INDUSTRIAL COMPUTERS

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Our rugged human machine interfaces (HMIs) are available in a variety of customizable configurations, and are built to withstand a wide range of environmental conditions. Available configuration features include: handheld, panel-mount or pedestal-mount housings, character or graphic display types, resistive touch screen or tactile keypads, serial, Ethernet and/or Power-over-Ethernet and NEMA 4/12/13 sealing. Many additional options are available allowing you to configure an operator interface terminal to meet your specific needs.

Limits of the Industrial Computer
Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 03:00 in computer enclosure, enclosure with lcd, enclosures for plasma, industrial computer, industrial computer uk, industrial computer workstation, industrial computers, industrial computers uk, industrial digital signage, industrial display, industrial displays, industrial lcd monitor

Industrial computers face a difficult task. Many are required to work in areas contaminated with the very things that sensitive electronics hate: dust, water, dirt, grease, grime, excessive temperatures and heavy impacts. For these reasons industrial...

Industrial Computer – Using Industrial Computer Enclosures
Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 03:00 in computer enclosure, enclosure with lcd, enclosures for plasma, industrial computer, industrial computer uk, industrial computer workstation, industrial computers, industrial computers uk, industrial digital signage, industrial display, industrial displays, industrial lcd monitor

Industrial computing can be problematic. Often industrial areas contain elements that drastically shorten the life of a conventional desktop PC. An obvious solution if an intrinsically sealed industrial computer but these are extremely expensive and ...

Protective Computer Cabinet for Industrial Applications
Posted on Monday March 2nd, 2009 at 06:32 in computer enclosure, enclosure with lcd, enclosures for plasma, industrial computer, industrial computer uk, industrial computer workstation, industrial computers, industrial computers uk, industrial digital signage, industrial display, industrial displays, industrial lcd monitor

Whilst a conventional desktop computer may be all that is required to control a manufacturing process, traditionally they have been unable to operate in industrial conditions due to the various hazardous elements present. Computer cabinets that prot...

Industrial Computers – Time for a Change?
Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 03:00 in computer enclosure, enclosure with lcd, enclosures for plasma, industrial computer, industrial computer uk, industrial computer workstation, industrial computers, industrial computers uk, industrial display, industrial displays, industrial lcd monitor, industrial monitor

The industrial PC has possibly been around as the office computer. For generations industry has been automating processes using an industrial computer workstation to control production. The industrial computer UK industry has for many years provided ...



Protecting Digital Signage in Outdoor Locations and Hazardous Areas
March 9th, 2009
Digital signage is currently the fastest form of advertising with the market expecting to double over the next few years. Thanks to the falling costs of displays such as LCD monitors or plasma screens, digital signage is now cheaper than ever.

It is not just for indoor applications either with more and more companies opting to use digital signage in outdoor locations and for industrial applications. The only challenge in using digital advertising in these locations is protecting the LCD screen or plasma display from the hazardous elements, temperatures and being left in public areas.

Fortunately many manufacturers of industrial computer enclosures are now turning their attention to this growing market and are now producing LCD and monitor enclosures ideal for industrial and outdoor locations.

These plasma and LCD enclosures are often designed to the same European and international guidelines as industrial enclosures protecting them to IP65 (waterproof) and IP54 (dustproof) and the NEMA 4 equivalent.

Constructed from mild or stainless steel these LCD enclosures are also designed to prevent vandalism and theft allowing the digital signage to be left unattended in public areas or in outdoor locations.

Whether you have urgent information you need to get across, products you need to push or simply want to find new ways to get your message across digital signage using a LCD enclosure could be the perfect solution for your business.

Limits of the Industrial Computer
March 6th, 2009
Industrial computers face a difficult task. Many are required to work in areas contaminated with the very things that sensitive electronics hate: dust, water, dirt, grease, grime, excessive temperatures and heavy impacts.

For these reasons industrial computers are built as ruggedly as possible. Often they are solid state (without moving parts) and intrinsically sealed to prevent dust and water ingress. This causes problems when the machine needs to be repaired often forcing shut down of production lines until a service engineer has arrived to fix the unit.

For this reason many industrial computers are fitted with old but tried and tested technology. Whilst these components and software are reliable it does mean that the average industrial computer is generations behind their desktop counterparts.

This often means that industrial computer administrators have to weigh up the cost of upgrade with the cost of downtime and often find the industrial computer is not economically viable enough to be upgraded.

An Industrial computer enclosure gets around this problem by simply housing a normal desktop PC in a protective industrial cabinet. They afford the exact same protection as a normal industrial machine, protecting against dust, dirt, water and temperatures etc but offer the flexibility to repair or upgrade the units when it needs it.

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Industrial Computer – Using Industrial Computer Enclosures
March 4th, 2009
Industrial computing can be problematic. Often industrial areas contain elements that drastically shorten the life of a conventional desktop PC. An obvious solution if an intrinsically sealed industrial computer but these are extremely expensive and the area in question or the task it is required to do may not merit it.

Also industrial computers are often intrinsically sealed units are fitted with older components and software versions. This is done to ensure reliability but it can be infuriating if the industrial computer it is not running your applications as efficiently as a standard PC despite costing ten times the price.

Another problem with an industrial computer is there very design. They tend to be solid state and intrinsically sealed an engineer needs to be called of the fail, need upgrading or replacing, which could cost in downtime.

Industrial computer enclosures are an ideal solution for those wanting to use computers for industrial applications. They are just as protective as industrial computers, many of which are even rated according to European IP rating and the International NEMA equivalent, but as they contain a standard PC this can be changed, repaired or replaced extremely easily avoiding the problems of downtime.

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Protective Computer Cabinet for Industrial Applications
March 2nd, 2009
Whilst a conventional desktop computer may be all that is required to control a manufacturing process, traditionally they have been unable to operate in industrial conditions due to the various hazardous elements present.

Computer cabinets that protect from these hazardous elements have been designed to allow standard computer hardware to be used in the most hostile environments. The main problem of using computer equipment n industrial areas has been the high prevalence of dust.

Dust has multiple affects on computers; it clogs up filters and hard drives and also acts as an insulator causing the machine to overheat. Dust can also short circuit printed circuit boards, particularly if the dust contains conductive material.

Other elements in industrial areas exist also such; in some industrial environments such as food production areas water is used liberally to wash down equipment and work areas. Even the smallest splash of water is enough to permanently disable an office computer.

Industrial computer cabinets are designed to keep out the dust and dirt prevalent in industrial areas and to allow a standard office suited computer to be used in a manufacturing or production environment.

Industrial computer cabinets can offer other protection too. Most are built from steel and can protect from heavy impact and sudden shocks such as a careless forklift driver but also they can be built with additional cooling or heating to allow the enclosure and standard office computer to be used in areas where there are extreme operating temperatures.

Industrial computer enclosures can be built from food grade stainless steel but also can adhere to European and International guidelines such as NEMA 4 (National Electrical Manufacturers) IP 65 (European Rating for ingress protection).

Industrial computer cabinets allow you take standard office grade computer equipment on to the shop floor; safely and practicably, allowing greater flexibility and cost saving than a standard industrial computer.

Industrial Computers – Time for a Change?
February 25th, 2009
The industrial PC has possibly been around as the office computer. For generations industry has been automating processes using an industrial computer workstation to control production. The industrial computer UK industry has for many years provided reliable machinery for businesses wanting to have automation on their shop floors.

But industrial Computers and other industrial PCs come with a price especially when it comes to upgrading. Any production line that is down for even a short amount of time will lose a company money and when it comes to repair or upgrade of industrial computer systems that downtime can be solely reliant on a service engineer who will be needed to reinstall or repair an older unit.

Industrial PC enclosures work in a totally different way. These industrial PC cabinets are designed to house any standard PC. A combination of keyboard, monitor , computer , touch screen and even a printer can be installed in these industrial computer enclosures.

These industrial PC cabinets are designed to shield the standard PC’s from the hazardous elements such as dust, dirt, water, grease and oil that are so prevalent in industrial areas.

An industrial PC enclosure will offer greater flexibility than a conventional industrial computer workstation allowing you to repair, upgrade, replace or move a system when you want to without the fear of losing essential production time.

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Industrial Display Solutions
February 23rd, 2009
An industrial PC or standard computers kept in an industrial PC enclosure are quite commonly used in industrial applications, the industrial computer or the PC cabinet can protect a PC from the elements. They can also be placed out of the way, ensuing that are well defended from the hazardous elements.

However, industrial displays or an industrial touch screen PC cannot be stashed away. The very nature of an industrial touchscreen, industrial LCD monitor, industrial TFT or other industrial displays and industrial monitors mean they have to be seen.

Industrial touchscreens have long been the preferred method of industrial displays primarily because they do away with the need for a separate keyboard and/or mouse. However, the dramatic decline in cost of plasma screens or LCD monitors mean they are now being utilised in shop floor environments.

However, these devices are not well equipped to deal with the hostile elements of an industrial environment and need to be protected. This is why LCD and industrial plasma enclosures have been developed to house these display types. Such is the dramatic decrease in cost of the technology that industrial plasma and industrial LCD enclosures are now being used as a method of digital signage and these industrial enclosures offer the ideal solution for any industrial or outdoor digital signage needs.

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