Power Shelf offers power cassettes up to 1,200 W.
May 27, 2005 - Strongbox® front-end power shelf is available with 1,200, 600, and 800 W power cassettes, allowing single 1U, 19 in. rack shelf to provide 1,800, 2,400, or 3,600 W of power. StrongBox® systems may be connected in parallel to provide higher power systems and communicate via I˛C active data bus. Power cassettes are available with active PFC universal ac or 12, 24, or 48 Vdc input and are self cooling front-to-back. Operating temperature range is 0–50°C with no de-rating.
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Original Press release
Gresham Power
Telford Rd
Salisbury, ,
United Kingdom
New 3.6KW Power Shelf From Gresham
Up to 3.6KW in a single 1U frame
Universal AC and DC input versions
May 2003 – Gresham Power, the Salisbury based power supply manufacturer, announces the introduction of 1200watt power cassettes for use with its market leading Strongbox® front-end power shelf. Continuing to exploit their ultra-high power density expertise the StrongBox® power front-end provides Telco equipment manufacturers, service providers, carriers and industrial systems OEM’s one of the most flexible and cost effective power systems available. Deploying the new StrongBox platform saves “real-estate” allowing increased end system functionality and price-performance.
In addition to the new 1200 watt power cassette 600 watt and 800 watt models are available allowing a single 1U, 19” rack shelf to provide 1800, 2400 or 3600 watts of power from a single unit. StrongBox® systems may be connected in parallel to provide higher power systems and communicate via the I˛C active data bus. Modules may be configured for hot-swap or N+1 power redundancy and optional external battery back up provides a full no-break power solution.
StrongBox® power cassettes are available with active power factor corrected universal AC or 12, 24 or 48VDC input and are self cooling front-to-back allowing maximum system density. The system is ETSI standard compatible and meets EN55022 class B and FCC 68 part 15. The operating temperature range is 0°C to +50°C with no de-rating and all modules are overload, short circuit, over temperature and over voltage protected.
Each StrongBox® hub can hold up to three modular power converters from a range of over 20 different configurations. The AC input modules offer standard single output voltages of 48, 24 or 12VDC. Other AC input models are available for rectifier/battery charging use or battery back-up operation and microwave transmitters. Two other AC input modules provide multiple outputs of either dual 5VDC or for telecom applications triple outputs of 3.3, 5 and 12VDC.
Melanie O’Connor, General Sales Manager of Gresham comments “our new 1200 watt power cassette gives us a clear market lead and adds to the high power density and flexibility of our StrongBox® power shelf. Strongbox® can save space in equipment rooms, giving our customers significant cost benefits.”
StrongBox® is part of Gresham Power’s family of “flexibility” products, designed to enable rapid modification to customer-specific applications and further extends their “off the shelf custom” philosophy. On-site application engineering is also available worldwide for pre and post engineering support to assist customers with product definition, product integration, testing and design verification.
Strongbox® is available worldwide from Gresham and its sister companies Digital Power in the USA and Telkoor in Israel and via global network of distributors.
Note: Attached images show the Gresham Power StrongBox “front end” power solution.
Gresham Power has been involved in power conversion for nearly 50 years. Their Salisbury facility has fully approved design and manufacturing capabilities for commercial and military power products and also UPS. Gresham Power also provides European sales and application support for its sister companies, Telkoor and Digital Power who provide high power density switch mode power supplies and Compact PCI products respectively. Gresham also has a thriving distribution business enabling them to offer a “one stop shop” for power conversion products. The company’s website can be found on www.greshampower.com
For further information contact;
Melanie O’Connor
Gresham Power
Gresham House
Telford Rd
Salisbury
SP2 7PH
T: 01722 413060
F: 01722 413034
E: melanie.oconnor@greshampower.com
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