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Large cases and enclosures frequently have heavy lids and doors. From a user point of view this becomes an issue when the supported weight is too heavy for comfort, the weight is lighter but the frequency of opening is high or the application requires a lid to remain open without support.
Where enclosures are concerned, packing density is rather more important to the IT sector than it is to industrial users. You have only to look at a modern server installation where just one enclosure may have a power dissipation requirement in the region of 20 to 30kW. That is a great challenge for cooling technology.
Over the last two and a half years enclosure manufacturer, ATOS has concentrated on the datacentre market where it has achieved some success with its high-performance cooling unit, a system places the air flow close to the servers rather than implementing basic circulation top down.
An enclosure system should offer rather more than just the box. Take Rittal's modular infrastructure system as an example.