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VARISTAR - The versatile cabinet platform for extreme conditions

VARISTAR - The versatile cabinet platform for extreme conditions
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VARISTAR - The versatile cabinet platform for extreme conditions

Product catalog summary
Overview
The VARISTAR cabinet platform is engineered to withstand diverse and extreme environmental conditions, offering high functionality and adaptability for applications in railway, defense, medical, power generation, and telecommunications. It is noted for its robust design, high performance, and cost-effectiveness.
Areas of Application
  • Railway and Traffic Technology: Provides stability and protection for electronic systems in mobile applications, featuring shock and vibration resistance.
  • Defense Technology, Aviation, and Space Travel: Offers high-frequency shielding and durability in harsh environments.
  • Medical Technology and Automation: Ensures high shielding effectiveness and adaptability for sensitive applications, with protection against dust and water.
  • Power Generation: Earthquake-resistant with systematic HF shielding, reliable for global use.
  • Telecommunications: Adaptable for the fast-paced telecom market, providing future-proof solutions.
Technical Details
  • Stability and Loading Capacity: Two load classes, Slim-Line and Heavy-Duty, support up to 800 kg.
  • HF Shielding and Safety: Exceptional shielding characteristics protect against electromagnetic interference.
  • Cooling Concepts: Modular cooling systems ensure reliable heat dissipation.
ServicePLUS
Schroff offers comprehensive services from conception to after-sales, ensuring efficient project management and reliable product lifecycle support.
Specifications and Standards
  • Complies with ETS, 19" (IEC 60297-2), and NEBS standards.
  • High mechanical robustness for earthquake resistance.
  • Cooling capacity up to 40 kW.
  • Shielding performance: 60 dB at 1 GHz, 40 dB at 3 GHz.
Design and Construction
  • Modular design with two load classes: Slim-Line (up to 400 kg) and Heavy-Duty (up to 800 kg).
  • Welded frame construction with robust steel profiles.
  • Shock and vibration resistant, tested to IEC 61587-2.
Cooling Solutions
  • Various cooling concepts including air/water heat exchangers.
  • Energy-efficient fans and optimal regulation of water and air circuits.
  • Cooling capacity up to 40 kW for high-density servers.
EMC and IP Protection
  • Innovative EMC shielding with conductive textile gaskets.
  • Protection up to IP 55 against dust and water.
  • Complies with RoHS regulations and uses self-extinguishing plastics.
Applications and Services
  • Suitable for telecommunications and datacom technology applications.
  • Offers installation, commissioning, maintenance, and recycling services.
  • Customizable solutions with comprehensive project management.
VARISTAR LHX 3 Overview
The VARISTAR LHX 3 by Schroff is designed for industrial applications and instrumentation control systems, featuring an air/water heat exchanger with a cooling capacity of up to 3 kW, operating independently of its surroundings.
Specifications
  • Meets IP 55 protection standards and supports a maximum static load of 800 kg on the 19" plane.
  • Includes a heat exchanger integrated into the base, operating at a low noise level of 45.2 dB(A).
ServicePLUS Features
Schroff provides a comprehensive ServicePLUS package, including configuration, assembly, support, modification, and lifecycle services, ensuring fast assembly, professional installation, and ongoing support.
Customization and Support
Customers benefit from custom cut-outs, special colors, and a range of support options to minimize downtime and ensure efficient operation. The ServicePLUS express option offers flexibility in delivery times.
Global Presence
Schroff operates globally with manufacturing and development locations in Europe, America, and Asia, supported by a decentralized marketing and distribution network to meet local market demands effectively.
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A solution as diverse as your requirements. The more complex your requirements are, the more you can justifiably expect from an electronics cabinet. And yet the technical requirements of one application may be entirely different to those of another. It is good to know then, that there is a cabinet solution that is ready to meet all the requirements of the market. In a single platform VARISTAR offers the highest functionality along with unlimited adaptability. This allows your projects to be quickly and efficiently realised. Efficient in all dimensions. A wealth of technical innovations, the carefully...

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VARISTAR Slim-LineCombines metric and inch standards in a single frame!VARISTAR Heavy-DutyWithstands even the most extremestresses! > Smart and clever in any application. Depending on the location and type of project, your cabinets must conform to either the inch or the metric standard. VARISTAR Slim-Line combines both specifica- tions in a single frame. In situations that subject it to extreme environmental influences, the heavy-duty version comes into its own. And the trump card: thanks to their identical dimensions, the two frames can be arrayed together and fitted with the same covers and...

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Earthquake proof: can be used anywhere in the world. Efficient global infrastructures such as telecommunica-tions require a product that can be installed anywhere in the world. VARISTAR has been designed to withstand extreme environmental influences even in areas that have been affected by earthquakes, and still meet the strictest safety requirements. You can find further information on pages 12 and 13 Extreme stress capability: certified shock and vibration resistance. With VARISTAR you can also rest assured in the area of stability. Its exceptionally high resistance to shock and vibration means...

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Vibration-proof and shock resistant. These characteristics are of special importance where cabinets are employed on ships, aircraft and rail-based vehicles. Both VARISTAR profiles, Slim-Line and Heavy-Duty, protect their electronic systems with their high mechanical stability and dynamic load-carrying capacity to the very degree that your application requires, thus making an important contribution to > Stability for mobile conditions. Whether it be road or rail, passengers or goods, traffic and transport planning or guidance systems and traffic management systems, today's efficient modern traffic...

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D efence technology, aviation and space trave l > The "Heavy-Duty" version offers a maximum static load-carrying capacity of 800 kg and handles dynamic loads up to DL6. HF shieldingThe VARISTAR shielding principle protects security- relevant data from interference radiation. Tested to IEC 61587-3. Long-term durabilityEven in unfavourable environmental conditions such as high humidity and dirt, VARISTAR remains unaffected. Dual protection against corrosion is provided by Al-Zn plating and a powder coating, plus a conformal coating to MIL 901D. Shock absorbersFor an even more extreme degree of...

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As many-sided as your applications. Where maximum interchangeability is called for, such as in medical technology or automation, VARISTAR is in its element: it is outstanding in HF shielding, resistant to vibration and shock, dust and water and more variable than you ever thought possible in a cabinet. The multifunctional overall design allows the platform to be perfectly matched to individual applications. High shielding effectiveness. As a manufacturer of medical equipment you have particular responsibility for the reliability of your products. Since a failure is unacceptable, we have designed...

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Well thought out and economic. Whether it is wind turbines, coal, hydro or nuclear power plants, investment decisions in the power generation field are an increasingly delicate balancing act between economy, reliability and environmental considerations. For well thought out and economic operation of such systems, the standardisation of components and systems today plays an increasingly important role. Always on the condition of uncompromising reliability. Only by such means can an uninterrupted energy supply be ensured. In a class of its own. Not only is VARISTAR perfectly prepared today for...

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Adaptability redefined. VARISTAR is the future-proof solution for the fast-moving telecoms market. Network operators, providers or supplier companies who operate global distribution require equipment that can be adapted to their project's specific requirements, simply and at favourable costs. Where its design also demonstrates adaptability, this is an additional benefit. Wonderfully economic. Everything. In one cabinet. VARISTAR impresses with more than just its versatility. It is also wonderfully economic. By reducing the variety of different cabinets in use, VARISTAR simplifies your logistics...

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D atacom systems technolog y > V A R I S T A R servers: the solution for datacom technology applications > In shape for the future of datacom systems technology. Datacom servers tend increasingly to generate high heat losses. It follows that an electronics cabinet used in this field requires not only superb stability but also an effective thermal management concept. Here, VARISTAR comes into its own: its robust Heavy-Duty frame is specially constructed for use in heavy-load situations. The specially developed cooling system ensures uniform cooling of all electronic components in the cabinet....

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Two profiles, one philosophy: a universal cabinet concept. The design of VARISTAR is based on a welded frame construction. Its modular conception, based on two load classes, ensures the highest flexibility on a single platform. Intricate-shaped robust steel profiles are at its core, allowing the greatestrange of applications. Two profiles with different cross-sections cater for two principal sets of requirements: > Slim-Line: Heavy-Duty: The narrower Slime-Line profile is constructed to IEC 61587-1 for an installed load of up to 400 kg and conforms to the dimensions of the European Telecom Standard...

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