noax Technologies, specializing in rugged and reliable, industrial PCs, is expanding the indus-trial steel series with a new industrial Computer. In addition to the 12” and 15” stainless steel computers, a 19” unit, for extensive process-visualization of tasks, is now available.

The new 19” stainless steel “19 Premium Line” wash down computer has a number of important product inno-vations. The panel pc sets itself apart by having a pol-ished V2A 1.4031 (304) stainless steel enclosure, with totally smooth surfaces. Enclosures are also available with V4A stainless steel. With the newly designed hygi-enic, plastic front, the “S19 Premium Line” has no gaps or joints between the enclosure and the touch display, and thus conforms to even the most stringent hygiene re-quirements, as they exist in food processing. Due to its enclosed construction without ventilation slots or external fans, the industrial computers is completely splash proof and qualifies for safety class IP65 (NEMA 4X). It is stan-dard that the panel computer includes a high-contrast and very durable 19” industrial TFT display, which has a reso-lution of 1280 x 1024 SXGA, ensuring good legibility un-der even the worst conditions. The integrated, resistive analog[] touch panel, with hardened plastic surface as-sures simple operation. When the industrial PCs are con-tinuously used in locations having harsh environments, such as exposure to acid or caustics, touch-sensitive, adhesive safety film can be added. Other user-friendly features are the 20 integrated, freely programmable keys, and function keys in combination with LEDs for on/off, brightness and contrast settings, or for operating status.

Easy computer integration to existing production en-vironments by means of multiple mounting possibili-ties

During the development of the new S19 Premium Line, noax Technologies placed special emphasis on the hygi-enic, faultless and simple integration abilities of the stand-alone computer in the production environment. This al-lows the new 19” panel computer to be compatible with all comparable, standard bracket systems, solving the prob-lem of cable routing since they are simply routed through the bracket. A fearsome disarray of cables in hygienic areas is thus a thing of the past. The industrial computer can also be mounted on a wall or to various carriers by means of a stainless steel bracket.

Pentium M power, numerous on-board interfaces and expansion possibilities by means of standard slots

The new 19” industrial PC is equipped with the noax all-in-one N8 motherboard and provided with an Intel-Pentium M 1.4 GHz processor. In addition, working stor-age can be upgraded to 2 GB and the hard disk can be upgraded from 30 to 60 GB. Standard also is a board which can support numerous on-board interfaces, such as 2 x RS 232 (optional RS 433 or 485, TTY), 5 x USB, Network Ethernet (RJ 45), LPT, Monitor-DVI, PS/2 and floppy connections. In addition, the N8 board allows for diverse expansion possibilities due to 2 on-board PCI slots, compact flash type II and mini PCI sockets. More-over, the N8 supports an integrated Intel 3D graphic con-troller. This allows diverse peripheral units, such as weighing systems, readers and scanners to be connected in a simple and uncomplicated way. Even the connection of printers, external keyboards and drives is no problem.

The S 19 Premium Line: ensures the highest system availability

The S19 Premium Line is extremely rugged and long-lived due to the use of exclusive industrial, electronic components, in addition to a 5-year embedded road map and the in-house developed, fully customized, all-in-one motherboard. Because of the use of the single-board plat-form, it is possible for noax to consistently avoid cable bundling, which represents the main cause of failure in industrial PCs. The noax boards also offer high vibration and shock resistance by special metal spring attachments to the board and electronic components. Long-term, trou-ble-free use is ensured by the combination of in-house design, comprehensive 10-year support and the long-term life of the computer components.