How to Determine and Pinpoint the Exact Dimensions for Plastic Electronics Enclosures?

We recently just moved and re-arranged the furniture in our living room. My dog’s own crate has always been placed in the corner of our living room. Along wit some of our new furniture, there was no longer a room available for my dog’s crate. So we have to identify or look for another space for the crate. Since my dog is a medium sized Labrador, the crate is super huge.

To be able to move this into a new space or location, we have to run our creativity. We have to find a space spacious enough to fit the crate so that it can crate up and be installed on the wall. This in return, reminded me of the video game, Tetries.

I was being reminded of this fact while I was talking with a customer just the other day. The customers often call to our company because they want to ask for help in selecting the right enclosure. This person was particularly looking for a “a CD ROM sized enclosure”. When I told the customer that I would be more than happy to find something similar to that size range, the customer told me that it is just what he exactly needs as per dimension wise.

The customer then was really hoping to produce a product that would be able to slide into the same area like the optional CD ROM available in the computer. In order to fit that exact space, the customer need the right dimensions. This is too large and it would not eventually fit, and too small that it will not hold very stable.

As we have recently discovered, this problem presents several difficulties on a very few levels. While the majority of the manufacturing companies will shape the enclosures with several type of ranges to be able to offer the best choice available to the customers. However, it is nearly impossible to be able to find the exact match for the dimensions within a different product line.

There are companies that offers wide range of sizes and different styles of electronic enclosures. Several of their enclosures are mostly rectangular in shape, but majority of them have the same ratio of length that ranges form width to height. We just recently found out that the most used size range is 2 x 3 inches, and in line with this there are several options that exists within the 1/2” range. While each of them consist of a very deffierent depth.

This is to be able to give you the best and with the most options possible to help in finding out the most perfect enclosure for the companies’ needs.

What Should be the Characters of the Ink that will be Used to Print on Plastic Electronics Enclosure?

Just recently, my boyfriend and I just spent a very long weekend to attend a out-of-town wedding. The family of my friend and our friends came over from all over the country just to attend her wedding. There were even English guests all the way from United Kingdom. This is the true testament that the wonderful couple are now finally getting married. People have spent time, money, and the effort just to be there for the celebration.

Before the wedding which was scheduled on a Sunday, there was a mandatory practice the Friday before for the wedding rehearsal. The amazing ceremony will be held at a riverbank park with the reasonable outdoor space reception just for the family. Sunday is a casual celebration and when Monday comes, this is going to be the celebration for the people who was not able to come to the wedding last Sunday. There were handmade decorations and pretty favors, the family style dining was good. There was good bear and the eclectic mix of music. Some guests might question the rustic appearance but our entire weekend was perfectly amazing especially for the happy couple.

With this in mind, knowing the characteristics are very helpful. Not only when working with other personalities from other people, but also this is very vital when dealing with certain chemical properties. Such as ink used for printing on enclosures. This is the type of ink used to print on pad for electronic enclosures. The characteristics does not only exhibit what the product is, but also what the material can be resisted.  

There are numerous characteristics that are necessary to have the permanent ink to be just like that: permanent. For example, if the customer wants the ink to be totally unaffected even if the enclosure is stacked on top of each other. Now, the stacked enclosures will not be damaged even if it is shipped because the right ink is used for the printing of the enclosure.

Or you can just imagine that there was a customer that wants to place something on top of the enclosure, if the ink was used was not the right one, there is a possibility that the graphics will be damaged. The abrasion resistance only means that the ink will not we wear in a way that it is completely gone by means of friction.

Over the course of several years with this type of experience, there are blog posts that are going to be explored using the different types of ink resistance that will be offered. Just feel free to comment about the characteristics or types of resistance you are looking for with your ink.

NEMA 1 are Not Just for Rating Plastic Electronics Enclosures: Mystery Debunked

Last morning, on a 33 degree morning air I still decided to walk my dog. With this weather, I might need to wear a 2 pairs of pants, a hoodie with a long sleeve t shirt, a fleece ear warmer, and a pair of nice gloves. But I still have to consciously think about neglecting the temperature and how cold I am. I shifted my attention and I started thinking about the wide variety of topics I could blog and talk about.

While I was totally lost in my thoughts, to my surprise my puppy just started digging through my neighbor’s garbage bag and my dog found remains of their last night’s chicken dinner. So the struggle of telling my dog to drop everything has caused me trouble. I know my dog, he won’t just budge and he will not sacrifice the chicken bone he just started chewing on.

Now, with this in mind, we all know that the chicken bone is totally detrimental and dangerous for a dog. The splinters can come from the bone and it can potentially scrape my dog’s poor insides and it is no good. As a very reasonable owner of this pet, I have to give protection by restricting his access to this kind of scenarios. In just a short while, I realized that it kind of makes me a NEMA 1 protection for my dog. Except that I am not an enclosure, I am a human.

The NEMA 1 rating was defined as an electronics enclosure that is originally designed for the indoor use and it gives a degree of level of protection against the ingress of solid objects or potential contaminants (like the falling dirt.) The limited protection it provides also include the restriction of personnel for having access to harmful components.

There are different styles and some materials that are widely available for these kinds of enclosures. The metal, polycarbonate, and ABS has one thing in common: these materials can protect the electronics placed inside the enclosure from all the harm and debri. While it protects the user from the electronic.

Some companies also offers a full product line of NEMA 1 rated enclosure. As a matter of fact, the entire off-the-shelf product line can give protection to the equipment form the debris ingress and it also restricts the access of the personnel using the enclosure by giving protection to the electronics housed inside the enclosure.

Before adding vents, knockouts, and holes on the enclosure that can bring a potential effect on the rating, make sure that the applications are carefully considered when planning for the project. Once the specific rating is very important to the end use, conduct an independent testing of the final design of the product.