Packaging & Materials: Economical Equipment Boxes Mount Easily With External Flanges

Aug. 23, 2004

The CU series cast-aluminum boxes feature external mounting brackets that can be mounted on a wall or a panel without removing the cover, preventing the exposure of internal components to the environment. They're equipped with a permanently fastened 0.09-in. thick mounting bracket that accepts up to #10 mounting screws (not included). Boxes range in sizes from 2.00 in. long by 2.00 in. wide by 1.25 in. deep to 7.50 in. long by 7.50 in. wide by 2.62 in. deep in 15 different sizes, each with a close-fitting flanged cover fastened to the bosses in the body with screws. Prices range from $10.90 to $38.20 each in single-unit quantities. Availability is from stock.

Bud Industries Inc.www.budind.com (440) 946-3200

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Dave Bursky

Technologist

Dave Bursky, the founder of New Ideas in Communications, a publication website featuring the blog column Chipnastics – the Art and Science of Chip Design. He is also president of PRN Engineering, a technical writing and market consulting company. Prior to these organizations, he spent about a dozen years as a contributing editor to Chip Design magazine. Concurrent with Chip Design, he was also the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products, and prior to Maxim, Dave spent over 35 years working as an engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command and an editor with Electronic Design Magazine.