Bud Industries has a full offering of enclosures that meet UL certifications for NEMA 4x as well as NEMA 6 ratings.  It is VERY important for a customer to understand what these certifications actually mean and why it is valuable to have these protections in place.  Bud Industries takes safety very seriously and it is why we have many series of products that have UL certifications associated with them.  By starting with a UL certified box it will be much…

One of the most frequent questions we are asked is to clarify the NEMA rating system for enclosures.  There are many misconceptions about the ratings including that a higher number rating means a greater  level of protection or that all ratings suggest that the products are waterproof or dustproof.  For today’s blog, I am going to focus on two of the outdoor ratings and describe what they mean, how they are tested and what the difference are.  These are the…

Continuing our review of our best-selling plastic enclosures, the Plastic Rack Mount Chassis is a definite winner.  Customers have been mounting equipment into 19” panel width cabinets and racks for nearly 100 years.  Often, rather than mounting equipment itself into the rack, such as power supplies, they are looking for an enclosure to mount their boards and other components in so that they can be easily used in the racks, such as server racks.  Most of these rack mount chassis…