Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems' New Rugged Rack Mount Chassis Cool >150W Per Slot

LITTLETON, MA – May 24, 2011 -- Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced two new 20-slot 0.8” pitch or 16-slot 1.0” pitch 6U payload forced air-cooled enclosures for rugged deployed military embedded systems. The RM810 chassis are the newest member of Electronic Systems’ Hybricon® family of advanced military COTS electronic packaging solutions. These rugged rack mount-style enclosures supports power supplies up to 1800W and provides cooling for greater than 150W per slot to ensure optimal performance for the most demanding high power mobile applications.

“These rugged chassis are designed for challenging in-the-field high performance applications,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “With cooling capacity exceeding 150W per slot, the RM810s are ideal for deploying advanced processor systems in harsh military environments.”

The RM810 19” rack mount enclosures are 8U-10U high forced air-cooled deployable chassis. It can be configured with a wide range of open standard backplane architectures, including VITA 1.7/VME64x, VME, VXS, PICMG 2.16, VPX, and OpenVPX.

The RM810-8T measures 13.97" (8U) high, 19” wide, and 22” deep. The RM810-10F measures 17.47” (10U) high, 19” wide, and 22” deep. The card cage is constructed of precision grade aluminum.

RM810 Performance Features:

  • Ultra high cooling capacity for >150 watts per slot
  • Tested to meet MIL-STD-810F temperature, humidity, shock, vibration, and explosive atmosphere standards for rugged mobile applications (Contact the factory for the test report)
  • Quick-release top and bottom panels
  • Hinged front panel with honeycomb provides MIL-STD-461 EMI containment with easy access to payload
  • Top load card cage provides optimum cooling
  • Full military operating temperature range:
    • MIL-STD-810F, Method 501.4, (high temperature) & MIL-STD-810F, Method 502.4, (low temperature)
    • Standard: -20° C to +55° C
    • Extended: -40° C to +71° C
  • Chassis monitoring with fan speed control, remote shutdown, and Ethernet interface with SNMP support
  • Optional isolated card cage

Sales & Editorial Contacts

Please contact factory for price and availability. For additional product information on the RM810 and to download the factsheets, click here.

For editorial information regarding Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. jwranovics@curtisswright.com.

Sales inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Maria Antal, Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, Tel: (978) 952-2017; email: systeminfo@curtisswright.com

About Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems

Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems is one of the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single sources for reliable, integrated military platform solutions. Our product and service expertise includes motion control, network centric computing, rate sensor assemblies, vehicle management computers, high-speed recording & storage, electro-mechanical solutions, chassis/enclosures, backplanes, power supplies, power management and electronic contract manufacturing services. The Electronic Systems group of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. serves the defense, commercial, aerospace and industrial markets. For more information about Curtiss Wright Controls Electronic Systems, visit www.cwcelectronicsystems.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading international technology-based organization. With manufacturing facilities around the world, the company provides niche motion control products, subsystems and services for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.

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