The Challenge

• The customer wanted to develop portable systems for marketing campaigns in support of sporting and corporate events worldwide.

• The customer’s rack mountable computer systems are sensitive to shock, vibration, and temperature. As the virtual marketing systems are “live”, failure of the customer’s electronics
and computer systems is NOT AN OPTION.

• For security purposes, the electronics and computer system are required to operate
with the rackmount case closed. As the customer’s system generates a substantial
amount of heat, an alternate method of actively dissipating the heat was required.
 

• Technician access to electronics installed deep within the case was required.

• In addition to static setups, the systems also needed to be readily and securely
installed in vehicles.
   
  The Solution

As the customer was located across the continent, Impact’s design professionals teleconferenced with their engineers to determine the scope of their application and which approach would best address their requirements. A technical proposal was submitted to the client. After further discussions, solid models of the proposed case were developed and submitted to the customer for review and input.		  
   
     
  Impact’s standard shock mounted rackmount case
design was chosen as the base concept with substantial modifications to address the heat, security and access requirements. In response to the heat dissipation issue, the customer opted to obtain a portable A/C unit and “daisy chain” the cases in series with it. Each of the lids of the case had a retractable A/C vent connector (with baffling) and hinged cover for air flow distribution.		  
   
 

As the customer wanted flexibility regarding the
number of I/O cables used at any time, Impact’s
designers developed a flexible EDPM rubber
“rain boot” - installed immediately below the
retractable baffle. As electronics are installed on the front and rear rack frames, a set of adjustable vertical rails was installed at the midpoint (between the front and rear rack frames). A large hinged panel was installed on each side of the case’s main body to allow access to the interior section of the rack to facilitate electronics installation and allow technician access in the field.

 

  

For security purposes, the latches for all hinged panels were mounted on the inside of the case.

 


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