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This is a listing of MicroTCA Chassis manufacturers. The types of products or equipment they produce are listed under the company name, in alphabetic order. Additional Equipment Enclosures have links above. The enclosures may also be sub-divided into Rack-Mount, Wall-mount, Tower, or table-top; Commercial, Industrial, Rugged, or Military. A Sub-rack is not a complete electronic enclosure and may only include a metal frame and a card cage. A Card Cage has no enclosure at all and is just a frame [with card guides] to support the particular CCA form factor used.

MicroTCA Chassis Manufacturers

Micro Telecom Computing Architecture

Elma
{Rackmount 11-slot MicroTCA; 4U, 5U, 6U, 7U, and 8U heights, MicroTCA Portable Development System 6U H x 63HP W x 308mm D}

The MicroTCA specification was just released in July of 2006, so there are not many manufacturers producing equipment chassis yet.
Refer to the MicroTCA Description.

Chassis Form Factor:

Possible MicroTCA chassis sizes are range from 1 to 12 AMC cards, 1 to 4 power modules, and a hub card.
A 19 inch rack mount seems reasonable with the height based on the height of the AMC board, plus the addition of fans or mechanical support.
It's common to place the fans below the card cage, which could add between 1U to 3U to the chassis height.
Because of the small height of an AMC card, a chassis may also stack a second card cage and place a AMC card row above another.

Military Standards

MIL-STD-901D Shock Test. 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-STD-704F Aircraft Electric Power Characteristics
MIL-STD-1275BCharacteristics of 28 Volt DC Electrical Systems in Military Vehicles
MIL-A-8625A - Anodic Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
MIL-C-5541E - Chemical Conversion Coatings for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
Use this as a reference, as they would only be required in a Military spec system.

Chassis Height is provided in 'U', 1U = 44.45mm, 2U = 88.90mm, and so on.
Chassis Width may be in 'HP', 1HP = 5.08mm (0.2in). HP ~ Horizontal Pitch.

A Guide to writing Chassis Specs for Vendors; How to spec out a chassis
{Custom Chassis design and how to define the chassis for vendors}

This is a listing of and MicroTCA Shelf manufacturers. The types of products or equipment they produce are listed under the company name, in alphabetic order. A MicroTCA shelf used to hold circuit cards might be called an electronic enclosure, Case, Chassis, Crate, Mainframe, and Enclosure in another standard. Enclosures may also be sub-divided into Rack-Mount, Wall-mount, Tower, or table-top; Commercial, Industrial, Rugged, or Military. A Sub-rack is not a complete electronic enclosure and may only include a metal frame and a card cage. A Card Cage has no enclosure at all and is just a frame [with card guides] to support the particular CCA form factor used.
Additional electronic Equipment manufacturers may be found by selecting the OEM Equipment icon below.

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