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Defense & Aerospace

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Overview
Pentair Technical Products is a global leader in providing solutions for enclosing, protecting, and cooling electrical and electronic systems. Their brands, including Hoffman®, Schroff®, McLean® Cooling Technology, Calmark®, Birtcher®, Aspen Motion Technologies™, and Taunus™, offer a wide range of standard, modified, and engineered solutions across various markets such as commercial, communications, energy, electronics, industrial, infrastructure, medical, and security and defense.
Applications & Solutions
Pentair focuses on providing high-performance and dependable solutions for mission-critical systems, particularly in defense and aerospace applications. Their products are designed to ensure interoperability with existing platforms and are suitable for land-based, naval, and aerospace applications. The company emphasizes network-centric warfare capabilities, high-speed data transfer, and system availability.
Products
The product range includes rugged retainers, VPX backplanes, VARISTAR MIL 901D cabinets, Titan rugged enhanced chassis with forced air cooling, and stainless steel electrical enclosures. Schroff® is noted for its electronics packaging solutions, while Birtcher® and Calmark® specialize in ruggedized components for extreme environments.
Capabilities
Pentair offers a comprehensive range of certified standard products that ensure performance across various environments. Their modular rugged platform concept allows for COTS benefits and adaptability to individual requirements. The company provides technical, production, and financial resources to design, manufacture, assemble, and test critical-use systems.
Compliance
Pentair's products are developed to meet strict performance criteria required for military and aerospace applications, ensuring superb mechanics, high shock and vibration resistance, perfect shielding, optimized cooling, dependable power supplies, and outstanding system management.
Conclusion
Pentair Technical Products is committed to delivering high-tech solutions from a single source, ensuring performance and dependability for mission-critical systems. Their long-term program support and partnership approach build customer confidence in their ability to meet specific requirements efficiently.
Key Specifications and Features
  • SWaP Considerations: Focus on space, weight, and power efficiency, particularly for UAVs and platform upgrades, with a 3U VPX conduction-cooled portfolio.
  • OpenVPX Technologies: Investment in OpenVPX for future-proofing and legacy platform upgrades.
  • Environmental Resilience: Products designed to withstand extreme conditions such as temperature fluctuations, EMC shielding, and exposure to elements like sand, dust, and humidity.
  • Shock and Vibration Resistance: Cabinets, cases, and subracks are engineered to protect electronics from mechanical stress.
  • Comprehensive Solutions: Integration of backplane, chassis, cooling, power supply, and system management for optimal performance.
Technological Expertise
  • High-Speed Data Transfer: Solutions equipped with serial backplanes and greater signal density for modern connectivity needs.
  • Rugged COTS Products: Commitment to rugged applications with a range of products including Card-Lok retainers and conduction-cooled assemblies.
Product Advantages
  • Complete Solutions: Mechanical, electrical, electronic, and thermal competence from a single source.
  • Rapid Development: Leveraging high-volume board and system designs to reduce development time.
  • Robust and Secure: Proven track record with shock and vibration resistance to MIL-STD-901D.
  • Design Flexibility: Various configurations available to meet specific application needs.
Advanced Product Offerings
  • Clamshells and Conduction-Cooled Frames: Available in standard or custom configurations, optimized for thermal management.
  • VITA 48.2 Retainer Configurations: Options for primary and secondary-side cooling, ensuring efficient thermal paths.
Specifications
The systems adhere to MIL-STD-461D for EMC compatibility and MIL-STD-2036 for general electronics equipment requirements. The Titan series is designed according to VITA 48.2 for conduction cooling, supporting various bus architectures like VPX and VME.
Design and Construction
The systems feature high-grade aluminum alloys, protective finishes, and customizable options for front I/O panels and backplane interconnects. They offer modular designs with options for heat dissipation, including heat sinks and forced air cooling.
Rugged Systems
The 3U VPX Titan chassis is available with various mounting options and is constructed to endure extreme conditions. Materials like EN AW6062 and 7075 are used, with finishes such as anodizing and powder coating for durability.
Cabinet Solutions
VARISTAR and eurorack cabinets are designed for military use, compliant with MIL-STD-901D for shock and MIL-STD-167F for vibration. They offer high-frequency shielding and IP protection, with options for customization to meet specific requirements.
Manufacturing Capabilities
The document highlights Schroff's in-house capabilities for design, simulation, and manufacturing, ensuring high quality and rapid deployment. Processes include soldering, CNC punching, and laser processing, supported by modern CAD and simulation tools.
Testing and Quality Assurance
Continuous quality assurance is emphasized, with testing for EMC, thermal performance, and shock resistance. The use of advanced simulation tools and cooperation with certified institutes ensures product reliability and performance.
Advantages
The systems are described as flexible, secure, reliable, and robust, with optimized heat transfer and protection against environmental factors. The document underscores the economic viability of COTS solutions for military applications.
Quality Assurance
The company emphasizes 100% quality assurance throughout the development process using advanced modeling, simulation tools, and high-performance test adapters. They collaborate with certified testing institutes for advanced tests to ensure optimal product performance.
Manufacturing Processes
Pentair employs economic solutions with high precision in electronic component manufacturing, including solder paste printing, automatic SMD placement, and vapor-phase soldering. Mechanical component manufacturing utilizes the latest CAD software and simulation tools, ensuring flexibility and high quality.
Testing and Compliance
Extensive in-house testing facilities are unmatched in the industry, including UL approved labs and EMC testing. The company guarantees product performance through design verification testing (DVT) and provides complete serial number traceability. They comply with U.S. Government programs and DFARS requirements.
Quality Control
Quality control is a core value, with continuous examination and improvement of procedures. The company guarantees compliance with military requirements, ensuring high reliability and customer confidence.
Global Presence
Pentair has a significant global footprint with facilities in North America, Asia, Europe, and South America, providing localized support and solutions.
Product Offerings
The company offers rugged products and integrated systems solutions, including high-speed backplanes and rapidly deployable solutions, compliant with defense requirements.
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Pentar Technical Products De Rugged products & integrated Systems solutions Rugged enhanced mechanics High-speed backplane ■ Performance in harsh environments ■ Rapidly deployable solutions ■ Compliance with defense requirements EZ <S^>CHLITMRK SchmFF*

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Preface Your partner for next generati Strong brands, long term program support Overview Schroff® has been a world leading brand in the electronics packaging industry for over four decades. Schroff® supplies subracks and accessories, instrument cases, 19” cabinets, backplanes, integrated systems and enclosure hardware, complete packaging systems for MicroTCA, AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, PXI, VME, VME64x, VPX, VSX and customer-specific enclosure systems. Birtcher® designs and manufactures rugged COTS (Commercial- off-the-shelf) printed circuit board card guides, Wedge-Lok® retainers, conduction cooled...

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Our technical know-how - crucial for today’ s military missions. Components and system solutions . . . Know-how and competence Enabling high-speed data transfer Applications & Solutions Increased performance. Uncompromising availability. “Network-centric warfare” is the challenge for the 21st century. More than ever before, success depends on the capability to rapidly gather and distribute specific information. High-speed data transfer, system availability and mission-critical reliability are crucial in the defense world today. Communications equipment must be capable of rapid deployment and...

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Applications & Solutions Ensuring interoperability with existing platforms tt Netcentric Warfare for land-based, naval and aerospace applications SPACE ATR chassis SchraFF* C4LIT14RK solutions vironments Dependable solutions for every operating environment. Communications play a pivotal role in military oprations. Whether it be on ships, tanks, ground control stations, combat aircraft, or on unmanned air vehicles, our modular product platforms, specific applications expertise and cutting-edge technology allow us to offer individual solutions for every operating environment. Secure protection...

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Our cutting-edge engineering – reliable in worst-case scenarios. Cutting-edge technology . . . COTS-based system solutio Cost-effective, quick and timely Applications & Solutions Pentair Technical Products military solutions. While meeting your strict design specifications, you can be assured that the backplane, chassis, cooling, power supply and system management, including all interfaces, will be selected and integrated for optimal performance. This provides our customers with a clear advantage, since a solution can be developed and provided quickly, all under one roof. • Reinforced mechanics...

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Applications & Solutions Rapidly dployable I I I I I I I I I I I I I f III IIf for high-speed military networking Rapid deployment platform systems. Whether stationary or mobile, conduction or forced-air cooled, we can draw from our extensive platform capabilities to offer a COTS-based solution tailored to your specific requirements in a timely manner. No matter what your general specification may encompass - high shock and vibration requirements, EMC shielding, special MIL specification finishes, conformal coatings and even perhaps mountable with telescopic slides, we have a ready-made solution....

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Our many options – capable of meeting any design needs. Rugged printed circuit board retainers . . . Card retainers and conducti Various design options available Products ADVANTAGES AT A GLANCE: Secure: Maximum clamping force for high shock and vibration resistance Efficient: Maximum thermal heat transfer for cold-wall applications Appropriate: Sophisticated design for easy insertion and lighter weight Variable: Special lengths, finishes, screw head styles or other design options available Design flexibility. Different lengths, individual wedge dimensions, the relocation or addition of mounting...

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rroaucis Rugged but lightweight design . . . complte solutions at module level VITA 48.2 plug-in units (clamshell with Card-Loks/Wedge-Loks®): Type 1 plug-in units This type is Two-Level Maintenance compatible. The covers they require provide increased mechanical protection and handling robustness and, equipped with optional connec-tor protection, they assure increased robustness during Two-Level Maintenance. Type 1 plug-in units also provide compliance with the ESD compatibility requirements defined in VITA 47. Type 2 plug-in units These may have one or more protective covers absent and may...

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Our sophisticated products – performing wherever required. The heart of high-speed serial data communication Backplanes Protected for harsh environments Products ADVANTAGES AT A GLANCE: High capacity: Superior signal integrity to provide up to 40 gigabit data transfer per lane Leading-edge technology: High-speed simulation and measurement capabilities Complete capability: In-house conformal coating Superior quality: 100% backplane testing to guarantee superior quality The right partner for customer-specific modifications. In addition to our standard backplane product portfolio of VMEbus, VME64x,...

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Products Engineered for extrme conditions Protection for harsh environments Withstanding extremes of shock and vibration. From a modular toolbox, our subracks are available in three levels of ruggedization. Readily available product platforms are configurable to fulfill your individual needs. From standard industrial to robust transportation, light military use and rugged-level products (1g up to 25g), we have the right solution. Special rugged product: Reinforced side panels, 19" brackets and top/bottom covers with additional mounting positions to horizontal rails ꕕ Aluminum horizontal rails...

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Products Ensuring rapid time-to-market deployment The next level: Titan excel in extreme environments Rugged enhanced systems. Working from REDI (rugged enhanced design implementation) VITA 48.2 as a basis, we have developed a modular conduction cooled chassis. This enclosure utilizes high-grade machined aluminum alloys and protective chemical finishes combined with the latest technology in design and machining to achieve a tightly toleranced system. 3U rugged enhance with forced air option New Titan series. Titan is designed in accordance with the VITA 48.2 mechanical specification for microcomputers...

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