Complete project control from the first customer interface through delivery and installation sounds good on paper. But during these initial steps: design creation, schematics, purchasing, labeling, documentation and manual tasks, efficiency and control are lost, and production costs mount. Until now. Rittal brings the Industry 4.0 Value Chain to design and production at any organization of any size. This is the next revolution in manufacturing as businesses move into a new era of faster production and turnaround time...up to 50 percent faster.
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Many people today are still trying to wrap their head around what exactly Industry 4.0 is. The reality is: if you haven’t figured it out yet, you’re already behind and you need to catch up.
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Product certifications and approvals are pivotal to the global acceptance of industrial products. Rittal products meet the highest internationally recognized quality standards. All components are subjected to the most stringent testing in accordance with international standards and regulations.
Products marketed in world markets must document that they comply with government directives. That’s important to a global organization like Rittal, and explains why its products carry the CE label (European Communities = Communautés Européennes), documenting a product's compliance with the respective EU Directives.
The requirement profile for EMC enclosures can be determined using the following check-list.
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What interference occurs in this application? (electrical, magnetic or electromagnetic field)
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What are the limits of interference which may occur in the application? (field strengths, frequency range)
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Can the requirements be met by a standard enclosure or an RF shielded enclosure? (comparison with attenuation diagrams)
A distinction may be made between the following types of coupling influence:
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Conducted influence
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Field-bound influence – Field influence
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Radiation influence.
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is the ability of an electrical appliance to operate satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without adversely affecting this environment—which may also contain other equipment. High packaging densities in electronic assemblies and ever-increasing signal processing speeds often cause faults in complex electronic equipment, measurement and control systems, data processing and transmission systems and communications technology. These are attributable to electromagnetic influences.
When planning switchgear installations, it is wise to consider the protection of the installers as much as what’s installed. This protection requires tested and standardized structures and wise energy distribution.
Climate control inside your electronics enclosures is key to the survivability of the electronics residing there. Temperature rise in enclosures can be caused by contact problems with live conductors or incorrect dimensioning of switchgear and conductors. Also, when operating a low-voltage switchgear assembly, short-circuit losses occur, leading to a temperature rise in the enclosure’s internal air and, connected with this, inferior heat dissipation via the surface of the installed components and assemblies. This can lead to component damage.
