Analysis of the Applicable Regulations and Definition of the Procedure for the Commissioning of Enclosures for High-Precision Electronic

Abstract:

After the process of design, selection of materials, prototyping and manufacture of an enclosure intended to protect electronic systems installable outdoors, it remains to describe the behavior of these enclosures, in order to ensure that the electronics installed inside are protected from the environment in which it is installed. For this, different tests of mechanical, thermal, natural aging, artificial aging and sealing natures must be accomplished. For some of the afore mentioned examinations there are directly applicable regulations, while in more specific situations, the particularities of the enclosure and its use requirements, force to an adaptation of the procedures applied to these requirements. Based on this, a method and a test plan are proposed to make sure that the system is protected against the environmental conditions in which it is installed, both for the purposes of humidity, solid particles, mechanical or thermal stresses, as for the action of aging by ultraviolet radiation among other circumstances.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 132)
• Pages: 341-349
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-nDRH8A
• Online since: October 2023
• Authors: Alberto Sanchidrián, Alberto Brunete, Fernando Gómez, Manuel Hueso*, Almudena Ochoa, Francisco Santos, Carolina Tank
• Keywords: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Certification Tests, Enclosures, Quality Validation

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