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Macrolink's
Leopard series is a family of premiere quality rugged chassis designed
to meet extreme environmental demands and weight restrictions that are so
pervasive to today’s deployments. The Leopard-X & Leopard-XI members of
this family set a new standard for lightweight, high-power VME chassis.
A precise blend of
machined, formed and extruded members impart an exceptional degree of
structural integrity, while eliminating excess material and
significantly reducing the number of mechanical fasteners for increased
reliability and ease of access to Field Replaceable Units (FRUs).
The primary chassis structure (without power supply, card cage and fans)
weighs under 5 pounds, unprecedented for a chassis of this type and
size.
Access to system
boards and backplane is via removable covers. The power supply assembly
is readily removed from the exterior of the chassis with simple tools,
without the need to access the interior of the chassis. All internal and
external surfaces are chromate conversion coated with a powder-coated
exterior finish providing maximum protection against corrosion. All
materials and finishes meet fungus and salt atmosphere resistance per
MIL-STD-810E.
The Leopard’s card
cage assembly accepts 2 to 20 6U VME or cPCI boards into a monolithic
backplane. Ample, unrestricted, free space is provided to the rear of
the backplane for paddle cards, sub-racks and discreet backplane to I/O
bulkhead cabling. Over 43 square inches of I/O panel space accommodates
the densest of I/O configurations.
An oversized
filtered air intake and precise baffling, combined with
high-efficiency/high-pressure fans, insures generous airflow through the
card cage. A configurable metering plate insures precise, optimal
airflow to each slot. A sophisticated thermal management design extends
the Leopard’s operating capability to environments from
-20°C to +50°C ambient.
Complete EMI/RFI
integrity is maintained via conductive interior surfaces, braided
gaskets on all moveable panels and front doors, conductive gaskets on
all mating joints and honeycomb-shielded vent screens front & rear. All
faying surfaces are clear of finish to maintain optimal conductivity.
Macrolink's
Leopard series is the ideal chassis to meet the most stringent demands of airborne, field fixed, naval surface and ground mobile deployments
at an affordable price and the rapid
delivery of a COTS enclosure.
Drawing on decades
of design and field deployment experience, the Leopard is crafted to
provide maximum configuration flexibility, long life, and dependable
service with minimal maintenance. |
