AIS Releases a Line of Stainless Steel Panel PCs Featuring the Fanless Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor and IP65/NEMA Sealing for the Food & Beverage Industries

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) is an ISO 9001:2008 certified supplier and manufacturer of a rugged 15”, 17” and 19” high performance stainless steel panel PC’s, powered by the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GHz Processor and featuring a sealed stainless steel front bezel that offering ingress protection from water, dust, and resistance to chemicals. The system is designed for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) or manufacturing execution system (MES) utilized in the food, beverage, chemical and pharmaceutical applications.

AIS´ stainless steel HMI touch panels are powered by the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0 GHz processor, making it possible to integrate two complete execution cores in one physical package, providing advancements in simultaneous computing for multi-threaded applications and multitasking environments. The system offers a wide range of high performance processing combined with low-power consumption fanless operation in a small form factor, ideal for embedded industrial control and automation environments.

A polished stainless steel front bezel allows for easy cleaning, meeting DIN EN 1672-2 standards for food processing machinery – safety and hygiene requirements. The AIS rugged touch panel PCs are designed with EN 1.4301, DIN X5CrNi, SAE 304, and UNS S30400 grade stainless steel with anti-corrosive and chemical resistant touch screen for operator control and monitoring of food processing machines. The stainless steel chassis can be cleaned with chemicals and is designed for situations where sanitation is of highest priority. Currently the Rugged Touch screen Panel PCs are available in 15", 17", and 19". VESA standard mounting holes are available on every unit for easy deployment into any installation. Whether your application requires a commercial off the shelf (COTS) unit, or a fully customized Weatherproof Panel PC, AIS has the flexibility to meet your requirement.

Features and Benefits

• 15", 17” and 19” flat sealed stainless steel enclosure with IP65/NEMA 4 front sealed stainless steel bezel
• Powered by Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.0GHz combined with fanless design and high performance
• Integrated 5 wire resistive touch for compact & rugged HMI durable and reliable platforms
• Communication ports supporting RS232, RS485 and Ethernet
• TCP/IP via Ethernet for traceability, easy validation, service and diagnostics via the Internet
• Reliable, long lifetime support and availability, high performance, easily programmable systems
• Customized panel pc configuration, selection of display, memory, and storage and Windows operating system
• Good manufacturing practice (GMP) regulations-US food and drug administration (FDA)
• Enables greater uptime with no fans or moving parts to fail and the robustness of the Windows CE, Windows XP embedded, and Windows 7 embedded operating system.
• Operating temperature: 0-50º C (32-122º F)
• Relative humidity: 10 ~ 95% RH @ 40º C (non-condensing)
• Vibration operating: 1.0 g (rotating media) 1.5 g (SSD)
• Shock Operating: 5 Hz ~ 500 Hz/ 1 Grms/ 3 Axis Packing: 5 Hz ~ 500 Hz/ 2.16 Grms/ 3 Axis
• MTBF: 50,000 hours
• IP ratings-front flush bezel: NEMA 1/12/4, IP65
• Mounting options: flush/panel mount and VESA mount
• Electrical, environmental, power requirements: 11-32V DC
• Certifications: FCC/ CE (DoC) and RoHS

About American Industrial Systems, Inc.

AIS is a ISO 9001:2008 certified leading global designer and manufacturer of specialty industrial panel pc, industrial display, digital signage, and rugged tablet pc solutions for customers in the industrial automation, military & aerospace, medical, transportation and power & energy markets. AIS specializes in designing and manufacturing cost-effective LCD and embedded computing products for the industrial market, as well as ODM/OEM applications worldwide. For additional information on AIS products and services, please call AIS toll-free at (888) 485-6688 or visit: www.aispro.com