Category: Enclosures

Industrial Computers – Working with Industrial Computer Enclosures

Computing in industry can be a difficult concept for many network administrators. Often industrial areas contain many elements that prohibit the use of a conventional PC: dust, dirt, water, extreme temperatures and risk of heavy impact. The most obvious solution if a piece of IT is required in an industrial area is to buy an […]

Armagard Announce a New Range of Digital Outdoor Signage

Armagard’s range of digital outdoor signage enclosures offers a variety of options for display and digital signage purposes in harsh, industrial, public or outdoor environments. Designed to European IP rating and international NEMA guidelines, they offer the perfect solution for digital outdoor signage. Built to accommodate a large variety of digital signage displays the enclosures […]

Happy Christmas from all at Armagard

Here at Armagard Europe’s leading supplier of Industrial Computer Enclosures, we would like to wish all our customers, suppliers and even our competitors a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We hope 2009 is a successful year for you all.

Stainless Steel Industrial Computer Enclosures

Industrial computer enclosures are often used in industrial applications to protect IT equipment from the hazards of dust, water, dirt and grime. Most computer enclosure are produced from brush or powder-coated steel ideal for protection in industrial environments. However, in some industries, such as food preparation, stainless steel is the only option because of its […]

Computer protection against theft

LONDON (Reuters) June 2008  ‘A computer containing “restricted” information was stolen from the office of a cabinet minister in a break in. “There was a break-in at the constituency office of Hazel Blears on the afternoon of Saturday, June 14. Hazel was not there at the time,” a government statement said. It continued: “The thief […]

Industrial Computer Enclosure – Selecting Your Enclosure

Industrial computer enclosures are now the preferred choice for industrial IT implementation. They are reasonably inexpensive, offer protection for all potential hazardous environments, flexible; units can be interchanged within them, and will lengthen the life of any IT equipment enclosed. Printers, monitors, touch screens, computer towers, desktop PC’s,, keyboards, TV’s, clocks and any other sensitive […]

40 Years Old but Has the Mouse had its Day? Touchscreens the New Input Device.

In December 1968 at a computer network presentation in San Francisco, Doug Engelbart from the Stanford research Institute unveiled his prototype input device. Made of wood with wheels from a toy car the device was nicknamed by one of Engelbart’s researchers as the ‘mouse’ a name that stuck for over forty years. It did take […]

Why Buy an Industrial Computer?

Automation of production lines is an effective method of increasing productivity, increasing efficiency, reducing cost and reducing waste; essential in the current financial climate. When it comes to computers, monitors, printers, touchscreens and the other types of sensitive electronics, then there are many areas in industrial processes that are not suitable. Dust, dirt, heavy impacts […]

Who Uses Industrial Computer Enclosures?

Industrial computer enclosures are utilised by tens of thousands of businesses interested in protecting their IT investments in hostile areas. Whilst we are used to seeing computers in our offices and homes, the digital revolution has impacted the industrial and manufacturing sector as well. Computers, touch screen monitors and printers are now a prerequisite for […]

Body Armour Protects Avon and Somerset PC from Angry Attack

Whilst police constables in most forces are now equipped with body armour, Avon and Somerset Police are using it to protect another type of PC – their computers. The force has installed Armagard’s Penc 300 compact computer enclosure in custody suites to protect their valuable new computer equipment and it has already withstood an attack. […]