Flexibility in the design of Stantron racks from APWMayville enabled a smooth installation at the Soldiers Media Center in Arlington, VA, where 36 customized units house everything from video routers and satellite receivers to camera control and switching electronics.
Click here to enlarge image“The integration of a patchbay cabling system, as requested by Soldiers Media Center, places extreme importance on cable management throughout the technical core,” explains Steve Losquadro, director of project management for Professional Products. “The 36-inch depth of the Stantron racks, along with customized two-inch wooden furring strips that were a special customer request, afforded our integrations team with the flexibility and room to properly run cables inside and between racks, and ensure that the equipment could be properly cooled, maintained, and re-engineered after we left the site.”
The furring strips were secured into notches on the sides of the racks and, Losquadro says, “this provided the two-inch gap between each rack in the technical core that helped us meet our integration challenges.”
Added Jim Hatcher, Professional Products CTO, “the ability to use these racks in the IT portion of the technical core, which typically uses specialized racks to accommodate servers and data routing equipment, was another bonus.”
APWMayville delivered the racks with solid side panels for the end of each rack row, copper bus ground bars, and solid rear doors that are designed to create environmental security-moving cool air through the racks to maintain an ideal operating environment for the Media Center’s active equipment.
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