Ultrasonic Processing Equipment Hardware Packaging
The (3) electrical assemblies described in the Ultrasonic Processing Equipment Construction Details Section need to be placed inside a protected environment. The long term operational success of an ultrasonic processing installation is dependent upon how the electrical components are packaged and protected.
The features listed below covers the majority of the installation requirements. Various features can be installed into your system to maximize installation success. We have found that our systems built with the proper packaging methods will operate year-after-year with predictable performance.
Electrical
Enclosures
The ultrasonic generator module(s) is
(are)
mounted inside an electrical enclosure to protect your personnel
and our
electronics. The enclosure contains the ultrasonic generators, system
control
circuits, and ancillary electronic & electrical hardware. We offer
several
different types of enclosures to accommodate the requirements of the
installation site.
The majority of our systems are built with either NEMA-1, NEMA-4 or NEMA-12 generator/electrical enclosures, (IP20, IP66 or IP55, respectively). The actual enclosure rating is determined by the cooling method used for cooling the electronics located within. We offer ambient air cooling, water cooling coils or refrigerated cabinet coolers for total environmental isolation.
Small ultrasonic systems typically have the generator mounted inside a table-top cabinet. We also offer wall-mount and floor mounted enclosures for our multiple generator systems. The properly rated enclosure will effectively protect personnel and isolate environmental hazards from our sensitive electronic components.
CE
Compliant Systems.
Most of our Ultrasonic Processing Products
can be
packaged for export to Europe. We build our systems with IEC/EC wiring
methodologies and components to simplify equipment familiarity and
service.
Sound
Abatement Enclosures
Our Sound Abatement Technology allows us
to build
high-power Ultrasonic Reactors and meet local sound/noise requirements.
We offer
several different styles of enclosures for our diversified product line.
The
Sound Enclosure may by equipped with quick-assess hinged doors, utility
panels,
ancillary hardware and/or devices. We can easily customize an enclosure
to match
your installation requirements, conveyance line locations and safety
concerns.
Water
Cooled Transducers
We can equip our ultrasonic hardware with
transducers which are wired with a sealed electrical package. The sealed
electrical package is our preferred wiring method for wet and hostile
dust
installation environments. There are no exposed electrical terminals or
junctions that could create electrical shorts and compromise
reliability. The
sealed electrical package on some systems can be operated dry without
compromising system performance.
Water Cooled
Reactors
We offer several methods to control the
temperature for our ultrasonic reactors. These include: Temperature
Control Reactors, Thermal
Controlled Core Reactors,
or our Liquid
Twin
Diaphragm Plates.
Explosion-proof
Equipment
We can build our ultrasonic hardware to
meet your
explosion-proof installation requirements. Some of our ultrasonic
products are
explosion-proof due to system design and packaging methodologies. We
prefer to
air/gas purge our large flat plate resonators to assure absolute
protection and
to maximize acoustic performance.
If the installation site requires this degree of protection, we will be glad to discuss the engineering details for your system.
November 28, 2005 UPE-HP.WEB
