Compact aluminium housing EUKAP FM

Compact aluminium enclosures for narrow PCBs and D-Sub interfaces

The small aluminium enclosures of the EUKAP FM series are available in 15 profile variants. The profiles are designed with three external heights of 16, 20 and 24 mm and five external widths of 33, 41.3, 55, 69 and 71.5 mm and are offered in three standard lengths of 50, 80 and 100 mm. This gives the series a wide range of compact enclosure sizes for narrow electronic assemblies.

Inside, the profiles are designed – depending on the profile type – for different PCB thicknesses and widths:
Profiles with a central guide slot accommodate a PCB or mounting plate with a thickness of up to 1.8 mm and provide one mounting position. Other profile variants have one or two PCB slots for PCB thicknesses up to 1.6 mm. The different profile widths are matched to PCB widths from 21 to 67.5 mm, allowing typical board formats to be securely guided and precisely positioned in the respective slot.

Various profile ranges are designed so that suitable D-Sub connectors with the corresponding number of pins (e.g. 9-, 15-, 25-, 37- or 50-way) can be mounted directly in the enclosure – without an additional front panel. This simplifies the design of interface modules, adapters or small communication and interface boxes. For fastening the front plates, a tightening torque of at least 0.7 Nm is recommended for the screws.

The enclosures are supplied as a disassembled kit and consist of two profile parts and two 2 mm thick cover plates including mounting hardware (countersunk screws). Profiles and cover plates are made of aluminium and are available either in natural anodized aluminium or black anodized aluminium. The anodized surface provides a corrosion-protected, robust and visually high-quality finish.

Typical applications for the EUKAP FM series include compact interface and adapter modules, converters, communication and interface electronics as well as smaller control or evaluation units where PCBs with D-Sub connectors are to be integrated in a space-saving way in a robust aluminium enclosure.

Options

• Profile sizes
  • 15 profile variants in three external heights (16, 20 and 24 mm) and five external widths (33, 41.3, 55, 69 and 71.5 mm), suitable for PCB widths from 21 to 67.5 mm
• Enclosure lengths
  • 3 standard lengths: 50, 80 and 100 mm
• Special lengths
  • Option for custom profile length < 1000 mm
• Profile and cover plate colour / finish
  • Aluminium, natural anodized
  • Aluminium, black anodized (profiles and cover plates)

Customer-specific adaptations (for series quantities)

• Mechanical machining of the enclosures
  • Drilling, punching and milling of the profiles for connectors, feed-throughs and operating elements
• Machining and variants of the cover / end plates
  • Customer-specific cut-outs, different material thicknesses or alternative materials for the plates