Sizzling summer afternoons in the Midwest, dry desert evenings in the South, hot coastal mornings in the East . . . all across North America, indoor and outdoor water parks are a trusted tradition for beating the heat, staying active, and enjoying quality recreational family fun.

Water parks are a rapidly growing element of the U.S. tourism industry. Water parks were introduced in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and since then, the United States has grown to have the most concentrated water park market in the world. As consumer interest in older municipal swimming pools wanes, there is more demand for creative and high-energy water parks that have interactive water activities for every age range. Today’s water parks incorporate slides, splash pads, playgrounds, lazy rivers, wave pools, swimming areas, artificial surfing simulations, and many more features to draw people in and increase revenues.

Of course, as with any growing industry, issues do arise. Many people lament water usage in these facilities, but while the consumption of water is unavoidable for water parks, there are factors that play a critical role in how much water facilities use and discharge into local sanitary systems.

Precipitation, humidity, temperature . . . obviously, one of the factors impacting water usage is climate. While many outdoor water parks in the southern and western parts of the country remain open year round, water park facilities in colder climates only operate seasonally. These seasonal water parks require annual winterization, where water is completely drained and discarded or drained and stored in underground vessels for the off-season. The winterization process requires seasonal water parks to receive more fillings than year-round water parks. The greater variability of outdoor water parks, whether winterized or not, create more water loss than in the more-controlled indoor water park environments.

Physical attributes also play an important role in water usage. Every water park has its own specific size, design, and combination of attractions that impact its water consumption. Modern water parks do tend to have improved features for reclaiming water and reducing overall consumption compared to older water parks, however. For example, innovative designers can use sloping to drain water back to pools and facilities in new water parks. Designers can also focus their attention on the types of rides that make a difference, with splash rides that spray water in all directions using more water than more-contained rides like lazy rivers.

The climate, environment, physical attributes and issues like evaporation, wash-down procedures, and daily water loss directly correlate to a water park’s consumption ratio. By taking the amount of water consumed and dividing it by the overall daily water use, a water park can determine its water consumption and use that information to move forward with improved conservation efforts.

From air-conditioning and refrigeration to water-moving systems and transportation, water parks run primarily on electricity. Energy management is critical, as is minimizing costs and environmental concerns, so many water parks are implementing energy management programs that rely on solar power plants and battery storage to fuel their operations. Environmentally-friendly solar production uses solar panels to produce energy that is then sent into local electrical grids and used to fuel water park properties. Solar installations can help water parks manage their energy peaks, improve reliable energy supplies, and protect the bottom line.

The use of solar power for amusement parks and water park facilities is not new. Disney began implementing solar projects into their operations in the 1980s. Recently, Disney constructed a 270-acre solar facility outside its Animal Kingdom Theme Park near Orlando to increase solar production by ten-fold. The 518,000 solar panels that make up the system are used to power Disney facilities in an environmentally-friendly, conservation-enhancing way.

Disney is not alone in its attempts to conserve power. The Wet’n’Wild water park in Hawaii created a battery storage system in 2016. Supported by the Hawaiian Electric Company and the U.S. Department of Energy, the project helps Wet’n’Wild decrease its energy usage spikes, which tend to peak during high-volume times. Peak use determines pay rate, so the battery storage helps manage the electricity grid by having more precise usage and control. The distributed grid services partnership between Hawaiian Electric and Wet’n’Wild also helps customers better manage their energy use, save money, and improve grid efficiency and reliability.

Traditionally, water park designers built their facilities around hilly geographies. They would build waterslides on hills or erect towers that guests would climb to gain access to the slide – in both scenarios, designers had to rely solely on momentum to move riders from top to bottom. The path down was pretty straightforward, but today, technology is allowing designers to create waterslides that follow all sorts of paths. Riders can move up and down, they can oscillate, they can spin in a funnel, they can ride a water roller coaster through various inclines . . . the options are virtually endless.

Besides incorporating innovative paths, water park designers are also merging water park attractions. Instead of keeping rides separate, designers are bringing different elements together to enhance the user experience. So when you’re floating down the lazy river and suddenly experience rapids or you’re moving from one slide to the next without standing in line, thank the modern technology that makes it possible.

Designers are also incorporating rides into the water park experience. Today’s most successful water parks have rides that are similar to those seen in traditional amusement parks, where conveyor belts and water jets swiftly and reliably move rafts through these water roller coasters. Bowl rides are also elaborate water park rides that draw visitors. In these bowl rides, riders slide down chutes or tubes into the top of a funnel, swish around, and then drop down into a splash pad or pool. Family raft rides are also extremely popular in water parks. These rides began there ascent in the 1990s, and the trend has expanded. Families are the primary targets for water parks, so rides that appeal to them and allow them to experience the fun together draw people in the door.

The fastest-growing segment of the water park industry, indoor water park facilities, are extremely popular. Indoor water parks eliminate outdoor elements and allow resorts and hotels to draw in families and guests year round for additional income and occupancy.

The first indoor water park was built in Canada in 1985. The success of that park caught the attention of the Wisconsin Dells, which is deemed the “Water Park Capital of the World.” The Dell’s Polynesian Resort Hotel debuted the first indoor water park in the United States in 1994, and since then, they have popped up everywhere.

Indoor water parks are so popular because they immediately extend the tourist season in colder climates and make water park resorts vacation destinations for families and groups. They have become a money-making game-changer for the water park industry and the hotels, resorts, and communities that rely on them for tourism.

As a water park stakeholder, you know that your expenses drive your bottom line. Water is very likely a major expense in your facility, and a focus on improved operations that save water can definitely save you money.

One area to pay attention to is your water park pumps. Your pumps work hard every day to circulate chlorinated water through to lazy rivers, water slides, and other water features. The pumps, the electrical motors that power them, the large water tanks . . . these and other facility features must be protected if you want to keep your water systems working efficiently. NEMACO™ 4X electrical enclosures produced in corrosion-resistant galvanized carbon steel, stainless steel, fiberglass, and plastic are excellent systems to reduce corrosion, decrease costs, and improve the curb appeal and effectiveness of your water park.

Another focus should be on protecting your monitoring system controls. These controls allow you to conveniently collect and analyze data, detect water consumption anomalies, and take corrective actions. Remote monitoring through mobile technologies even allows this to happen off-site. This type of innovative technology improves your water park operations and maintains safety, reliability, and profitability.

Sound and music systems in cabinets, security systems in enclosures, computer servers in rack enclosures, lighting fixtures on pole mounts, waterproof lighting in metal and plastic

enclosures . . . throughout your water park complex, there are numerous elements that must be protected. So turn to the dependable NEMACO™ enclosures, cabinets, and products that can safeguard your investment. Our high-quality electrical enclosures and cabinets can help you:

• Save Money.

  The high humidity, varying temperatures, chlorine and other concentrated chemicals, and wear-and-tear from water park guests can corrode and deteriorate electrical components in your facility. Durable NEMACO™ electrical enclosures can protect your electrical systems from these elements and extend the useful life of your electronic equipment, saving you from expensive rewiring and replacement costs down the road.

• Protect Your Facility

  . The corrosive property of water park chemicals can damage your pumps, motors, tanks, and other elements. Protecting your electrical systems, equipment, and components with quality NEMACO™ enclosure solutions can keep water out and help prevent facility shut-downs that reduce productivity and profitability.

• Improve Your Productivity.

  Constantly having to repair faulty electrical equipment isn’t just dangerous, it also cuts into the time you could be spending on other work. Keeping your electrical systems, controllers, and other electronics protected keeps them working properly so you can focus your valuable time on sustaining an outstanding entertainment experience for your guests.

The water park industry has changed dramatically over the years, with state-of-the-art technologies and innovative designs creating facilities that are sustainable, entertaining, and attractive to guests from all around the world. Let our professional and dedicated team do our part to help keep your water park operating efficiently now and into the future.

So, just how big is baking?

Well, some estimates indicate that Americans eat approximately six million cakes each day. And according to the American Bakers Association, the U.S. bakery products industry employees close to two million people, accounts for over $300 billion in economic output, and makes up over two percent of our GDP.

Clearly, baking is a big business that’s important to consumers and vital to the health of our economy.

But just when did this obsession with baking begin? Humans have been doing very primitive forms of baking since the beginning of time, but historians claim that pastry chef became an occupation as far back as 300 B.C. when Romans developed a taste for sweet and decadent desserts. In that era of excess and celebration, being a successful pastry chef was a respected and highly-coveted position, which quickly helped baking’s popularity surge across Europe.

In the Middle Ages, baking had spread, but it was available primarily to the wealthy. Heavily-populated areas did have some commercial bakers, but those bakeries catered exclusively to well-to-do citizens. Consuming breads and cakes was commonplace for the elite few, but baking in the home was rare because wood-burning ovens and baking ingredients were quite expensive. So while the rich were able to indulge in luxurious cakes made in exotic colors and decorated with creative toppings, baking as a whole was still very much an exclusive industry.

By the 16^th and 17^th centuries, however, baking was becoming much more commercialized. The importing of spices, creams, butters, and other ingredients was giving bakers more options. At the same time, the boom of globalization was developing a solid middle class of people with more disposable income for things like cakes and pies. In this age, baking became more accessible, prompting people to record their recipes, create baking tools, attend cooking schools, and more readily enjoy the culinary arts.

The Industrial Revolution further surged the popularity of baking. Moving away from hand production and relying instead on new machines and gadgets, utilizing innovative manufacturing and production systems to improve efficiency, developing affordable ovens . . . these factors helped cake baking really take off. This period in history also saw more women flocking into the workforce. With women spending less time in the home, the need for convenience propelled pastries, pies, and other grab-and-go goods to a higher status.

Just as the modernization of machines and processes revolutionized the baking industry, electricity was also a game-changer.

Even before electricity actually existed, the Ancient Egyptians were intellectually curious about it. They knew that electric fish could shock them, a phenomenon also recorded later by the ancient Greeks and Romans. But it wasn’t until the Greek philosopher, Thales of Miletus, observed static electricity around 600 BCE that research into electricity really began. He believed that friction made amber rods magnetic, and although his theory was incorrect, he spearheaded a period of extensive research into electricity.

In 1600, English scientist William Gilbert dove deeper into the work of Thales. He discovered that naturally-magnetized minerals could attract objects after being rubbed, and he promptly published his detailed study of magnetism and electricity. Gilbert’s study encouraged more scholars to dig in deeper in the 17^th and 18^th centuries, culminating in the famous research of Benjamin Franklin. As the story goes, Franklin tied a metal key to his kite string, sent the kite soaring into a storm-filled sky, and discovered the electrical nature of lightening.

Electrical science in the first half of the 19^th century took off. During that time, English scientist Michael Faraday studied electromagnetism and introduced the concept of the electric field. He determined that the electric field acts between two charges, either attracting or repelling. He concluded that a hollow conducting body carries all of its charge on its outer surface, which keeps the electric field at zero everywhere inside the body. Faraday’s work led to the operating principle that a conducting metal shell isolates its interior from outside electrical effects, a principle that opened the doors for a better understanding of electricity.

Faraday’s work amplified the progress of electrical engineering, and by the end of that same century, progressive innovators in the field were turning electricity into an essential element of modern life.

Not only was the rise of electricity critical to the baking industry, so was the development of different metals. Cookware and bakeware materials have a significant impact on thermal conductivity, performance, and cost – and the centuries of development in their materials have helped create the efficient, effective, and innovative modern baking industry we enjoy today.

For the United States, the evolution of metal in baking began with iron pots that were commonly used in the 17^th century American colonies. The transition from iron to steel, stainless steel, and aluminum bakeware took place in the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Aluminum became especially popular with bakers, exploding into the market because it was lightweight, conducted heat well, resisted corrosion, and was commonly available in many forms.

Like aluminum, steel bakeware was useful because it could be coated with non-stick substances. The coatings made the bakeware easier to clean, but bakers found that steel could not be overheated or it would be more susceptible to damage. Stainless steel appealed to bakers because it was corrosion resistant, it didn’t react with acidic or alkaline foods, and it was strong enough to resist dents and scratches. Bakers did notice that stainless steel didn’t spread heat well, but that was remedied by combining it with aluminum or copper in bakeware.

Today, those innovations in metal help commercial baking facilities produce consistently high-quality products that look good, taste great, and bring consumers flocking back for more

The evolution of commercialization, the advent of electricity, and the innovation of different metals and materials have provided access to the most technologically-advanced baking industry of all time. But to remain competitive in such an innovative industry, you must protect the valuable automation, digital control systems, sanitation processes, and climate controls that keep you profitable, professional, and proficient.

The automation required in modern baking facilities is complex. From automated processes to warehouse automation, your food preparation is using innovative technologies to minimize product damage and maximize customer satisfaction.

The demand for processed food is growing the market and customers have many options at their fingertips, which means your bakery must offer product variations to stay competitive. Different flavors, toppings, and customized options have likely expanded your business, and quickly keeping up with these varied orders, maintaining efficiency, and simplifying operations has made the investment in automation necessary.

Sheeters and molders are particularly popular automated bakery processing equipment. Sheeters are durable rolling machines that constantly and accurately produce products like dough. They produce more product in less time while controlling the product quality while molding equipment improves the molding of things like muffins and loafs to improve efficiency.

Besides sheeting and molding, automation is also seen throughout the entire baking operation. For example, automated cake pan fillers deposit your batter, automated icing machines frost the tops and sides of your cakes, automated baking ovens produce finished products . . . automation complete with touch screens, computerized production speeds, and wireless features that let you monitor the process remotely has improved efficiency in bakeries throughout North America.

Your bakery is important to the overall economy and to your overall profitability, so it just makes sense that you’d protect your investment. Keep all of the automation that is so vitally critical to your baking operation’s success safe so you can keep moving product quickly and reliably down the line.

Digital control systems can really improve your baking by intelligently controlling the appliances, industrial processes, and applications within your facility. For example, digitally-controlled ovens can maintain temperatures and keep track of baking times and digital water meters can measure specified amounts of water and maintain consistent water temperatures for improved dough consistency. Refrigeration is another highly-controlled element in bakeries. Cold processes in modern baking help streamline the production process, and refrigeration control boards and digital controllers control temperatures to help you avoid costly product loss, improve your ease of operations, and bring your business greater productivity and profitability.

Wherever they are used in your facility, digital controls offer accuracy, flexibility, and speed as they optimize your production life cycle. They are also cost-effective, with advanced technology making controllers more economical every day. These digital control systems control so many important components throughout your baking facility, and keeping them protected keeps your processes moving smoothly.

Informed consumers demand that their baked goods be prepared in sanitary conditions, so clean and sanitized processing equipment is essential to manufacturing safe food products for consumers. Computer-controlled equipment, machines, and other components are commonly used throughout bakeries to clean and sanitize every single day. For example, conveyors help regulate the special dietary considerations that come into play with sanitation. More and more consumers are demanding organic, natural, nut-free products, and sanitary conveyors can help handle food products and safely move them throughout the production process. The conveyors help eliminate contamination, are easy to wash-down and maintain, and help maintain the highest sanitary standards in a facility.

Keeping your bakery clean for these conditions requires your processing and handling equipment to withstand frequent heavy wash-downs, and protecting your equipment and electronics in this moist environment is critical to operational efficiency.

The right climate control solutions can give your bakery an edge in preparing, storing, and consuming food. Climate control solutions can create and maintain ideal conditions within your facility. For example, climate controls can keep humidity levels and temperatures lower in storage areas. If those controls fail, however, your product can degrade, take on moisture, and promote mold growth. A lack of temperature control can affect shelf life and impact the bottom line. Too much humidity and your pie crusts could go soft. Not enough humidity, and your cakes could get dry. Climate control technology can help you regulate and monitor the conditions in your storage areas to avoid these types of wasteful situations.

Your baking facility must maintain ideal conditions for storing, preparing, and processing your goods. High quality conditions can bring high quality results, so keeping the integrity of your facility is key.

While the bulk of your business may take place within your factory, don’t forget about the importance of your support teams. The marketing, accounting, client service, and other vital business dealings for your organization take place within your facility’s office spaces. In today’s connected world, fully functioning Internet, Ethernet, WI-FI, and digital communications keep business moving. Protect your investment in these office systems like you’d protect the automation, control, and equipment throughout your baking facility.

In your offices, baking areas, storage spaces, and everywhere in between, innovation and modernization are at play. To keep your production and profitability moving full speed ahead, your investment in these sophisticated technologies that manufacture, package, distribute, and market your baked goods should be protected.

NEMACO™ produces top-quality electrical enclosures that you can use throughout your baking facility. One of our products, the stainless steel NEMA 4X water-resistant electrical control cabinet, reliably protects against solid objects and water. It can be integrated into your facility to keep your baking equipment and electronics clear of dirt, dust, leaks, and sanitation spray downs. The NEMA 4X is commonly produced in durable, high-quality stainless steel to resist corrosion, but can also be manufactured in fiberglass or plastic for smaller enclosures or in powder-coated carbon steel or aluminum for lighter-weight applications.

Don’t let unprotected electrical systems in your bakery bring production to a screeching halt. Contact our professional team of industry experts today to learn more about our wide variety of full-service enclosure solutions. Your success is our success, so let us put our years of experience to work for you.

Have you ever asked yourself: where can we find more renewable energy? Humankind has found many ways to acquire this type of energy resource. I’m sure you have already heard of wind, hydro, geothermic, and solar energy, but have you ever thought about harnessing the ocean as wave energy? According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, ocean waves have a lot of energy potential. In the measurement of terawatt hours/year (TWh/yr), just one unit of energy could supply approximately 93,850 average U.S. homes annually—the potential recoverable amount of resource that could be obtained from along the U.S. costal shelf edge is close to 1,170 TWh/yr. Potential recoverable energy refers to the energy gathered from regions that aren’t sensitive due to naval operations or environmental concerns and therefore can provide energy with little to no ecological distress [1]. This is still about 1/3 of the electricity used in the United States each year [1].

There are a few types of these “wave harnessing devices” in use or in the process of being made today, four of them suitable to be used on the Outer Continental Shelf, where the most energy can be harnessed. The first device is a Terminator. This contraption is angled perpendicular to the direction of the waves to capture or reflect its energy. Terminators can be on the shore, near shore, or even floating devices. These types of devices work because the water moves a column inside it to force air through an opening connected to a turbine, which generates power [1]. The power then is transported to the shore to be stored in a special type of facility. The second type of device is what is called an Attenuator. These are long, floating structures that are parallel to wave direction. Waves flex the joints between the segments, which are, in turn, connected to hydraulic pumps to generate power as the waves move across. A transformer will then connect a power line to the Attenuator that runs to a junction box on the seafloor. Finally, a subsea cable runs the electricity to shore where it can be stored in a power station, waiting to be used by homes, businesses, or facilities [1]. There has been a recent example of an attenuator in the United Kingdom; there are 10 floating flexible mooring devices in Lewis, Scotland in development by Pelamis Wave Power Limited. Pelamis Wave Power Linited is planning on connecting their device to the grid to supply energy to buildings in Scotland [4].

Another type of wave energy device is the Point Absorber. This type of device is a floating structure—like a buoy—inside of a fixed cylinder. It generates energy from the bobbing motion of the buoy-like structure in the cylinder caused by waves. This creates either electromechanical or hydraulic energy, which is converted to power stored on the coast. The last type of device is called an Overtopping Device. These contraptions are reservoirs that are filled by waves as they come, giving the holding unit a slight build-up of water pressure—somewhat like a dam. When the water buildup is released from the reservoir, it falls and turns hydro turbines and generates power [1].

There has been a more recent style of a wave energy-harnessing device, which is being constructed at the school of Berkley Engineering in California. An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the school, Reza Alam, worked with graduate student Marcus Lehmann to build a device that harnessed wave energy in a unique way to the previously mentioned contraptions. Called the Wave Carpet, the goal is to have a device that could lay on the bottom of the seafloor where it would absorb the energy of the waves—just as a natural seafloor would. The device would have a flexible membrane that moves as a response to passing waves, collecting the energy from the wave (which is usually passed on into the mud that covers the seafloor) in the process. One of the problems that Alam and Lehmann ran into is the highly complex process of converting the wave energy into a useable power source. To counteract this obstacle, Alam and Lehmann came up with vertical double-action pumps that are fastened to the membrane. These pumps use the energy from the membrane to power a shore-based turbine that generates electricity [1].

Another problem that Alam and Lehmann faced was the simple fact that salt water is highly corrosive, to which they found a simple solution. The Wave Carpet is built of corrosion-resistant materials, and it operates submerged and at the floor of the ocean—far enough below the waterline so weather such as storms are less likely to turn waves into destructive forces that could destroy the machinery. The Wave Carpet is currently being built at a size of about 30” long by 30” wide by a range of 3-10” high, which makes it strong enough to withstand regular waves and, hopefully, waves that result from storms [1]. Nemaco has specialty Marine Epoxy Coatings available for their electrical casings to ensure quality and durability so that they can last as long as the wires they are protecting, connecting devices like these to the shore where the power can be stored and/ or used.

The Wave Carpet is only just one example of the many machines that are currently being designed and/ or implemented to obtain clean energy as an alternative to non- renewable resources such as coal and gasoline. These machines can even be placed or developed close to “load centers,” which are storage facilities for energy and power, to reduce transmission needs [2]. All of this energy could help to power necessary facilities desired by humans, such as desalination plants and sewage treatment facilities (and many more), to carry some of the load we create for the power grid. Hopefully, one day there will be more ways of harnessing renewable energy— such as ocean wave energy—to make way for a better future. Devices that harness ocean wave energy are meant to reduce the impact humans have on the environment so that we can look forward to a cleaner, brighter, and healthier future for not only ourselves, but the ecosystem around us as well.

[1] Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). “Ocean Wave Energy.” <https://www.boem.gov/Renewable-Energy-Program/Renewable-Energy-Guide/Ocean-Wave-Energy.aspx>. March 29, 2019.

[2] Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. “How are Ocean Waves Converted to Electricity?” April 19, 2017. <https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/how-are-ocean-waves-converted-electricity>. March 29, 2019.

[3] Levy, Tomas W. Berkeley Engineering. “Making Waves: Turning Ocean Power into Electricity.” March 15, 2016. <https://engineering.berkeley.edu/2016/03/making-waves-turning-ocean-power-electricity>. March 29, 2019.

[4] The European Marine Energy Center LTD (EMEC). “Wave and Tidal Projects.” 2019. <http://www.emec.org.uk/marine-energy/wave-and-tidal-projects/> March 29,2019.

The NEMA 4 and NEMA12 are two most commonly confused electronics enclosure ratings. Several customers easily assume that they need a NEMA 4 for their engineering project, simply because it is one of the highest levels of protection for weatherproof cabinet. However, if the needs are not well identified, the user can spend too much on buying a NEMA 4 – and opt for a NEMA 12 instead.

When you want to choose electrical enclosures, there are 2 factors you should consider.
First, which environment will you use it? Is it indoor or outdoor?
Second, what level of protection in the above environment that is required?

Once the customer recognizes their need to use electronics enclosure for their engineering project, the user should take into consideration the type of protection they need.

The National Electrical Manufacturer Association (NEMA) has successfully identified and established different enclosure ratings to help the company and the customer alike. NEMA has defined a structure to different NEMA definitions on protection to 13 levels, to establish us identify which type of enclosure will suitable to protect the enclosure and equipment inside. The result of selecting the wrong type of enclosure can lead to inferior protection for inside equipment in a particular environment.

If in case the customer made a wrong decision on the electronics enclosure they purchased, it is both wastes of money and time. They should have the right knowledge in mind before making a purchase decision. The wrong enclosure could also bring damage to their equipment because of incompatibility in terms of use, type of protection needed, and where it will be used.

With this in mind, there are two most commonly confused electronics enclosure ratings – the NEMA 4 and NEMA 12. Several customers easily assume that they need a NEMA 4 for their engineering project, simply because it has one of the highest levels of protection. However, if the needs are not well identified, the user can spend too much on buying a NEMA 4 – and opt for a NEMA 12 instead.

There’s a simple way on how to identify if a user should purchase a NEMA 4 or NEMA 12.

If an engineer or company plans on buying an enclosure to protect and support systems & technology situated in an outdoor environment, where potential water ingress is expected or there is potential direct exposure to sunlight, the user should use NEMA 4.

If however, the user is planning to protect equipment being used inside a covered warehouse structure where there is potential object ingress from floating dust in the environment, the customer should opt for a NEMA 12. Given that the environment has minimum to no water present or even moisture.

Typically utilized to protect a standard IT networking series of connection, automated electronics, or equipment used for transportation signal controls, phone and cable network distribution, and security or communications equipment.

Used to protect equipment in automation control or electronic system drives, this also includes the equipment used in packaging, material handling, and non-corrosive process control in manufacturing plants.

If it will be used under outdoor environment, expect windblown dust and rain, splashing water, and hose-directed water (Heavy spray down water). We would recommend you to use a NEMA 4 enclosure. NEMA 250 rating, the minimum requirement to pass NEMA 4 standard is water from fire hose 65 gallons (246L)/min. -5 min and no water get inside the enclosure.

If it will be used under an indoor environment, only expect windblown dust, hot temperature, a little bit of splashing water expected. We would recommend you to use a NEMA 12 enclosure. NEMA 250 rating, the minimum requirement to pass NEMA 12 standard is water 30 min. Drip Test30 psi (200kPa) Spray Test and no water inside the enclosure.

However, if you are not sure which NEMA rating should you use please check it out Nemaco NEMA comparison chart

Nemaco offers both NEMA 4 and NEMA 12, in different materials, Aluminum, Carbon steel, Stainless steel with a choice of powder coated colors white, light gray (ASA70), dark gray (ASA 61) and black.