EMC coating finishes for moulded enclosures from Vero Technologies.

Why should we pay particular attention to the EMC characteristics of an enclosure?

Design and selection process needs to address a number of requirements: mechanical, aesthetics and crucially, electromagnetic suitability. Of the three, the electromagneti compatibility aspects are often inadequately considered. The EMC requirement can be triggered by a number of factors such as the need to shield the internal components that may malfunction due to external fields. EMC screening may also be as a result of regulatory compliance – strict regulations exist to ensure no interference affects other systems.

This highlights the need to consider emissions and susceptibility – both of which can be controlled by suitable EMC enclosure design. The screening will constrain the...

“You can have any colour, as long as it is black”

So said Henry Ford at the start of the Model T production.

We think otherwise – you can have anything you want, and more besides, from the range of enclosures from Vero Technologies.

Whether it is a finished production item, initial sample or development pieces, it pays to produce an aesthetically pleasing, professional implementation to any design, clearly displaying your brand and any user notation or legend.

Vero Technologies offer a customising service to provide you with modifications to your enclosures, front panels or other hardware making changes to features such as colour, notation, holes and the like. Previously surface details such as ident, nomenclature and graphics were applied using...

There are many benefits to using plastic enclosures to house your electronics. With a multitude of suppliers serving the market, typically offering a wide range of standard products in different styles and sizes at economical prices, resulting in a reduction in the time to market for new projects. Products are readily available from the manufacturers themselves and from their broad-line and specialised distributors. The units are lightweight with potentially complex shapes and features are easily incorporated into the design, they are easily then modified to accept displays, switches, connectors and other hardware.

EMC

Moulded enclosures, however, have one specific shortcoming by virtue of the intrinsic properties of the material itself. Plastic, unlike metal, offers no inherent attenuation to electric or magnetic fields. In many applications, this is of no consequence, but if radiation emitted by the enclosed electronics or their susceptibility to external...