LITTLETON, MA – September 24, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCEL), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace and defense market, has announced the availability of the newest addition to its Hybricon® family of rugged chassis. The RME13 is a 16-slot OpenVPX™/VITA 65 rackmount enclosure. Designed for OpenVPX development applications, the RME13 meets stringent ANSI/VITA 65 power and cooling requirements for 6U 150 W OpenVPX modules.
“The new RME13 OpenVPX chassis extends the Hybricon product family’s reputation as an industry leading supplier of development platforms and rugged enclosures that can deliver peak performance in the most extreme temperature environments,” said David Dietz, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems group. “The RME13 is a great example of how Curtiss-Wright Controls plans to expand the Hybricon brand in the rugged embedded military market.”
Measuring 18.96″ (W) x 22.69″ (H) x 19.88″ (D), the RME13 chassis is constructed of aluminum. This enclosure is designed for an operating temperature range of 0°C to 55°C.
RME13 Performance Features:
* >18 CFM/slot airflow with high pressure drop modules (per ANSI/VITA 65 OpenVPX)
* Optional front and rear slot blockers available for unpopulated slots
* Airflow: lower front air intake, rear exhaust
* Fan speed control reduces acoustic noise at low temperature
* VPX REDI (VITA 48) Designed to the latest ANSI/VITA 46.0, VITA 46.3-VDSTU, VITA 46.4-VDSTU, VITA 46.6, VITA 46.7-VDSTU, VITA 68, ANSI/VITA 46.10, ANSI/VITA 48.0, ANSI/VITA 48.1 and ANSI/VITA 65 OpenVPX specifications
* Supports full 6U 16-slot 1” pitch backplane with rear transition module support
* 16-slot 6U OpenVPX backplanes available
* Power supply configurations available for OpenVPX 12V-centric and 5V-centric module sets
* Remote voltage margining / current monitoring functionality available for some power configurations
* Custom configurations and system integration services available
For additional information on the Hybricon RME13, please visit www.cwcelectronicsystems.com/rme_enclosures.htm[…]
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About Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems
Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems is one of the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single sources for rugged, integrated solutions that are qualified for military platforms. Our product and service expertise includes Motion Control, Network Centric Computing, Rate Sensor Assemblies, Vehicle Management Computers, High-Speed Recording & Storage, Chassis/Enclosures, Power Supplies and Electronic Manufacturing Services. The Electronic Systems group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, visit www.cwcelectronicsystems.com.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
