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Industrial Ethernet & Industrial Hardened Products for Extreme Environments

Temperature chamber testing extreme hardened products with operating temperature range of -40°C to 80°C.

• Temperature Hardened (-40C° to +80C°)
• Conformal Coating
• No Moving Parts (MIL/IG Components)
• No Fans
• EMI/RFI Immunity
• Fiber Optic Cabling
• Hazardous Material Air Exposure
• Vibration and Shock Exposure
• Optical Redundancy
• Built-in Power Redundancy
• Meets all Pertinent Industry & Environmental Standards, (e.g. IEC 61850-3, IEEE 1613 NEMA TS-2, etc.)
• MTBF Better than 100,000 hours
• 100% Testing before shipping:
  • Functional Testing
  • Environmental Chamber
  • Hot & Cold Temperature Cycling (e.g. -40°C to +90°C or 24 ~ 48 Hrs)
  • Dynamically (Live) Testing (Test for Start-Ups at Below 0°C Temperature)

Overview

Walk-in temperature chamber for volume testing.

"Industrial Ethernet" and "Industrial Hardened" describe communications products designed to operate in industrial process control environments or geographical locations where harsh conditions are common. Typical installations include Power Substations, Utilities, Roads & Bridges, Railroads, Airports, Manufacturing Plants, Oil & Gas Installations, Water Treatment Plants, Traffic Signal Control Systems, etc.

To meet this level of durability, "Industrial" grade (synonyms for "industrial" commonly include "rugged," "outdoor," "hardened," and "substation hardened") TC's communications products are manufactured with special components, connectors and circuitry. This ensures reliable operation in the event of wide temperature swings, electromagnetic interference (EMI), radio interference, vibrations, or moisture and humidity fluctuations. Conformal coating is optional.

TC Communications Industrial Grade products are designed to exceed pertinent industry specifications. For example, communications equipment used in power substations are subject to extremes of temperature and humidity, as well as electrical transients from high voltage switching.

These environmental conditions are described in pertinent industrial standard specifications, such as IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 for networking devices in the Utilities industry. Similarly, equipment used for traffic control applications are required to withstand roadside vibration in addition to high/low heat and humidity. Testing standards pertinent to traffic control are described in the environmental requirements of the NEMA TS-2 standard.

TC Comm's Engineering Department features a variety of sophisticated on-site testing equipment to verify that its Industrial Grade products meet the most demanding environmental and RFI/EMI requirements.

Every TC Communications product passes through "live operating temperature" testing (unlike randomly selected products for statistical sampling) before it is shipped. Each unit is connected to an operating BER tester to ensure error-free operation while the temperature chamber cycles from -40°C to 80°C during the 24 hour testing period.