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Month: September 2017

How Hallmark Nameplate Can Make Your Company Safer

Working with Hallmark Nameplate can have numerous safety benefits for your company. These benefits come in many forms. We can provide you with properly labeled control panels that will prevent you and your employees from hitting the wrong buttons, which could cause injury. The device we make are thoroughly tested for quality, so it is very unlikely that a malfunction could possibly cause an injury. The electronics we make allow the possibility of automation of manual functions. Manual functions, especially in industrial situations, can be dangerous for the workers. Our circuit boards are available with lead-free solder, which removes the chance of negative health effects caused by lead. Outsourcing manufacturing to us removes some of the most dangerous activities that your employees may have to engage in and leaves them to seasoned trained and experienced professionals. To learn more about the safety benefits, read on.

Properly Labeled Control Panels at Hallmark Nameplate

One of the most important safety benefits that using our products can offer is proper labeling. This benefit is often overlooked, but it can be significant. Poorly laid out and labeled control panels can cause employees to press the wrong buttons. The device they’re controlling could perform an unwanted action, which may lead to an injury. We will work with you to label our custom control panels in the most be easy to understand way possible to prevent this from happening.

Quality Equipment That Won’t Malfunction

As previously mentioned, everything we make is tested and held the highest of standards. This means it is very unlikely that it will malfunction. A variety of equipment can be dangerous when is malfunctioning, including electronics. A lesser chance of malfunctioning means a safer workplace for you and your employees.

Automation of Manual Functions

The circuit boards and electronic assemblies that we make can allow you to automate some previously manual functions. If you have a machine doing the work while a human oversees, the human is in less danger than if they were actually dealing with moving parts themselves. Not only is this safer for your employees, but it is also less stressful and more efficient. This means that your company will be a healthier working environment both physically and mentally for all of your employees. Mental health is often overlooked, even in this day and age, but the mental health benefits of working with Hallmark Nameplate should be taken into serious consideration.

Lead-Free Solder

Another safety benefit Hallmark Nameplate offers is the use of lead-free solder. If you are safety-conscious, we will use lead-free solder, although we can also use leaded solder to save your money. It’s totally up to you. As you know the no doubt already know, lead has a variety of negative health effects. The amount of lead in solder is quite small, but if you want to remove any risk to yourself and your employees lead-free solder is a good choice. Simply let us know when you’re placing your order if you want lead free solder and we will accommodate this request for you.

Outsourcing Your Manufacturing

Manufacturing is one of the most dangerous business activities, especially if you and your employees are not specialists in this field. At Hallmark Nameplate, our employees are properly trained and experienced in the science of manufacturing devices safely. If you outsource your manufacturing needs to us, you and your employees will be safe and the work will be taken care of by people who know how to do it in a healthy way. If you let us handle the manufacturing, you can focus on marketing, selling, and shipping your products. Not only will this help your company be safer, but it may also help improve your bottom line.

Taking Advantage of These Safety Benefits

All you have to do to take advantage of these safety benefits is to start working with Hallmark Nameplate. We can make control boxes, nameplates, graphic overlays, and much more. Contact us today to get more information about our services from our representatives. When you have worked with our representative to figure out exactly what you need, we will give you a quick free estimate. Once you have given us the go-ahead to start work, our highly trained and experienced professionals will make your device with great care and check it thoroughly once they’ve finished. At this point, we will ship the device to you and you can reap the safety benefits and other benefits.

Electronic Components and the Environment

Electronic components can be harmed by environmental conditions and they must either be made to withstand those conditions or an effective maintenance program needs to be developed to keep the components clean. Among the environmental conditions that can negatively affect electronic components are moisture from humidity and dust particles. Here is a brief discussion on how each of these conditions affects electronic components and what can be done to relieve those conditions.

Humidity

Humidity can adversely affect electronic components because of high moisture levels. Moisture can develop inside the component if it undergoes rapid temperature changes either by the component heating up after extended periods of usage or because the ambient temperature changes when a component is moved from a cold setting to a warm setting like when a laptop is taking from a cold car in the winter into a heated office setting.

The rapid temperature change can cause moisture droplets to develop inside the components. The droplets, when it gets on the circuit board, can cause a circuit board to short-circuit and burn out. If this happens, the electronic component will fail and need to be repaired or replaced.

The solution is to control the amount of moisture inside the electronic component. The moisture can be controlled through the proper design of the components. Since condensation develops when the temperature inside the components is different than the ambient temperature outside of the component, the design of the component has to incorporate methods to either equalize the temperatures or make the temperature inside the component higher than the outside temperature to prevent condensation from building up inside the component.

This can be accomplished in several ways. For example, a heat exchanger can be installed to absorb the heat and move it away from the circuit board. Proper ventilation of the component is also used to move moisture away from the circuit board to keep it safe.

Dust Particles

Dust particles can enter into electronic components that are not completely sealed off from the surrounding environment. When the dust particles settle inside a component, the dust covers the electronic components and cause them to overheat. The electronic component can either start to run slowly or not at all. The heat inside the component can become so hot that the insulation on the wires inside of it can change colors. This occurs most rapidly when the ambient temperatures start to warm up when the seasons move from winter to summer.

Fans are often used to cool down the inside of an electronic component and it is the action of the fan which pulls dust particles into it. One way to determine if this is happening to you is that the fan will start to get louder as it works harder to cool down the central processing unit (CPU) inside of your computer. CPUs and other chips typically have a heat sink that acts as a heat exchanger. Heat sinks are metal blocks that have fins that the cool air blows on. The heat sink transfers the heat from the CPU and an internal case fan then blows the heat out of the component. If the fins on the heat sink fill up with dust particles, the component will eventually overheat and fail.

The method is to counteract the buildup of dust is not done by a design alteration. Instead, you will have to take action to remove the dust particles from inside the component. The best way to do this is to get a can of compressed air. You will usually have to take the casing off of the electronic component to reach the areas that need to be cleaned. Take off the casing and blow the air onto the heat sinks and fans to remove the dust. You must be careful to not blow the dust onto other components like laser beams found in DVD players. You should set up a regular maintenance plan to clean the inside of your electronic components that use fans to cool them down. Components should be cleaned at least once a year under normal dust conditions, but if the component is used in heavy dusty conditions, it should be done once every six months or so to ensure the component functions as intended.

If you have any questions on how environmental conditions affect electronic components, call us a Hallmark Nameplate. We can answer any questions you might have.