Whether your enclosure will be inside or outside, wet or dry, warm or covered in ice, a NEMA type 6 enclosure should offer the protection you need to keep your electrical equipment safe from harm. Plus, it will ensure that any personnel working near the enclosure remain safe from the equipment’s …
NEMA Type 5 Enclosure
A splash of water. Flying fibers and pieces of lint. Light drips of rain. Believe it or not, these minor, forgettable, and seemingly insignificant things can wreak havoc on your electronic equipment if you let them. So when selecting an enclosure to house your equipment, think about all the ways your equipment …
NEMA Type 2 Enclosure
If you’re seeking simplicity in your electrical enclosure, look first to the NEMA type 1 enclosure. It provides a degree of protection against your equipment’s most modest threats (an indoor environment, falling dirt) and extends a helping hand to your personnel as well, protecting them against any enclosed hazardous parts. …
NEMA Type 1 Enclosure
Electrical enclosures can be outfitted with a variety of gadgets and gizmos these days. They can protect against varying degrees of moisture – from drips of water to splashes to full-on submersion. They come in modular designs and various sizes for versatility. Some even employ cooling systems to prevent overheating, safeguarding heat-sensitive …
Types of Steel
So you’ve decided to purchase a steel enclosure to house and protect your valuable electrical equipment. Great choice! Metal enclosures can effectively safeguard equipment in extreme environments, repelling water, wind, corrosive agents, dust, and more. Plus, they can protect users from dangerous equipment by ensuring that the equipment is covered, …
NEMA Type 3R
Selecting the right electrical enclosure for your needs can be tough, especially when the standards are so confusingly similar. For example, the primary source of electrical enclosure standards – NEMA Enclosure Types – contains six unique “type 3” ratings: type 3, type 3R, type 3S, type 3X, type 3RX, and type 3SX. …
NEMA Type 4 and 4x
Do you know the environmental hazards your enclosure will face? Although you don’t need to pinpoint the exact perils of the environment, you do need to make an approximation. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) can assist you with this goal through its standards for electrical enclosures. Over a dozen standards exist, …
Requirements for Electrical Enclosures
Electrical enclosures can vary dramatically in size, structure, material, and design. Although they share some common objectives – to protect the enclosed electrical equipment from the environment, to protect users of the equipment from electrical shock, and to mount electrical equipment – they can differ tremendously. As such, the requirements for electrical enclosures …
Prototyping Enclosures
Most products go through many different phases before reaching their final, perfected state. So to prevent mistakes and improve efficiency, nearly all major design and manufacturing processes begin with prototyping. A prototype is “an initial model of an object built to test a design” (source). The term comes from the …
Telecommunications Enclosures
We’ve come a long way since the homing pigeons of Ancient Rome, the beacons of the Middle Ages, and the electrical telegraph of the 1800s. These days, the telecommunications industry makes long-distance communication possible through cables, signaling, layered networks, multiplexing, cellular telephony, wireless transmission, broadcasting, and much more. A century ago, this …
