Stainless Steel Printer Enclosures
Completely customizable!
Printer Enclosure Options:
- Top, bottom, left or right side hinges
- Key-locking door handle
- Plexiglas window in door
- Internal heater to keep components functioning properly
- Attach to a stand or a post to elevate to working height
- External mounting tabs
- Watertight Communications port
Prevent water from damaging your printers with our industrial NEMA-4X stainless steel washdown-rated enclosures. Reduce down time by keeping your electronics dry and running properly.
See our Enclosure Gallery
Features & Benefits:
- Continuous TIG welded construction of polished 14G 304 stainless steel assures robust characteristics for longevity
- Wash-down, rain gutter style door seal prevent direct spray from contacting the door
- Single ½-turn easy to operate door latch allows operators to quickly and easily open the door
- Pull out tray is designed for quick access for label roll changes and equipment access
- Top-hinged door allows door to swing nearly 270º to relieve the operator from door obstructions while in use
Washdown Enclosure Features:
FAQ
Yes. Not only can we make it any size, but we can: add as many doors as you need, shelves as you want, windows in any location and add a stand to support the enclosure.
Yes. Many industries need this and we can add an aluminum panel on any side and provide standoffs.
Yes. We design and fabricate all enclosures at our Sioux Center, IA location.
The highly loaded hinges invariably crack and break the enclosure at the attachment point. This allows the environment to penetrate the enclosure. Repetitive purchasing of lesser quality and replacement of damaged internal components often cost more than our stainless steel products. Give me a dented enclosure over a cracked enclosure any day. (See our info PDF)
All types – Zebra, Datamax, Intermec, Sato, Honeywell, Printronix and more.
7 Design Criteria for Keeping Water Out of an Enclosure
1. Sloped Top – For many food processing facilities, standing water is not welcome. Therefore, the top of the cabinet is sloped ensuring water runs off and does not pool.
2. Rain Gutter – a rain gutter prevents a high pressure water stream from achieving a “direct shot” at the door seal. The rain gutter acts as a deflector for the high pressure water stream when the door is closed.
3. Quality Door Seal – Most of our enclosures use a 1-in wide x 0.25-in thick gasket. This ensures a continuous seal even if door alignment starts to deviate over years of use. The gasket material is blended Neoprene that is mixed with EPDM and SBR. In addition, the gasket is made of a closed-cell foam that does not absorb water.
4. Multiple Locking Handles – We use multiple cam-locking handles that lock the door in place, but also pull the door towards the seal as you turn the handle. We also use several handles along the door edge to ensure positive pressure along the entire edge of the door or access panel. (Even the handle has an internal gasket.)
5. Penetrations are kept to a minimum – We weld external flanges where ever possible so components (i.e. light bars, antennas) are connected to the flange vs. securing the component directly to the enclosure, which would require drilling holes and creating a potential water entry point. Any cables are then run through the Cord/Cable Entry.
6. Well-Insulated Cord/Cable Entry – Our well protected cord/cable entry allows you the advantage of wiring your enclosure without having to cut and splice your cables. It can accommodate many industrial cables entering the same location. The cables are sandwiched between multiple layers of closed-cell foam.
7. Double-Shear Point External Hinges – External hinges allow the door to make an even seal around the entire outside edge vs. internal hinges which often have reduced seal material in the vicinity of the hinge.
Stainless Steel Enclosure Gallery - These are completely customizable!
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- Stainless steel NEMA-4X printer enclosure with slide-out tray permits easy access to cables and label stock replacement
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- Large NEMA-4X Printer Enclosure with slide-out tray and 36-in stand
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- Stainless Steel Printer Enclosure with Closed Label Access Door
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- Dual Tall Printer Enclosure with Slide-Out Trays
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- Enclosure with standoff (left side, bottom) next to the slide out tray.
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- Enclosure with multiple doors and slide out trays
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- Printer Enclosure with LCD monitor view window
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- Two compartment mobile enclosure with view window
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- Monitor enclosure and stand with side access door.
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- Large enclosure with view window and side access door. Stand is adjustable for uneven floors.
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- Workstation enclosure for HMI including monitor, computer, keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, etc.
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- Dual Printer Enclosure: Label printer on top and pallet manifest printer on bottom
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- Several latches along the perimeter ensure a tight door seal every time.
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- Cross-bracing supports ensure legs remain solid when pushing cart over hoses and other floor obstacles. Also notice how horizontal supports are rotated so water cannot pool.
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- Printer enclosure with ticket dispensing lift-up door. Multiple door panels permit easy access to printer, adjustments and label stock roll.
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- Enclosure on a Stand
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- Washdown enclosure with monitor and slide out tray for printer or computer base unit.
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- Watertight NEMA-4X Stainless Steel Enclosure with Multiple Access Panels
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- On-floor NEMA-4X Enclosure: LCD monitor view window compartment (left) and printer compartment (right)
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- Large Enclosure on a stand with adjustable feet
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- Dual compartment enclosure showing bottom compartment open with slide-out tray.
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- Dual cabinet enclosure with view window on top and printer enclosure on bottom. Enclosure has slide-out tray for replacing label stock.
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- Large cabinet with slide-out tray and view window for computer monitor.
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- Stainless Steel Enclosure with Large Slideout Tray
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- Any enclosure can be mounted on a SS pedestal and fastened to the ground for stability.
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- Washdown side-by-side enclosure with touchscreen and printer compartment with slide-out tray.
Downloadable PDF Resources
IP Enclosure Rating Chart
NEMA Rating Characteristics Table
Stainless Steel vs. Plastic Enclosures (Industrial designs only)
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