10 June 2015Enclosures, Racks, Cabinets & Panel Products
As part of its custom services offering, Verotec has supplied a major US-based defence contractor with custom design intelligent fan trays for a major defence project. The 19” rack-mounted 1U trays have six fans, located to maximise the cooling of critical elements of the electronic system located above the fan tray.
The key issues for the fan tray design were noise levels, current consumption and reliability. Verotec’s solution was a custom control board, which sequentially powers up each of the fans in order of importance to minimise the initial inrush current. The fans themselves are over-specified for the airflow required, enabling them to produce the required airflow when running at 70% of full speed, reducing noise and current consumption and extending mean time before failure (MTBF).
The maximum fan speed is user-controllable to support system deployment across different regions of the world; an embedded microprocessor controls fan speed using PWM technology. Reliability is critical, so three separate events will trigger a warning signal: if power is lost to the fan tray, if the controller board itself develops a fault, or if the speed of any fan falls below 20% of maximum. The fan cooling the main processor board is deemed to be a critical component, so if its speed falls below 20% the relay latches into the alarm position. If triggered by any of the other five fans, the alarm relay will re-energise when the speed increases above the 20% threshold.
An additional part of the custom design was the development of a custom input air ducting system that brings air in from the front of the rack into the bottom of the fan tray. A honeycomb grill provides EMC integrity and the removable air filter is mounted at an angle to maximise particle removal with minimal airflow restriction.
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