Rack Manufacturers
Equipment racks may also be called cabinets or equipment bays, or just bays. There are five main types of equipment racks; these include Commercial racks, Heavy-Duty racks, Industrial racks, NEMA racks (Weather), or Military racks (Shock, vibration and Weather). The following link provides Equipment Rack Manufacturers
Rack Standards
DOE-HDBK-1092-2009 Electrical Safety, DOE Handbook
EIA-310-D Cabinets, Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment
IEC 60297-1 Mechanics for Racks - 19 inch common standard (DIN41494}
IEC 297-x Dimensions of Panels and Racks
MIL-STD-901D Shock Tests. H.I. (High-Impact) Shipboard Machinery, Equipment, and Systems Requirements for [Shock]
MIL-STD-167-1 Mechanical Vibrations of Shipboard Equipment (TYPE 1 - ENVIRONMENTAL AND TYPE II - INTERNALLY EXCITED) [Vibration]
MIL-STD-5400 Electronic Equipment, Aerospace, General Specification for [See MIL-HDBK-5400]
MIL-STD-810E Environmental Engineering Considerations and Laboratory Tests [Humidity]
MIL-STD-46IE Requirements for the Control of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment [EMI/EMC]
MIL-STD-462 Measurement of Electromagnetic Interference Characteristics of Subsystems and Equipment [EMI/EMC]
MIL-A-8625A - Anodic Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
MIL-C-5541E - Chemical Conversion Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
ATA Spec 300: Specification for Packaging of Airline Supplies
Next Section; Rack Sizes
How To Specify a Equipment Chassis; Topic Index page
The documents that start with MIL were developed by the US military. The reference MIL-STD stands for the actual military standard or specification. The other MIL documents are How-To's or handbooks that document what materials to use.
Related pages;
Chassis Grounding
Power cord manufacturers
Wire Color Coding
Power Cable Manufacturers
Power Connector Manufacturers
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Design Hint; The rack enclosure may have requirements for fire containment. In which cause the designer or person writing the specification would need to convey that to the vendor producing the rack. Having to get the rack UL certified could add significant cost to the design. So care may need to be taken procuring a design, do additional research for a NDI rack [off the shelf].
