To make more accurate and faster predictions about where allergens are moving, the company Helmut Hund GmbH developed an automatic pollen monitoring system. Such a system has recently been put into operation on Germany’s highest mountain – the Zugspitze. However, the outdoor area of the Schneefernhaus research station has to face the strong winds and low temperatures. This means an enclosure is needed for the sensitive technology, so that an optimal working environment can be ensured at all times. It not only needed to have the most important outdoor approvals against external influences, it also had to ensure the correct climate inside the enclosure. Hund opted for Rittal’s CS Toptec outdoor enclosure. The double-walled construction reduces the penetrating heat, even when the sun is shining hard. The double-walled enclosure design also stops condensation forming. An overhanging rain canopy keeps water away from the enclosure seals. Thanks to its IP55 protection category, the CS Toptec offers a high level of protection against dust and water jets.

Spanish supermarket chain Condis relies on a direct database connection so that it can have up-to-the-minute prices from local fruit and vegetable suppliers at hand all the time to sell lettuce and other vegetables in its stores. These and other applications demand a fail-safe IT infrastructure. Besides the main data centre, the company relies on a Rittal Micro Data Center to handle every backup function. The Micro Data Center offers a high degree of protection against physical threats like water, fire or unauthorised access. Rittal Liquid Cooling Units ensure the climate in the racks is controlled in an energy-efficient way. The data centre also features a UPS, a fire alarm and extinguishing system, as well as a monitoring system to keep an eye on the IT processes.

MBO Services GmbH from Austria specialises in concept development, planning and designing, programming, and as the execution and commissioning of cleanroom concepts. MBO has not only installed a new cleanroom but also an edge data centre for its client IMS Nanofabrication. The server infrastructure was housed in a tool cluster in the grey room surrounding the clean room. This consists of Rittal VX IT racks with a special height of 52 U. Another challenge was to design efficient climate control systems for the high-performance computers. To do this, six Liquid Cooling Packages, each with an output 53 kW were integrated into both enclosure suites. And aisle containment ensures a high cooling efficiency.

Steerprop Oy, a manufacturer of ship propulsion systems, uses Eplan for its design engineering work. The company was looking for solutions that would make it easier to manage all the latest information about the design. By opting for the Eplan Platform, Steerprop was able to speed up its flow of data and information. As Esa Peltomaa, Chief Design Engineer at Steerprop Oy, explains, opting for Eplan has brought better scalability to the design process and has delivered other benefits, too. “Every hour invested in the preparation of the design base saves several hours of work at later stages,” he says.

Supplying equipment that is suitable for use in cold and icy conditions and can even withstand the tough conditions of the Arctic Ocean is one of Steerprop’s strongest customer segments. Other segments include offshore vessels and passenger and cruise ships. Thanks to high-performance electrical design engineering, the propulsion systems are both reliable and ideally suited to the harsh conditions at sea.

Indian Railways was looking for a power distribution solution in railway tunnels that would meet global standards and meet some very detailed technical specifications – and do all that within just four to six weeks. The railway company approached Rittal India, who developed an ideal power solution for this application. Because Rittal was the first company to do this within the time set, Indian Railways commissioned several more projects.

Energy Queensland, an energy supplier from Queensland, Australia, relies on outdoor and compact enclosures from Rittal for its battery storage systems. Together with the distribution companies Energex and Ergon Energy, the company feeds the electricity generated from solar energy into the grid. The surplus energy is temporarily stored in battery storage units and released into the grid as soon as it is needed. The secondary systems and protection and control relays are housed in the Rittal CS TopTec outdoor enclosures that monitors when the electricity is to be fed back into the power grid.

The Laterlite Group from the town of Rubbiano di Solignano near Parma in Italy is a pioneer in the production of expanded clay in Europe. These small brown spheres are used in flower pots, for example. Production is complex because working with clay creates a dusty environment, deadly for any electrical installation. To protect the sockets in particular from the adverse weather conditions and dust (even outdoors), the Italian company installed compact plastic enclosures from Rittal’s AX series. Thanks to the high IP66 protection class of the NEMA 4X enclosures, they protect the electrical components inside even in very harsh environments.