NEMA 12 Free Standing Enclosures

NEMA 12 SINGLE-DOOR FREESTANDING

Applications

Designed to protect electrical and electronic controls, components, and instruments in typical industrial environments. Enclosures protect equipment from dust, dirt, oil and dripping water. These enclosures are used in machine tool applications for housing motor starters, drives, contactors, and PLCs, as well as a wide variety of other electrical and electronic equipment. The enclosures are found extensively in automotive, pulp and paper, wood products, textile and similar industries.

Four styles are available to provide maximum flexibility:

• Single-door single-access (single door on front)
• Single-door dual-access (single door on front and rear)
• Two-door single -access (overlapping doors on front)
• Two-door dual-access (overlapping doors front and rear)

Construction

General features include:

• Fabricated from 12 or 10 gauge steel
  
  
• Continuously welded seams ground smooth, less holes or knockouts
  
  
• Body stiffeners for extra rigidity
  
  
• Heavy duty lifting eyes for easy handling
  
  
• Grounding provisions provided
  
  
• Print pocket is provided
  
  
• Heavy gauge continuous hinges support each door
  
  
• 3-point latching mechanism with an oiltight key locking handle is provided
  
  
• Doors are sealed with a closed cell neoprene gasket
  
  
• Stiffeners are welded to back of two door enclosures to maintain flatness and increase rigidity
  
  
• “Uni-strut” mounting channels are welded horizontally to interior body sides and top, bottom and center to allow back panels to be positioned in enclosure.
  
  
• Optional swing, half, full and rack panels can be mounted anywhere along “unistrut” channel

NEMA 12 MULTI-DOOR FREESTANDING

Applications

Designed to protect electrical and electronic controls, components and instruments in typical industrial environments. Enclosure rating protects enclosed equipment from dust, dirt, oil and dripping water. These enclosures are used in machine tool applications for housing motor starters, drives, contactors, and PLCs, as well as a wide variety of other electrical and electronic equipment found in automotive, pulp and paper, wood products, textile and similar industries.

Select from three, four and five-door options to best meet your application requirements.

Construction

General features include:

• Bodies and doors fabricated from 10 gauge steel
  
  
• Continuously welded seams ground smooth, less holes or knockouts
  
  
• Heavy steel stiffeners are welded to enclosure backs, maintaining flatness and increasing rigidity
  
  
• Heavy duty removable lifting eyes are installed for easy handling
  
  
• Grounding provisions provided
  
  
• Print pocket and provisions for fluorescent lighting are provided
  
  
• Heavy-gauge steel continuous hinges support each door
  
  
• 3 point latching mechanism with padlocking handles hold doors securely shut
  
  
• Doors are sealed with a closed cell neoprene gasket
  
  
• Removable 10-gauge subpanels and subpanel supports are furnished
  
  
• In two-door units the uniquely gasketed, overlapping doors eliminate the need for center posts.
  
  
• Mechanical interlock is standard with right hand door, serving as master door unless otherwise specified.
  Doors can be closed in any order