customDesignTechnologies is showing off its wide range of custom plastic enclosures,
custom keypads and custom assembly skills at the IFSEC 2004 exhibition from 10th to 13th May 2004
at the NEC, Birmingham.
The company provides a complete package from concept to final delivery of tested
product. customDesignTechnologies has long experience in providing PCB design, prototyping of PCBs,
fabrication of enclosures,
manufacture of membrane keypads and production and assembly of all parts that are needed for a complete project to get to
market.
Its wide ranging skills are ideal for producing systems used in access control,
CCTV equipment, fire detection, identification systems, integrated systems, networked security, physical security products
and retail security applications.
The company's capabilities are suitably illustrated by a new enclosure produced
for an on-vehicle fire extinguisher system from one of motorsport's leading manufacturers of fire and safety systems.
customDesignTechnologies produced a simple two-piece Bafbox plastic housing produced
in ABS with a laminated coating to provide the carbon-fibre look and feel so beloved of the motorsport industry.
The plastic enclosure replaced a previous housing made from die-cast metal and
offered a significant advantage in terms of weight, an important consideration in all motorsport applications.
customDesignTechnologies' box also offered savings on production costs as it was
supplied pre-drilled and screenprinted. The original diecast metal box had to be drilled, sent out for powder coating and
then have labels applied.
The overall effect of the new Bafbox enclosure was a more professional look which was
felt to be an important asset in the world of motorsport. In addition, the new housing is far easier to assemble and makes
the overall system more user friendly for maintenance such as changing batteries and so forth.
The new on-vehicle fire extinguisher system has proved so popular that it now features
on a number of leading racing cars in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 and will also be carried in world rally championship winning
manufacturers' vehicles in 2004.
customDesignTechnologies is also exhibiting products from its customKeypads
division, one of the UK's leading providers of membrane keypads servicing requirements for small batches from 50 to 100 pieces
as well as high volume projects.
customKeypads can produce membrane panels incorporating the latest switching
technologies and all keypads can have integral LED indicators with secret or hidden switches incorporated into them.
Switching technologies available encompass non-tactile, Mylar dome and metal dome
with embossing and frame embossing available as options.
Various coating options are available to suit individual environmental considerations.
Keypads can also be laser cut, reducing prototype tooling costs and lead times.
Also on show are examples of
products manufactured by the customAssembly division. Set up to respond quickly to customer requests and comfortable with
volumes from prototype quantities to full production runs into the thousands, customAssembly offers the same levels of customer
service and quality for which customDesignTechnologies is renowned.
Many OEMs are now finding that shorter life-cycle
products, along with increasing demands for flexibility from customers, mean that out-sourcing production reduces operating
costs, frees up capital and allows for greater flexibility.
It also enables OEMs to concentrate on the core activities of design, sales and
marketing.
The range of services offered by customAssembly encompasses prototyping, inspection,
assembly, test, calibration, PCB and cables and harnesses.
customDesignTechnologies is exhibiting on stand J140, Hall 6.
For more information, please contact: Ian Watson, customDesignTechnologies Limited,
Greatworth Park, Greatworth, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX17 2HB. Tel: 01295 762100,
Fax: 01295 768888.
Press enquiries to: Tim Jennings, Marshall Jennings PR Limited, Wyvols Court, Swallowfield,
Reading, Berkshire, RG7 1WY. Tel: 0118 988 0288, Fax: 0118 988 0388.
