NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: January 16, 2006
| Marketing David Lippincott, Chassis Plans (858) 571-4330 davidl@chassisplans.com |
Sales Steve Travis, Chassis Plans (858) 571-4330 stevet@chassisplans.com |
Chassis Plans Releases Innovative Wallmount Chassis
The W5Chassis is perfect for a wide variety of applications where an office style computer does not provide appropriate protection and a 19" rack is not available.
San
Diego, CA - January 16, 2006 - Chassis Plans, The Original Industrial
Computer Source, today released theW5Chassis family of rugged wall mount
and bulkhead mount industrial PC computer enclosures.
The W5Chassis is unique in the market, offering an ATX computer enclosure
designed exclusively for wall and bulkhead mounting. Other wallmount
computers are simply reworked desktop or rack mount designs. The W5Chassis
is a clean paper design with no compromises in functionality.
The W5Chassis is perfect for a wide variety of applications where an
office style computer does not provide appropriate protection and a
19" rack is not available. The W5Chassis can be hung exposed on
a wall in a factory, in a closet such as a security system, mounted
on a drilling rig, and so forth. When the door is closed, it does not
look like a computer which has high appeal for theft and vandalism mitigation.
A lockable door protects the installed components from prying hands.
The door is sealed with fabric covered EMI gasket for both EMI and environmental
sealing. The high quality locking compression latch sets the EMI gasket
when the door is closed. Accessible behind the door is the power and
reset switches as well as the power-on and drive activity LED's. A top
cover protects the I/O cables and is interlocked with the door to prevent
unauthorized access to the wiring. Conduit knockouts are provided on
both sides.
The W5Chassis is designed for harsh environments and includes four 49CFM
fans for cooling. The fans are mounted in hot swap carriers for easy
field service. An optional fan monitoring board is available. A large
air filter is mounted on the exterior bottom of the enclosure for easy
cleaning. Access to the locked interior is not required for cleaning
the filter.
The W5Chassis system is optimized for a variety of customer specified
options including in-door LCD control panels and LCD displays up to
17" 1280x1024 in a vertical orientation. Customer specified paint,
logo and silk screening are available for private labeling.
Key features of the W5Chassis include:
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EATX (12x13") motherboard mounting - C5Chassis models
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Passive backplane mounting - C5000 models
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Two internal 3-1/2" hard drive mounting locations
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Internal 5-1/4" drive tray including a slim floppy/cd adapter
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Accommodates any PS/2 style power supply including redundant and DC input
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Four high flow 90mm hotswap 49CFM fans
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Filtered cooling air
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Universal card hold down system for high vibration environments
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Locking door
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Cover over I/O cables interlocked with front locking door
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Various options for front door mounted LCD control panels
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Options for up to 17" 1280x1024 LCD mounted in door
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Custom paint and logo available
"Working with key customers in the offshore oil exploration industry,
Chassis Plans was able to engineer and manufacture a very rugged system
for use in harsh environments" said David Lippincott, Founder and
Chief Technologist of Chassis Plans. "Hurricane Katrina slammed the
offshore drilling rigs and Chassis Plans' wall mount enclosures were some
of the few pieces of equipment to survive."
The W5Chassis offers a unique blend of versatility and installed component
protection in a low cost wall mount system.
The W5Chassis is in production. Contact Chassis Plans for pricing. OEM
and quantity discounts are available. More information is available at
www.chassis-plans.com/w5chassis.html.
About Chassis Plans
Chassis Plans is a specialized designer and manufacturer of award-winning
custom and COTS rack mount computer systems and LCDs for critical
industrial and embedded applications such as telephony, imaging, instrumentation,
control and other environments which require performance, ruggedness
and reliability.
Chassis Plans products are manufactured in the USA to CE and UL standards,
satisfying the industry's increasing demands for features and performance.
All Chassis Plans products are backed by a full two-year warranty
and Chassis Plans' engineer-oriented technical support. Chassis Plans
is recognized as the fastest growing technology company in San Diego.
Please visit www.chassis-plans.com
for more information or e-mail at saleseng@chassisplans.com.