All Articles By Richard N Williams

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Richard N Williams is a writer and journalist based in Birmingham, UK. He has many years of experience writing about all aspects of the internet and digital technology. He is the author of several technology related books and his articles have appeared in various publications, trade magazines and online journals.

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Industrial Computer Enclosures: Types

This entry was published on November 7, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Industrial Computer Enclosures come in all shapes and sizes, protecting all types of hardware. here is a selection of the types of enclosure:

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Industrial Computer – Preventing Failure

This entry was published on November 5, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Computer failure can be as costly as it can be annoying. With an office PC a new unit can be quickly installed with little need to call a service engineer. However, in the world of industrial computers a PC failure can be catastrophic. Industrial computers quite often control production processes, manufacturing lines and stock control […]

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Industrial Computer: Potential Explosive Atmospheres: ATEX

This entry was published on November 3, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Computers really haven’t been with us long but in the space of two decades they permeated every aspect of our lives. Our offices, homes, cars and even mobile phones contain as much computing power than that was available when the United States put a man on the moon. Its no surprise to find that computers […]

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Touch Screen – Types and Applications.

This entry was published on October 30, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Touch screen monitors were invented in 1971 by Dr. Samuel C. Hurst and since then have become increasingly popular, particularly in industrial computing but their recent use in mobile phones has seen a huge surge in development of this technology. Commercial and Industrial Touch screens combine both input and output devices getting rid of the […]

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Workstations and Bacteria – The Medical Keyboard

This entry was published on October 28, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Computer keyboards harbour more germs than toilet seats including the deadly bacteria MRSA, microbiologists tell us and with the increasing use of computers in the health profession there is a worry that an increase in hospital infections could be imminent as keyboards can act as a ‘superhighway’ for bacteria. There is an average of 3,300 […]

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Industrial Accidents – Protecting Industrial Computers

This entry was published on October 24, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Industrial areas are highly dangerous places. Heavy machinery, industrial processes like grinding and forklift trucks whizzing around can make the average factory a potential death-trap. Fortunately, most companies take health and safety seriously, as they should, and death and injury are now fortunately less common. However each year forklift trucks (FLT) are involved in over […]

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Computer Enclosures – Protecting data

This entry was published on October 22, 2008 by Richard N Williams

If you talk about computer protection and people automatically assume you are discussing anti-virus and anti-spyware software. At a pinch they may suggest that looking after data is also high on their list of security measures. But what if your computer gets stolen and it contains a lot of your personal date? Even worse what […]

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Protection for PC’s an Alternative to Industrial Computers

This entry was published on October 20, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Computers are now to be found every where from our offices and homes to inside our cars and even washing machines.  Computers are now being tasked to do jobs in all sorts of industry from finance to heavy production plants. However, not all environments are suited to a computer. Computers are electronic instruments and like […]

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Computer Safes and Data Protection – It’s Not Just Laptops!

This entry was published on October 17, 2008 by Richard N Williams

We are all aware by now of computer identity theft, computer theft and data losses. Nearly every week it seems some high level civil servant of intelligence chief has left a laptop on a train or a memory stick in a pub and we are constantly being reminded on being careful with the information we […]

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IP65 and IP54 – Protecting Your Electrical Equipment From Dust, Debris and Liquid

This entry was published on October 14, 2008 by Richard N Williams

Computers, monitors and other electrical equipment are now just as commonplace in industry and manufacturing as they are in the office or home. Unfortunately however the demands on electrical equipment such as computers are completely different in industrial environments than those placed on the office PC. Industrial environments tend to be dirty and grimy and […]

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