RheinhardtP
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Hi All,
So we are moving the company to new offices and we have decided to showcase the test bench/ lab area instead of hiding it away in a back room.
So my thinking is to use aluminium profile as the structure of the bench. I think it represents well and is easy to use if you need to alter/adapt change anything.
Portion of the bench will have an acrylic cover to close of power supply section. The rest will have loads of space for din rail to mount controlled, switches or whatever we might be testing at that point.
Below the desk top some drawers to hide the consumables normally used as well as the tools, and maybe some adjustable monitor stands or brackets for touch panels.
Because this will sit in our main office my biggest concern is that it would appear untidy due to cables going all over the place.
Im looking for some ideas around cable management or potentially integrating supply point into the base of the back-plane where the din rails would sit on.
I still want to make it easy to use for the guys when swapping out equipment between projects, and minimize the time it would take to make it look neat and tidy so our client can see the testing processes in action.
Anyone done this before? anything learned that you can share?
Like i said the cable management worries me the most but i am sure with the correct design this can be managed.
Would appreciate whatever advise , or experience you might have had on similar projects.
Oh and any photos with some ideas would be appreciated!!!!
Happy Coding!!!
So we are moving the company to new offices and we have decided to showcase the test bench/ lab area instead of hiding it away in a back room.
So my thinking is to use aluminium profile as the structure of the bench. I think it represents well and is easy to use if you need to alter/adapt change anything.
Portion of the bench will have an acrylic cover to close of power supply section. The rest will have loads of space for din rail to mount controlled, switches or whatever we might be testing at that point.
Below the desk top some drawers to hide the consumables normally used as well as the tools, and maybe some adjustable monitor stands or brackets for touch panels.
Because this will sit in our main office my biggest concern is that it would appear untidy due to cables going all over the place.
Im looking for some ideas around cable management or potentially integrating supply point into the base of the back-plane where the din rails would sit on.
I still want to make it easy to use for the guys when swapping out equipment between projects, and minimize the time it would take to make it look neat and tidy so our client can see the testing processes in action.
Anyone done this before? anything learned that you can share?
Like i said the cable management worries me the most but i am sure with the correct design this can be managed.
Would appreciate whatever advise , or experience you might have had on similar projects.
Oh and any photos with some ideas would be appreciated!!!!
Happy Coding!!!
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