case. Known as propacPRO, it is particularly suitable for test and measurement applications and can be configured for use as a desk-top or portable case, accommodating 19in. or non-standard components and plug-in units. As well as featuring an updated design, propacPRO offers excellent RFI shielding for the protection of sensitive electronics and incorporates four ventilation ...

Vero Technologies has acquired all the moulded enclosure and card guide standard product lines from APW in administration, and manufacturing of all items has recommenced from the original tooling, guaranteeing continuity of supply. Such well know brand names as Veronex, IDAS, Apollo, General Purpose Box, Patina and many others are back in full scale production, enabling companies who had specified the products as the housing for their equipment ...

The latest fourth generation of Pfannenberg's Filterfan, with free airflows ranging from 25 m3/h to 925 m3/h, is the latest update to a concept originally invented by the company as long ago as 1958. Uniquely in this market, the new design uses a pleated fabric filter and a sophisticated louvre profile to give a significantly higher airflow at IP55 than was achieved by the previous version at IP54; filter life is also three times longer. The un...

APW UK Ltd, trading as APW Enclosure Solutions and Vero Electronics Packaging, well known in the market for the IMRAK, IMnet and IMserv racks, Diplomat cases, KM6 subracks and plastic enclosures, has been put into administration and has ceased to trade, causing considerable uncertainly. Surtech Distribution had a long-standing close relationship with APW, who referred the majority of orders below their OEM minimum to Surtech for fulfilment.

Schroff has introduced a new family of subracks specifically designed for applications based on the emerging MicroTCA specification. As well as incorporating full RFI shielding, the subracks are equipped with a MicroTCA backplane providing eight full-size AdvancedMC slots, four compact AdvancedMC slots, two MCH slots and two power-module slots. Available in 3U height for single AdvancedMC modules or 4U for double AdvancedMC modules, the subrac...