Facility teams and data centre managers know that to survive in a world where low cost cloud infrastructure is dominant, they need to cut costs to the bone. The hardest thing to cut has always been the cost of cooling. Mark Hirst reports.
Prepare your panels now and be ready for next summer: that’s the message from panel manufacturer and climate systems specialist, Rittal.
Incorrect conduit specification remains a primary cause of cable failure in heavy duty applications. Meirion Buck explains the key mechanical and environmental properties of conduit that can protect vital cables.
The internal environment of an enclosure needs to be managed; moisture and condensation levels must be closely controlled while maintaining the interior temperature within a few degrees, as Christian Westwood explains.
A combination of pneumatic valve islands and an intrinsically safe distributed I/O system has been used in replacement Ex rated control panels at a major whisky company’s bottling plant in Glasgow.