Rack-mount system provides high accessibility

October 2001 Enclosures, Cabling & Connectors

In the case of industrial computers, where the equipment may consist of free-standing cubicles full of 19" rack-mounted equipment, engineers may have to fault-find on the shop floor, on the plant floor or a similar location other than an environment-friendly, airconditioned computer room. Downtime is critical and obviously needs to be kept to a minimum. For this reason accessibility was made a key factor in the DATARAC 19" racking system design.

This racking concept is a complete computer and process control system, specifically packaged for industrial environments. Particular attention is paid on providing a product that is more robust to cope with these environments. The system is tailored to accommodate everything from the smallest individual workstation, through to multicubicle on-line computer installations. NamITech offers high quality, personalised designs to meet the demanding requirements of the industrial markets and all IEC DIN standards.

The individual cell layout, backplane configuration, power distribution and rack-mount details are all geared towards easy accessibility in all types of applications from tough mining situations through to high-risk security systems. Items such as keyboards, mouse-trays, screens and printers are all fully withdrawable; all four sides of the DATARAC cubicle are hinged, and can be completely removed if necessary without tools.

If required, fixed shelves can be provided for lift-out items. Different configurations of patch panels can be supplied and standard cutouts are provided for video and keyboard ports, power supplies, data links, and telephones with adequate space for user-configurable cutouts.

NamITech says that it has being supplying large volumes of the high-quality basic 19" rack-mount assemblies in the DATARAC range.

NamITech

(011) 458 0000

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