Designing for Small Spaces
Customer Problem
A producer of modular computing servers needed a means of ensuring that technicians could physically identify which specific server needed maintenance. Any single installation could involve hundreds or even thousands of individual servers. With so many, it was possible that a technician may inadvertently remove and service the wrong one. A device was needed that would lock the individual servers in the rack and unlock only the faulty servers.
The TLX Solution
TLX Technologies developed a bistable latching solenoid that could be mounted in the small amount of space available in the server rack. To keep the solenoid as small as possible, it used the mounting surface in the rack to complete the magnetic circuit. The design used latching technology so that only a short pulse of power was needed to unlock or relock the individual server, minimizing power consumption and heat generation.
Bistable Latching Solenoid
- Stroke
- 5 mm ± .20 mm
- Supply voltage
- 12 Vdc
- Coil resistance at 20°C
- 8.0 Ω
- Operating temperature range
- 15°C to 45°C (59°F to 113°F)
- Duty cycle
- 10% max.
All TLX components are customized to fit system requirements, meaning technical specifications are unique to each customer and design. Examples given on our website are for illustration purposes only.
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