ENlight UK has announced the arrival of its Micro ATX Tower Case, EN 2409.

ENlight UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of ENlight Corp Taiwan, has announced the arrival of its Micro ATX Tower Case, EN 2409 The black and grey case with three front-side USB ports and mesh design for enhanced air flow, has a LED light for on/off switch with Air Duct for superior thermal ventilation.

A new range of polycarbonate enclosures includes options for mounting one, two, three, four or six 22.5mm switches.
A compact emergency-stop box is among the new range of polycarbonate enclosures introduced by EAO. Measuring just 65 x 65 x 57mm, the compact enclosure is designed to be used as an accessory for EAO’s low-profile Series 84 illuminated 22.5mm emergency-stop button. It is available in grey with a bright yellow top.

There are a total of 11 new enclosures within the range, including options for mounting one, two, three, four or six 22.5mm switches.

There is also a larger 94 x 94 x 81mm emergency-stop box for applications requiring a more prominent button.

In addition to emergency-stop buttons, EAO offers a wide range of 22.5mm switches for use with these enclosures, including illuminated pushbuttons, indicators and pilot lights, and keylocks, rotary switches and multiposition lever/selector switches.

Most 22.5 products are available in either flush- or raised-mounting styles.

All EAO’s 22.5mm switches and their accessories are built for demanding environments within process control, instrumentation and machinery, and lifting and handling industries.

The EN2411 Micro ATX tower case has dual front-side USB ports has a high gloss black finish with LED light for on/off switch and an inclusive air duct for superior thermal ventilation.

ENlight UK has released the EN2411 Micro ATX tower case.

The black case with dual front-side USB ports has a high gloss finish with LED light for on/off switch with inclusive air duct for superior thermal ventilation.

Key features include: easily accessible dual front-side USB and audio ports; snap-on front bezel for a quick and easy installation; EMI shielding and thermal ventilation for high speed CPUs; compliance with CE, FCC and DOC requirements; and a security padlock loop at rear of chassis

Schroff UK has appointed Marcus Edwards as Business Development Manager for its Varistar range of 19in cabinets.
Electronics enclosure specialist Schroff UK has appointed Marcus Edwards as Business Development Manager for the company’s Varistar range of 19in cabinets. This innovative family of products provides a versatile enclosure solution that can be configured to suit the requirements of a wide variety of different applications, and Edwards’ particular brief is to expand Varistar sales into the broadcast and datacommunications sectors. He joins Schroff after nearly 16 years with Vero/APW, where he was initially employed as product manager and then rose to the position of Global Marketing Manager for APW Enclosure Solutions.

A mechanical production engineer by training, Edwards gained his early marketing experience in the lighting industry with leading manufacturer Thorn EMI, before moving into the enclosures business.

Aesthetically coloured fabric-over-foam shielding gaskets complement the outside colour of a chassis.

Laird Technologies is responding to the changing needs of the consumer electronics market by unveiling its aesthetically coloured fabric-over-foam shielding gaskets to complement the outside colour of a chassis. The gaskets are an alternative to standard EMI shielding options for consumer gaming products, home computers, entertainment systems and medical equipment. Typically used in applications where the input/output connectors for video, audio or USBs are located in the front of the framework, the aesthetically coloured fabric-over-foam shielding gaskets are made from a tinted polyester film material adhered to the foam core.

Metallised fabric then bonds with the parallel edges of coloured polyester film material ensuring a contact path from the chassis to the component.

The colour range for the tinted polyester film that is laminated to the fabric is almost limitless but the typical colours include blue, red, green and grey.

‘Laird Technologies’ established leadership in EMI shielding allows us to provide the market with aesthetically coloured fabric-over-foam shielding gaskets that offer customers equivalent mechanical and electrical properties as a fully wrapped gasket’, said Joe Chen, Global Product Director, Laird Technologies.

‘This product camouflages gaskets that traditionally are visible on the outside of the chassis, creating a visually pleasing look for consumer gaming systems, home computer and entertainment equipment and medical apparatuses’.

According to Jim Feldhan, President, Semico Research, a semiconductor marketing and consulting research firm based in Phoenix, the consumer electronics that currently are driving market growth are: home networking, including wireless and storage, digital televisions, portable devices such as MP3s, cellular phones, cameras and satellite radios.

Other products like media centres, game consoles and set-top boxes also are pushing growth to a healthy double-digit range.

‘The consumer electronics market is the fastest moving sector within the technology industry right now’, Feldhan said.

‘End users crave quicker, smaller gadgets with more power, increased functionality and plenty of style’.

‘As a result, consumer electronic content in homes and businesses is on the rise as demand heats up’.

Laird Technologies continues to answer the call of the marketplace with its already field tested and proven, patent-pending aesthetically coloured fabric-over-foam shielding gasket technology that was used to produce more than 10 million gaskets during 2005.

Its easy-to-use design and low-compression forces also allow for use of lighter materials.

Rittal has unveiled its new distribution strategy.

Rittal has confirmed its commitment to provide the best possible service to its customers with the announcement of a new distribution strategy unveiled at the luxury Belfry Hotel last month. After careful consideration Rittal selected 20 UK distribution partners, which have all shown exceptional technical capabilities, dedication in their field and who will be able to provide the full Rittal product range from local sources nationally. Rittal’s Sales Manager for distribution, David Cope commented: ‘This is a very exciting venture for Rittal and we look forward to working closely with all our alliance partners’.

‘We continuously strive to improve service levels and this new distribution strategy will enable us to increase efficiency by offering our products nationally in easily accessible locations’.

The Unicase SL range of aluminium instrument cases will find applications in T and M equipment, machine controllers, peripheral devices, switchboxes, medical systems and laboratory equipment.

The Unicase SL range of aluminium instrument cases is the latest release from the Metcase division of OKW. These new enclosures are an extension to the existing Unicase range, and will find applications in test and measurement equipment, machine controllers, peripheral devices, switchboxes, medical systems and laboratory equipment etc. These low profile instrument cases are manufactured in aluminium, in four standard sizes, with externals dimensions from 130 x 180 x 50 to 250 x 300 x 50mm.

The top and base covers are powder painted light grey, RAL7035, and have an attractive bevelled edge.

The covers are secured to the two internal assembly extrusions, which include guide rails for mounting PCBs and chassis plates.

The anodised front and rear panels are also secured to the assembly extrusions.

The internal chassis formed by the front panels and assembly extrusions can be used for assembly and testing of the electronics, prior to final assembly of the top and base covers.

The front and rear panels are recessed in the covers by 8mm for protection of the displays, controls and connectors.

Four nonslip rubber feet are included in the kit.

OKW can supply the Unicase SL enclosures with additional holes for pushbuttons, connectors and displays etc, plus silk-screen printed legends and logos.

A new brochure provides information on Rittal Electronic Systems facilities worldwide, as well as highlighting some of the products available for a variety of end-user markets.

As a global, one-source solution provider Rittal’s latest brochure outlines the company’s product and capabilities within electronics markets. The brochure provides information on Rittal Electronic Systems facilities worldwide, as well as highlighting some of the products available for a variety of end-user markets. Sectors include telecommunications, industrial automation, medical technology, traffic, transportation and safety.

Details of project planning, application engineering, prototyping, testing, production and after sales service complement each market section.

Included in the brochure is an overview of the products available, and the degree of modifications and new designs to customer driven specifications is also included.

The W5Chassis is a novel ATX computer enclosure designed exclusively for wall and bulkhead mounting.
New from Chassis Plans is the W5Chassis family of rugged wall-mount and bulkhead-mount industrial PC computer enclosures. The W5Chassis is unique in the market, offering an ATX computer enclosure designed exclusively for wall and bulkhead mounting. Other wall-mount computers are simply reworked desktop or rack mount designs.

The W5Chassis is a clean paper design with no compromises in functionality.

The W5Chassis is perfect for a wide variety of applications where an office style computer does not provide appropriate protection and a 19in rack is not available.

The W5Chassis can be hung exposed on a wall in a factory, in a closet such as a security system, mounted on a drilling rig, and so forth.

When the door is closed, it does not look like a computer which has high appeal for theft and vandalism mitigation.

A lockable door protects the installed components from prying hands.

The door is sealed with fabric covered EMI gasket for both EMI and environmental sealing.

The high quality locking compression latch sets the EMI gasket when the door is closed.

Accessible behind the door is the power and reset switches as well as the power-on and drive activity LEDs.

A top cover protects the I/O cables and is interlocked with the door to prevent unauthorised access to the wiring.

Conduit knockouts are provided on both sides.

The W5Chassis is designed for harsh environments and includes four 1400 litre/min fans for cooling.

The fans are mounted in hot swap carriers for easy field service.

An optional fan monitoring board is available.

A large air filter is mounted on the exterior bottom of the enclosure for easy cleaning.

Access to the locked interior is not required for cleaning the filter.

The W5Chassis system is optimised for a variety of customer specified options, including in-door LCD control panels and displays up to 17in 1280 x 1024 in a vertical orientation.

Customer specified paint, logo and silk screening are available for private labelling.

‘Working with key customers in the offshore oil exploration industry, Chassis Plans was able to engineer and manufacture a very rugged system for use in harsh environments’, said David Lippincott, Founder and Chief Technologist of Chassis Plans.

‘Hurricane Katrina slammed the offshore drilling rigs and Chassis Plans’ wall mount enclosures were some of the few pieces of equipment to survive’.

The W5Chassis offers a unique blend of versatility and installed component protection in a low cost wall mount system.

The W5Chassis is in production.

OEM and quantity discounts are available.

ENlight UK has signed a distribution agreement with Northamber.
ENlight UK has intensified its marketing focus recently, following a number of new product launches and innovations, and has now signed a distribution arrangement with Northamber. The deal with Northamber means extended presence for ENlight in the consumer retail market for its PC Case range that includes the recently launched PC Extreme Gamers Case and Media Centre PC Case. Deborah Bebbington, General Manager of ENLight UK said: ‘We are delighted that Northamber will be distributing our PC Cases’.

‘Following the recently launched PC Extreme Gamer and Media Centre Cases, we have been overwhelmed with review requests that we will endeavour to convert into sales’.

‘We want the ENlight name to sit right next to the likes of Alienware’.

A spokesperson for Northamber UK said: ‘ENlight’s superb range of PC Cases and its much-increased focus on marketing was influential in our decision to work with ENlight UK.

Their PC Cases are well thought out, thoroughly researched and meet the needs of today’s demanding consumers’.