Modular enclosures for ozone test gear company

Following a proposal to adopt a modular approach, Hampden Test Equipment contacted SRS Products to enquire about SRS's new modern styled Cubic modular enclosures.

Hampden Test Equipment Ltd, who specialise in design and manufacture of environmental equipment for ozone testing, decided that there was a need to add to the range of its original equipment, where the test chamber and the control and data logging electronics were combined within one frame.

The objective was to create a modular design where both of these units became free standing items.

Following the proposal to adopt the modular approach, which would provide greater flexibility and control over the effectiveness of the chamber seal together with the packaging and EMC screening of the control and data logging electronic circuitry, the company contacted SRS Products to enquire about SRS's new modern styled Cubic modular enclosures.

From discussions on how the existing equipment was configured and how the Cubic enclosure could accommodate the electronics, there was found to be a discrepancy regarding depth required because the original design fell between two standard sizes 600mm and 800mm.

It was also noted that access to the electronic component modules was required for servicing and maintenance purposes after commissioning.

Hampden reviewed its equipment and through re-engineering one of the projecting elements, the company found that it was able to use the standard 600mm deep size of the Cubic.

Provision for internal access to all the required component modules situated in the Cubic enclosures is now provided through mounting the required equipment onto a shelf that is, in turn, mounted on telescopic slides.

An initial Cubic prototype enclosure was built and supplied to Hampden and to be combined with the test chamber and put through the final test procedures before being shipped to Hampden', first customer for it's new design in Spain.

Two further Cubic systems have been supplied.

One has been used for the official launch of the new product at an exhibition.

Hampden already has additional customer requirements for later in the year and these will be combined with the production run due to commence shortly.

Commenting on the new development, John Miller, General Manager said "Combined with the new chamber design and colour scheme, the initial impression is that the Cubic enclosure blends in very well and gives our new product a completely new appearance.

We believe the new build format enables us to process many more units in a shorter time scale, thus helping us to compete more effectively in today's highly competitive world market.

The ozone cabinet, as its name implies, produces ozone in the test chamber in which rubber samples are placed for accelerated testing.

Hampden supplies equipment direct and through agents world-wide, mainly into the automotive industry.

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