extreme temperatures

A meat processing plant is a punishing environment requiring frequent plant washdowns and sanitation with disinfectant chemicals and high-pressure water streams. Temperatures can run extremes from sub-freezing cold storage to high heat that cause the moist air to fog up the computer screens and make them unreadable. “The problem was that our computers were not responding to our demands, basically homemade and often broken,” says Michel. … These conditions are brutal on electronic equipment but this is the type of environment in which noax computers thrive.
Punishment was exactly what Michel doled out to prove the noax computer would work in his world. He didn’t hold back. First Michel connected the computer to the network and put a big hose on it. “No seepage between the window,” related Michel. “This is a typically a big problem with computers.” Michel notes, “when the area gets hot you can’t see the screen and the mist fogs up the display. The noax computer does not have that problem.” In a meat packing plant, cold temperatures can knock a computer out of action. “I meant to leave the noax computer in the freezer for an hour,” says Michel, “but after forgetting about it for over a day I hooked up the noax computer and it worked!”
Finally, he dropped the computer into a pool for ten seconds. The immersion failed to impede the noax computer’s operation. Olymel acquired their first units in 2001 and many of these rugged computers are still being used today, 24/7.

• Real time data collection during meat production
• Building a traceability database to ensure product safety
• Control and traffic product to final destination
• Function in harsh, demanding environment