Winmate Success Story: IP69K Stainless Steel Panel PC with Waterproof Conduit for Food Production, Stainless Computers that can withstand intense cleaning for food processing hygiene. Background In the food & beverage processing industries, hygiene is of the utmost importance, from meat processing to filling & packaging goods, all environments in the production facility have to be spotless and contamination free. The whole production facility has to be thoroughly cleaned every day, with extensive wash downs with cleaning agents and high pressure, high temperature sprays to ensure disinfection of the food processing areas. As a large-scale snack manufacturer was reconfiguring their production line, they were looking for Stainless Steel Panel PCs to use as machine line controllers to produce their packaged snacks. These computers had to be able to handle the hazards in the food processing environments where dust, dirt, and liquids have to be cleaned off all machines in the facility daily to prevent food contamination. Solution Working with the snack manufacturer, Winmate provided our 21.5-inch IP69K Stainless Steel Panel PC with the high-performance Intel Core i5-7200U Kaby Lake processor and a waterproof conduit pipe for added cable protection. The IP69K series is built to withstand extensive wash downs with corrosion resistance against cleaning agents, especially against close-range high-pressure, high-temperature wash downs. The level of protection allows for easy cleaning and sterilization using water with temperatures of up to 80°C and pressure of up to 30 Bar. A custom-built waterproof conduit pipe was also provided for the customer with a cover plate, allowing for an additional layer of protection for the panel pc cables. Challenge Needed corrosion, waterproof and dustproof panel PC solution to be used as the main machine line controller for food production facilities. To be easily cleaned and disinfected daily, the computers had to be able to withstand high pressure, high-temperature washdowns. To ensure the connectors and cables remain waterproof, the customer also requested additional cabling protection. Result More than 50 units have been deployed to various snack production facilities in North America and Europe over the past 6 months. The high performance of the panel pc has exceeded the expectations of the snack manufacturer is acting as production line controllers and the easy-to-clean, IP69K waterproof housing has proved to be resistant to the intense cleaning needed in food processing facilities. Product Features: 15”, 19”, 21.5”, 24” Display sizes with P-Cap multi-touch screens High-performance Intel® Core™ i5-7200U Kaby Lake processor IP69K sealed waterproof and corrosion resistant stainless steel enclosure with an air venting valve A true flat, easy-to-clean front surface with an edge-to-edge design Waterproof ports with adapter cables for external connectivity Optional Waterproof Conduit for cable protection VESA mount, Optional Yoke Mount Optional Glove / Rain touchscreen modes Display Size 24 inches Touch / Glass Projected Capacitive Multi Touch Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Panel Brightness 250 nits Contrast Ratio 3000:1 View Angles 89,89,89,89 Active Area 527.04x296.46 mm System Specification Processor Intel® Core™ i5-7200U (3M Cache, up to 3.10 GHz) Intel® Core™ i5-7300U (3M Cache, up to 3.50 GHz) Memory 1 x SO-DIMM, DDR4 2133 MHz, 4GB 8GB (Optional) 16GB (Optional) Storage 1 x M.2 2242 SSD 64GB M.2 2242 SSD up to 512GB (Optional) Ethernet controller Intel® Ethernet Controller I211-AT + Intel® Ethernet Connection I219-LM Security TPM 2.0 Operating System Windows 10 IoT Enterprise (Optional) Linux Ubuntu 18.04 (Optional) WLAN Support (Optional) BT Support (Optional) Mechanical Dimension 620 x 390 x 56 mm Mounting VESA Mount Yoke Mount Enclosure Stainless Housing Cooling System Fanless design Environment Operating Humidity 10% to 90% (non-condensing) Operating Temperature 0~45°C Storage Temperature -20~60°C IP rating IP69K Certification Certification CE, FCC IO Ports USB Port 2 x USB3.0 (Type-A) Serial Port 1 x RS232/422/485 (Default RS232) LAN 2 x Giga LAN RJ45 Connector Video 1 x HDMI 1.4 Indicator 1 x LED Indicator on power button Control Button 1 x Power Button Accessory Accessory 1 x Waterproof Conduit 1.5m 1 x Waterproof Conduit 0.3m 2 x Elbow for connect the conduit 1 x AC to DC power adapter with power cord 1 x D-sub9(male) to RJ45 adapter 1 x D-sub9(female) to RJ45 adapter 1 x External RJ45 male to male cable Driver CD & Manual VESA screws Optional Accessory 1 x Open wire cable for phoenix connector (Optional) Yoke mount stand kit (Optional) Power Power Rating 12V DC input We hope to see you at the 2021 ISA IIoT & Smart Manufacturing Virtual Conference on 11 May! 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