Category: IP rating

The futures bright in digital signage

Digital signage is one of the few expanding industries in the current economic climate. In fact analysts predict the industry will grow by 30 per cent in the next year alone, despite the global financial downturn. With more and more businesses realising the potential for this new media the future for the digital signage industry […]

Have You Visited our LCD Enclosure Site?

Having manufactured protective enclosures for computers, touch screens, printers and display devices for nearly two decades it was only natural that we moved into the new digital signage industry. Using our expertise in building high quality protective environments for industrial and outdoor use we have produced a range of LCD enclosures suitable for outdoor digital […]

Creating the Perfect Environment for Computers

Computer enclosures are now common methods of protecting PCs in industrial our hostile environments. There are many manufacturers producing fabricated enclosures that claim to enable standard computers and devices to be used in these types of areas. However, there is more to protecting computer equipment in hostile areas than just placing them in a metal […]

Rating Systems for Industrial Computers

Industrial computers are designed to protect against harmful elements from penetrating the enclosure to the computer and damaging the system. To help consumers select the right industrial PC with the correct computer enclosure, rating systems have been designed by both Europe and USA. Guide to IP Ratings The European system, known as ingress protection (IP), […]

IP65 for Outdoor Digital Signage

Whilst digital signage hasn’t been with us very long the concept of putting plasma and LCD screens outside was inevitable considering the rapid growth of the new media. Outdoor digital signage does of course pose challenges as any display has to be protected from the elements. IP65 and IP66 are often used to describe the […]

Challenging Technology – Part Three – Keeping Dry

When children are first taught about electricity it is quite common to explain the dangers, and particularly the point that electricity and water do not mix. Yet, there are many areas in such as industrial and factory settings where electronic devices like computers, touch screens, printers and displays have to be used as part of […]

Benefits of a LCD Enclosure

LCD TVs are now used for far more applications than just watching the latest dramas and sit-coms. LCD’s have started to change the shape of our high streets as they are used in a myriad of digital signage applications. It’s not just inside in retail stores that LCD’s are being implemented as digital signage but […]

IP65 Digital Signage – An Explanation

  With the growing use of outdoor digital signage the term IP65 is becoming more relevant and commonplace in the advertising and information sectors. IP65 is a European rating system that has been around for many years. Its primary use was to allow contractors to establish the protection and electrical component’s enclosure would afford against […]

Water Resistant LCD Enclosures

The LCD enclosure could be argued to be the next step on a revolution in the same way the LCD screen has revolutionised advertising and information. LCD’s have done for digital signage what the printing revolution did for the mass media. It has never been cheaper and easier to implement digital advertising thanks to the […]

3 Reasons Why You Do Not Need an Industrial Computer

We all know how important computers are. No office can be without one and even in industry it is rare for processes to still be manually controlled. Computers reduce waste, increase efficiency and boost productivity. Industrial computers have been around as long as the office PC and are an essential tool in driving down costs. […]