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SMD Inc. is proud to announce that we are now an authorized distributor for Birtcher/Pentair Products.
 
 Pentair Equipment Protection is a manufacturer of standard, modified standard and customer specific enclosure systems. Capabilities range from backplane design, NEBS enclosures, outdoor (Bellcore compliant) aluminum enclosures, high volume stamped chassis, and level 1 systems integration.  The company markets its brands as: Birtcher and Schroff.

Birtcher, the home of the original Wedge-Lok�, designs and manufactures COTS, rugged printed circuit board card guides and conduction cooled frames designed for circuit boards requiring cooling in severe environments, such as VME, CompactPCI�, PMC applications and extractors in non-benign - airborne, shipborne, medical, mobile communications and rugged land transportation - environments.
Wedge-Lok� Three-piece

The Wedge-Lok series of retainers offer the highest locking force available for cold wall applications. They mount to PC Board assemblies using screws, rivets or adhesive banding and are then inserts into machined channels of cold plates or heat exchangers. The wedge design holds the PC Board firmly in place providing high resistance to shock and vibration while producing maximum thermal transfer.   

Wedge-Tainer™
 

PThe Wedge-Tainer series of locking retainers are designed for heavy shock and vibration, and for effective heat dissipation in sheet metal chassis/heat sink application. The design combines chassis mounted housing with Wedge-Lok retainers.

Lok-Tainer�

The Lok-Tainer series of Beryllium Copper retainers are cam and lobe designs featuring lever or screw action for board retention. They are typically screw or rivet mounted to sheet metal chassis or to the PC board achieving a zero insertion force configuration as well as high resistance to shock and vibration. Lok-Tainers also provide outstanding grounding characteristics..
PCB-Tainer™

The PCB-Trainer series of Beryllium Copper retainers feature a low-cost spring-action card retention design. They attach to the chassis using screws, rivets or adhesives and are designed primarily for use in sheet metal applications. PCB-Tainers provide protection against shock and vibration and offer excellent grounding characteristics.

Conduction Cooled Assemblies


* IEEE 1101.2 & VITA 30.1 Compliant
* Custom designs available
* Assembled complete with Wedge-Loks & Extractors.

Conduction Cooled Keying

Birtcher has the answer for those IEEE 1101.10 applications with keying requirements, but do not have front panels.  

IEEE 1101.10 specifications provides a method for keying slots using programming keys inserted into the front panel assembly and card guide. Unfortunately, many military and ruggedized systems do not use this front panel system. VITA 1.6 standard provides a method of keying for these types of systems.

Features:

  • Complies with VITA 1.6 standard
  • Gold Chem Film aluminum bracket
  • 6 configurations per coding bracket set
  • 36 configurations in a 6U conduction cooled application
  • Up to 1296 Keying combinations
    in a 6U non-conduction cooled application
  • Includes mounting hardware

For Questions About Birtcher/Pentair Products Please Contact a Customer Care Representative Today. 

949-470-7700 | [email protected]  

 

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