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Panduit Corp. released its expanded Pre-Configured Industrial Distribution Frame (IDF) offering, designed to help deliver more flexibility for deploying and protecting rack mount Ethernet switches. New smaller enclosure sizes and 316 stainless steel versions provide additional options for customers deploying one to five switches with different corrosion protection requirements. The pre-configured design of the IDF provides its users with consistent equipment deployment, which is estimated to increase speed of installation by up to 25 percent versus an IDF installation that is not pre-configured. It also provides up to three times the cooling capacity over typical deployments, which helps to reduce downtime risk due to switch overheating. The Pre-Configured IDF is UL 508A listed, UL Type 4/12 or 4/4X/12 listed and IP66 rated to help ensure safety and reliability.
Craig Resnick, ARC Advisory Group, commented, “As manufacturing demands a rapidly increasing number of Ethernet connections as a result of technologies, such as IIoT, IT/OT convergence, cloud computing, big data and analytics, the industrial market will require a growing number of corresponding offerings for Ethernet switch housing solutions that are scalable and can withstand the rigors of industrial environments. Panduit’s new 12U IDF clearly addresses these market trends, while still adhering to the certification and protection requirements of most industrial environments in an off-the-shelf package designed to help avoid manufacturing’s biggest nemesis, unscheduled downtime”.
Keywords: Ethernet Switches, Industrial Applications, IIoT, IT/OT Convergence, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Analytics, ARC Advisory Group.