Compact and Scalable Industrial Box PC

Nov. 23, 2015
American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) an innovator and the leader of Industrial HMIs, Touch Panel Computers, Industrial PCs (IPCs), Industrial Box PCs, Industrial DIN-Rail PCs, and Industrial Thin Clients, announces their Premium Industrial Box PC are ideal for demanding automation, control, monitoring, data collection and industrial image processing applications.

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS) an innovator and the leader of Industrial HMIs, Touch Panel Computers, Industrial PCs (IPCs), Industrial Box PCs, Industrial DIN-Rail PCs, and Industrial Thin Clients, announces their Premium Industrial Box PC are ideal for demanding automation, control, monitoring, data collection and industrial image processing applications. AIS’s Industrial Box PCs and Fan-less Embedded Computers are designed for continuous-duty, mission-critical applications in the most challenging manufacturing and process environments.

The Premium Box PC is AIS’s highest performing and most advanced embedded computer for plant field and high-performance machinery equipment. The Premium Industrial Box PC represents AIS’s flagship model which features a powerful Intel® Core i7-4650U Processor (4M Cache, up to 3.30 GHz), DDR3L-1600 memory (up to 16 GB), RAID 1 high-availability storage, PCIe expansion slot, and 12-24 VDC power supply. These advanced features are necessary for heavy data collection, processing and communications tasks typically found in SCADA, MES, ERP, IoT, M2M and other industrial applications.

System Modularity & Configuration Options Make the Premium Box PC an Ideal Choice as a HMI System Component, or a Complete, Integrated Touch Panel PC Solution from AIS

The Premium Embedded Computer or Box PC is part of their extensive family of smart, scalable and modular family of total HMI solutions. They offer the incredible power and advantages available in the AIS complete portfolio of open architecture HMI systems. The Box PC portfolio offers customers the ultimate in flexibility and configurability to suit their specific project requirements. For example, while the Embedded Box Industrial PCs from AIS offer customers the flexibility to mix and match components to form a control system, they also have the ability to create a fully modular-style, AIS Touch Panel PC system by choosing their Premium PC-based HMI Touchscreen.

Users Can Upgrade to an Integrated, Premium Touch Panel PC System from AIS, Complete with Brilliant Touchscreen Display for a Powerful Turnkey Solution for SCADA, Control & Automation

Users can assemble a highly customized, Industrial PC-based control solution to meet their specific system requirements, by incorporating the same powerful integrated unit that is the foundation for all AIS’s open architecture HMI systems. By selecting one of AIS’s Touchscreen Displays ranging from 12.1” to 24” screen sizes, they can build a complete AIS HMI solution. When combined together as a system, AIS Box IPCs and Touch Panel displays allow customers to experience the full power and benefits of a turnkey visualization solution completely engineered in-house by AIS. This includes a suite of in-house customization capabilities including design, engineering, mechanical, electrical, manufacturing and quality control services. The end result is a total control, communications and monitoring system that more closely matches customer’s unique needs and requirements.

A Small Footprint Makes AIS’s Premium Industrialized Box PCs Easy to Install, Rack and/or Mount in Machines, Control Racks and Control Cabinets

Rugged, with long-term availability, mounting and interface compatibility options, AIS’s Premium Box PC is flexible enough to meet the demands of any complex discrete or process control application. Suitable for demanding measuring, open-loop and closed-loop control tasks at ambient temperatures of up to 55° C, Premium embedded box style computers from AIS offer high performance and reliability. Thanks to their modular design, AIS Premium Box PCs are field-replaceable and easy to service. An easy to replace CMOS battery among other replaceable system components, significantly reduces system down time. Nearly maintenance-free operation is made possible with a fan-less design and no moving parts. As a rugged Box PC, they are shock and vibration resistant and able to withstand high electromagnetic environments. In addition to its robust design, the Premium Box Industrial PC delivers a high degree of interface flexibility and expansion options with 4 x USB 3.0, 2 x GbE, 1 x RS232, 1 x RS232/422/485, 1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI, 1 x audio, & 1 x PCIe slot. Finally, the Premium Series Industrial Box PC comes with international marks and schemes for safety equipment, certification and regulatory compliance, including UL listing and a CB scheme certificate.

A Complete Family: AIS Standard, Compact & Premium Industrialized, Rugged Box PCs Answer an Extensive Range of Industry and Application Requirements

Despite the fact that the Premium Box PC is AIS’s most powerful Box PC solution, they also offer two other affordable Box PC solutions to complete the offering. They serve applications where the Premium Box PC might be over powered. The two affordable options AIS offers include their Standard and Compact Box PC models. The AIS Standard Box PC is a high performance industrial computer utilizing and Intel® Atom Processor E3845 processor and the Compact Box PC, their most affordable solution is powered by an Intel Celeron Processor N2930. The systems come with Windows Embedded Standard 7/8 and X86 PC-based platforms.

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