The Standard of Industrial Enclosures
The DIN rail (Deutsches Institut für Normung) is a standardized 35mm wide metal rail widely used for mounting circuit breakers and industrial control equipment inside equipment racks.
Compact DIN-Rail PCs
Traditional rack-mount IPCs (1U/2U/4U) take up massive amounts of space. Modern edge computing pushes for ultra-compact, DIN-rail mountable IPCs that sit right next to the PLCs and I/O modules inside the control cabinet.
These systems must be designed for vertical convection cooling, as the heat rises through the cabinet.