Rittal Enclosures Blog

British enclosure constructor Pneumatechnique Ltd. was looking for ways to reduce its operating and overhead costs through automation. It found the solution it needed at Rittal: The Perforex machining center reduces the machining time for enclosures, improves the accuracy of recurrent working operations, and allows specialist production staff to be deployed more efficiently.

“Today, we can complete a project in 20 minutes that would previously have taken four hours. At the same time, quality has improved.” ^{Adam Wilson, Production Manager at Pneumatechnique Ltd.}

Last year, Rittal TS Enclosures and LCP high density cooling products were selected as the infrastructure solution for a single event - the DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military, sponsored this first ever Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC).  

By outsourcing the modification of an enclosure panel, or manually adding holes, cut-outs, taps or threadings in-house, you are absorbing costs in both time and labor. Now you can calculate a cost comparison quickly and simply.

While some may find the news about domestic economic growth of late disheartening, the number of great places to work in the U.S. does offer cause for optimism.

Every enclosure represents a unique challenge. Power systems, lighting, wiring, door configuration, and cooling units all require custom modifications. Full automation of the process increases accuracy and improves the turnaround time.

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.   

Data Centers and server racks run hot. Protecting the technology backbone of your company means managing air flow, temperature, energy consumption and cooling technology.

The Rittal booth at the 2016 Hannover Fair hosted President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on their opening tour of the Fair yesterday. The President and Chancellor were able to speak with owner and CEO, Dr. Friedhelm Loh, and discuss Rittal’s innovative technology. The President and Chancellor Merkel were impressed by the new Blue e+ Cooling Units and their energy efficiency.

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.