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Electronic Enclosure Specialists

What are the functions of an electronics enclosure?

The primary functions of an electronic enclosure include containing electromagnetic emissions, providing structural support to a product, and offering protection against environmental factors such as dust, moisture, or impact.

Additionally, enclosures contribute to the product's aesthetic quality, enhancing its overall appearance, and often serve as a platform for carrying branding, allowing companies to showcase their logos and design elements effectively.

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Types of construction

The three main types of construction for electronic enclosures include:
  • Sheet metal fabrication, which allows for flexible cost-effective designs with robust structure and inherent faraday cage.
  • Machined from solid aluminum, which offers superior strength, precision, and durability for demanding applications.
  • Plastic moldings which offer a low unit cost and light weight solution, albeit with a significant upfront tooling cost.

Types of finishing

Metal electronic enclosures can be finished using:
  • Powder coating, which provides a durable and aesthetically pleasing surface in a wide variety of colors, textures and gloss levels.
  • Anodizing, which enhances corrosion resistance and improves the durability of aluminum enclosures.

Design for Manufacture - A development goal

Our goal, when developing an electronics enclosure is to establish an optimum process that ensures high quality and repeatability while maintaining efficiency and cost-effectiveness in design.

This involves utilizing readily available materials ensuring acceptable lead times, and scalable production processes which can meet volume demand.

By focusing on these key objectives, we can reliably deliver well designed enclosures that meet the diverse needs of our customers their end-users.

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What expertise does Broxton have?

We possess extensive knowledge and experience in designing and manufacturing electronic enclosures, allowing us to deliver high-quality solutions for a wide range of applications.

Our expertise, gained from working with market-leading OEMs, enables us to apply best practices to every project, ensuring optimal results.

In addition, our friendly and helpful technical support is always available to assist, providing guidance and expertise throughout the design and manufacturing process.

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Technical support

At Broxton, we know providing outstanding technical support is essential when making an electronic enclosure, as it often helps bridge the gap between CAD design and a manufacturable product.

This support includes ensuring proper fit and tolerancing to guarantee that components assemble accurately. This involves fine-tuning the blank development to achieve the desired quality and functionality of the final enclosure.

We assist in selecting the appropriate cutting method, whether punch or laser and guidance is provided on forming techniques suited to the specific design requirements.

We also advise on finishing processes like masking and painting, and guidance on screen printing, ensuring graphics are correctly designed to aid finish and repeatability.

Tools for the job

We have an ideal array of in-house manufacturing processes, supported by advanced software solutions that seamlessly integrate with customer-generated CAD models.

Additionally, we possess a comprehensive library of tooling, built over many years of manufacturing, ensuring we can meet a wide range of manufacturing and design needs with precision and efficiency.

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