Built to Withstand the Rigors of the Harshest Environments

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Consumer grade products with their lower initial cost may seem to be the more attraction option for enterprise and businesses for their computing need. However, one can do a simple analysis of total cost of owership (TCO) to reveal that consumer grade products can end up costing the enterprise and business much more. Considering the computing needs of enterprise and businesses, the cost of devices is not just the initial purchase cost, but we also need to examine the cost of operation and most importantly, cost of failures.

Factors such as using the computing devices under direct sunlight exposure (which require high brightness panel), with wet or gloved hands (which requires input button or digitizer), and etc, all impact the TCO. According to VDC research 2013, Environments or scenarios common to user most recent mobile deployment by form factor are listed as follows:

After exposing mobile devices in harsh environment there will be different variety of hardware and software issues that will lead to cost of failures such as:

Each non-rugged device failure can cost an organization in upwards of 200 minutes of labor including productivity loss, IT support, diagnosis & time required to replace and redeploy, this failure rates of non-rugged device was a leading contributor to TCO. This business interruption is detrimental in terms of cost and also continual operation. To address the harsh environment as well as Low TCO, for example:

 

High brightness panel for outdoor use

Physical keypad / stylus for rapid data entry while gloves on

IP65 up to IP67 for water and dust proof

Wide range operating temperature e.g. up to -20℃ ~ 60℃

Compliant with MIL-STD-810F for shock , drop and vibration

 

When it comes to selecting one device or hundred devices for mobile deployments, Rugged Mobile Computing devices offer greater enterprise value and provide low TCO.

MIL-STD810F/G

The MIL-STD-810 test series are approved for use by all departments and agencies of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). MIL-STD-810 addresses a broad range of environmental conditions that include: low pressure for altitude testing; exposure to high and low temperatures plus temperature shock (both operating and in storage); rain (including wind blown and freezing rain); humidity, fungus, salt fog for rust testing; sand and dust exposure; explosive atmosphere; leakage; acceleration; shock and transport shock; gunfire vibration; and random vibration. The standard describes environmental management and engineering processes that can be of enormous value to generate confidence in the environmental worthiness and overall durability of a system design.

MIL-STD810F/G

The MIL-STD-810 test series are approved for use by all departments and agencies of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). MIL-STD-810 addresses a broad range of environmental conditions that include: low pressure for altitude testing; exposure to high and low temperatures plus temperature shock (both operating and in storage); rain (including wind blown and freezing rain); humidity, fungus, salt fog for rust testing; sand and dust exposure; explosive atmosphere; leakage; acceleration; shock and transport shock; gunfire vibration; and random vibration. The standard describes environmental management and engineering processes that can be of enormous value to generate confidence in the environmental worthiness and overall durability of a system design.

 

MIL-STD461E/F

MIL-STD-461 is a United States Military Standard that describes how to test equipment for electromagnetic compatibility. Specifically, MIL-STD 461F details testing specification to ensure the conducted emissions (CE), conducted susceptibility (CS), radiated emissions (RE), and radiated susceptibility (RS) of a system can meet the requirements for the control of electromagnetic interference.

 

Test Items:
． CE102
． RE102

UTImage offers rugged products that provide various levels of mechanical IP dust and water resistant design, and our products all went though extended amount of MIL-STD testing to ensure high standards of reliability and robustness withstanding shock and vibration tolerance, survival of high temperature, and corrosive environments.

Ingress Protection (IP)

International Protection Rating consists of the letters IP followed by two digits or one digit and one letter and an optional letter. As defined in international standard IEC 60529, IP Code classifies and rates the degrees of protection provided against the intrusion of solid objects (including body parts like hands and fingers), dust, accidental contact, and water in mechanical casings and with electrical enclosures. The standard aims to provide users more detailed information than vague marketing terms such as waterproof.