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News Release from: Sight Systems | Subject: SR-DC1 Drive Cooler
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2000
Additional drive cooling for industrial
PC
Sight Systems Limited, the Worthing-based manufacturer of industrial computer systems, now offers a drive cooler for use with its industrial chassis systems.
Sight Systems Limited, the Worthing-based manufacturer of industrial computer systems, now offers a drive cooler for use with its industrial chassis systems The SR-DC1 Drive Cooler fits in front of the 5.25" drive housing and provides additional insurance against drive failure due to overheating
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 22 May 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Based on a Papst 8000 series 12VDC fan with external rotor motor, the SR-DC1 Drive Cooler has fully integrated commutation electronics and protection against reverse polarity, blocking and overload by PTC resistor, partially impedance protected.
The fan delivers airflow at about 20 cubic feet per minute and has a service life of 80,000 hours.
The SR-DC1 incorporates an easily cleaned / replaced dust filter accessible from the front panel of the computer system.
Excessive temperature causes more failures than vibration, humidity and dust in industrial computer systems and accounts for 55% of all electronic equipment failure.
Good thermal management at the equipment design stage will help to avoid such failures.
Overheating in computer systems occurs partly due to heat being dissipated in smaller, overcrowded enclosures where airflow is restricted by cards, cabling, disk drives, etc.
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