Temperature-Controlled TV screen protection for Industrial Environments
Save time and boost productivity with temperature-controlled TV screen protection on your manufacturing floor.
Shop-floor TVs enhance communication by showing real-time data directly on your production line. This allows your workers to achieve a more efficient workflow, eliminating the need to walk to an office to check KPIs.
However, extreme temperatures and other hazards can damage unprotected displays, leading to inconvenience and downtime.
Temperature-controlled TV screen protection is the solution. Read on to understand the importance of safeguarding your shop-floor screens and how to choose the right enclosure for your business.
Why Is Temperature-Controlled TV screen protection Important?
Unprotected screens can fail quickly in industrial environments. Hazards such as dust, physical impacts, splashing liquids, and grease can damage the display and essential components.
Fluctuating temperatures also pose a risk. Extreme heat or cold can slow down hard drives and media players, potentially causing data loss. LCD and OLED displays can become sluggish, leading to issues like ghosting or freezing.
You end up spending time and money repairing or replacing costly displays. This downtime hinders shop-floor communication and negatively impacts productivity and output.
Industrial LCD enclosures provide an easy solution. These protective enclosures house your chosen screen in a temperature-controlled environment. Suitable for TVs from 32” to 86”, they accommodate VESA-ready displays from virtually any manufacturer.
LCD enclosures maximize screen lifespan, ensuring better reliability, improved uptime, and increased shop-floor output. This makes industrial TV screen protection an excellent long-term investment for your factory, depot, or production line.
Choosing The Right Industrial TV screen protection For Your Plant
Industrial TV enclosures come in a variety of configurations to suit different environments. You can select from various levels of ingress protection, temperature control, and other features:
NEMA Ratings
Armagard landscape and portrait flat panel enclosures come in three main NEMA ratings:
- NEMA 3: These enclosures are ideal for dusty locations, such as warehouses, depots, and workshops. They can withstand splashing liquids but are not suited for high-pressure washdown.
- NEMA 4: These enclosures can be safely cleaned with high-pressure jets. This level of protection is often found on waterproof LCD enclosures used in clean industries, such as food and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
- NEMA 4X: These dust-tight enclosures are perfect for facilities dealing with fine, airborne particulates. They can be jet washed daily, and the 316 stainless steel range is corrosion-resistant and antibacterial, ensuring maximum plant hygiene.
Temperature Control
All Armagard TV enclosures feature an environmental controller board that maintains a temperature-controlled environment for your display. Depending on the model you choose, your enclosure can protect a display when the ambient temperature ranges from -22°F to +131°F.
A microprocessor thermostatically controls internal heating and cooling functions, including:
- Internal filter fans: These maintain a safe working temperature for the screen and create positive pressure, preventing dust from entering the enclosure.
- Cross-flow fans: These circulate cool air over the display, preventing heat-induced black spots.
- Optional heating: This feature prevents ice formation and condensation in low temperatures, making it ideal for refrigerated food environments.
Physical Protection
Temperature-controlled TV enclosures offer superior physical protection. Dust-proof LCD enclosures are constructed from powder-coated mild steel, while waterproof LCD enclosures are made from food-grade (316) stainless steel. Both types safeguard the enclosed TV from physical impact and vandalism, with locks to prevent unauthorized access.
Both types are available with a shatterproof polycarbonate window, which is 20x stronger than glass. In the unlikely event of a breakage, the polycarbonate won’t shard into tiny pieces, which protects your production line from contamination and shut down.
Versatile Mounting And Optional Touch Screens
Versatile mounting options allow you to install TVs in the ideal position. Choose from wall, stand, or ceiling installation to enhance shop-floor communication in any location.
Landscape and portrait flat panel enclosures are also available with touch screen functionality. You can request a single or dual touch foil applied to the enclosure window, transforming an ordinary TV into an interactive display.
Workers can use the touch screen in extreme temperatures and even through gloves, ensuring a fast workflow in any harsh environment.
A Low Total Cost of Ownership
Dust-proof and waterproof LCD enclosures provide a low total cost of ownership and greater flexibility compared to all-in-one, sealed TVs. Use the VESA-ready screen of your choice, ranging from 32” to 86”. Easy access allows you to install, remove, and upgrade the TV at any time, without the need for a specialist engineer, saving you both time and money.
Each enclosure has an expected 10-year lifespan, making it highly cost-effective. You can use a single enclosure to protect successive KPI displays over several years.
Why Choose Armagard?
Over 100,000 Armagard enclosures protect screens and IT equipment in 53 countries. The biggest food, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing brands, including Nestlé, ASDA, and Florette, trust Armagard to safeguard their critical systems.
You benefit from:
- Over 30 years of industry experience
- In-house design, manufacturing and testing
- Lifetime customer support
- Five-year warranties
Get In Touch To Learn More About Industrial TV screen protection
Improve communication and boost productivity with industrial TVs designed to work reliably in harsh environments.
Get in touch for a no-obligation consultation about the best temperature-controlled TV screen protection for your plant.
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