Doubling Down On Fast-Mount Enclosures – OKW’S New MINI-DATA-BOX Joins EASYTEC
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EASY-TO-INSTALL GO-ANYWHERE ENCLOSURES FOR SENSORS, IOT, IIOT AND MUCH MORE
Demand for small,?easy-to-install enclosures for sensors?has grown significantly. Industry 4.0 #smartfactories continue to be a key driver but other growth markets include environmental technology, #medicalelectronics, #security, #monitoring and #IT.
So now we’ve launched new MINI-DATA-BOX sensor #enclosures – doubling down after the success of our EASYTEC fast-fit housings. Both models feature cleverly designed flanges for rapid installation with either cable ties or screws.
NEW MINI-DATA-BOX – TOUGH PLASTIC ENCLOSURES FOR SENSORS AND IIoT
EASYTEC looks smart but MINI-DATA-BOX is even more elegant – thanks to bevelled lid corners that create a ‘diamond cut’ design. They also reduce weight. As the enclosure’s designer Martin Nussberger of polyform Industrie Design put it, MINI-DATA-BOX is “a little something – hardly visible but present wherever it is needed, possibly the key building block in a system that would not work without this little something.”
Its design “takes away the angularity of the object thanks to its slightly sloping corners – and on the other hand it is a securely mounted, robust enclosure, whose faceted top underlines the technical quality and function of your product in its play of light, like the cut of a diamond.”
And where EASYTEC is available only with flanges, MINI-DATA-BOX can be specified either with or without them. That matters because it offers you greater choice. And it ensures continuity of design language where flanged and flangeless enclosures are being installed within close proximity of each other. Aesthetics matter more than ever in today’s smart industrial locations as they seek to create the future; the Maclaren Technology Centre looks so futuristic that it was used as a Star Wars movie location (Coruscant Spaceport in the new TV series Star Wars: Andor) .
New MINI-DATA-BOX is available in two shapes: S (square) and E (‘edge’/rectangular), both of which offer plenty of flat surfaces for interfaces. Each shape is available in two heights – 15 mm and 20 mm – and in two plan sizes:
MINI-DATA-BOX may be small but it’s very robust thanks to an all-round tongue-and-groove joint which strengthens the construction. IP 65 ingress protection is optional – offering complete protection from dust ingress and a good degree of protection against jets of water (12.5 litres/minute for at least 15 minutes; 30kPa at a distance of three metres).?Find out more about IP ratings.?
The enclosures are moulded from an ASA+PC-FR blend:
Inside there are fixing supports for PCBs and components in both the top and bottom sections. MINI-DATA-BOX is assembled using stainless steel tamperproof Torx screws, a key requirement for medical electronics. The enclosures can be specified in two standard colours – either traffic white (RAL 9016) or anthracite grey (RAL 7016). Custom colours are available on request.
EASYTEC – OKW’S FIRST FAST-FIT FLANGED ENCLOSURES
Smart, simple EASYTEC was the first OKW enclosure to feature flanges for both cable ties and screws. It is fast becoming one of the most popular of our recently launched models thanks to the growth in #sensortechnology applications.
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Like MINI-DATA-BOX, EASYTEC is available:
in a range of four plan sizes – each in two heights
However, unlike MINI-DATA-BOX, there is no flangeless version available off the shelf. And there is just one standard colour – off-white (RAL 9002) – though again, custom colours are available on request.
MINI-DATA-BOX VS EASYTEC – AT-A-GLANCE COMPARISON GUIDE
SPECIFY CUSTOMISED PLASTIC ENCLOSURES FOR FAST-MOUNT ELECTRONIC DEVICES
MINI-DATA-BOX and EASYTEC can both be specified fully customised, ready for your electronics. Services include CNC machining, lacquering, printing of legends and logos, laser marking (ideal for individual labelling and very small machine-readable codes), EMC shielding and installation/assembly of accessories (such as IP 65 seals).
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#electronicsdesign #medicalelectronics #factoryautomation?#instrumentation?#testandmeasurement?#iiot
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