Industrial Computers in Washdown Environments

Computers are an essential tool in manufacturing and production – they increase efficiency, reduce waste and increase production. They are now found in almost every industry from steel production to cake making. Yet computers don’t find many of these environments easy to work in. a good example is food production where computers not only have […]

Digital Signage – a Beginners Guide

Digital advertising has become a revolution in the last few years and recent studies suggest that the use of digital signage is expected to increase three-fold over the coming few years, despite the economic downturn. The increase in the use of this type of narrowcast (as opposed to broadcast) is due largely to the falling […]

Stainless Steel – Sheffield’s Gift to the World

Sheffield is a name famous throughout the world and synonymous with the manufacture of steel throughout the 19th century. And while the locals may suggest there is far more to Sheffield than just steel production, it is steel that not only put the English town on the map but also changed the shape of the […]

Challenges in Food Manufacturing – Computerisation

Food processing is one of the most challenging sectors in manufacturing. Governed by endless laws and guidelines the difficulties in food preparation plants do not end there. Hygiene understandably plays a large part in food manufacturing with the need to keep surfaces, floors, walls and equipment spotlessly clean. For this reason nearly all equipment has […]

Will Digital Signage work for my Business?

The term digital signage has become a buzzword in the advertising sector. Recent reports on the industries growth and its forecasts for the future have caused increased excitement towards what is still regarded as a new media. But is this type digital advertising really worth it when compared to other forms of media such as […]

Protecting Computers from Airborne Debris

Most computer administrators are aware of the problems dust can cause to computers and other electrical equipment. Even in the relatively dust-free environments of our offices and homes dust will permeate a computer enclosure and congregate inside forming so called ‘dust bunnies.’ In most environments a (very) careful vacuum of the inside of a computer […]

Digital Signage made easy with an LCD Enclosure

Digital signage is a growing media; its use has now exploded over the last few years, due largely to the plummeting costs of LCD displays and plasma screens. The benefits of digital signage are many-fold when compared to conventional 2D sign advertising, not only can messages be changed or adapted easily but also moving images […]

Digital Signage – Plasma or LCD

Digital signage is a revolution almost akin to the printing revolution following the development of the Gutenberg press. Digital advertising has allowed messages to be tailored and changed at will allowing flexibility other advertising methods cannot match. The growth of digital advertising is due mainly to the dramatic fall in the price of plasma displays […]

Industrial LCD and Digital Signage Enclosures

Getting the message across has always been important to business. Whether it’s warning workers of potential dangers, informing people of procedures or advertising new products to clients, traditionally there has only been one way to do this with the use of conventional 2D signs. However, due to the dramatic decline in modern digital display devices […]

Protection for Digital Signage

Digital signage use has exploded in the last few years thanks mainly to the new flat LCD, plasma and TFT screens that are available. This new technology is relatively cheap too with the cost of an LCD or plasma flat screen now cheaper than the price of ordering sign writer. LCD and plasma are ideal […]