MDI offers two custom designed and built Control Enclosures to serve as our control cabinet for all MDI Metal Detector Systems. Both are constructed of rugged steel and carry a NEMA dust and water resistant rating. Outfitted with industry leading Allen-Bradley electrical components, these enclosures will provide the longevity and durability that you expect from MDI.

All MDI Metal Detector systems are standard equipped with a NEMA 4/12 rated 20-gauge steel control enclosure. For our customers that require a cabinet to withstand the most extreme of environmental conditions, MDI offers a premium NEMA 4X rated 16-gauge stainless steel cabinet.

As always, all MDI Metal Detectors are completely modular allowing for any of our Control Enclosures to be used with any MDI Metal Detector ever manufactured, analog or digital. This makes for ease of service as well as ease of installation, especially if the metal detector is undergoing an upgrade from analog to digital.
Custom Built 20-gauge Rugged Steel Construction Designed for Industrial Usage
Main Relay Provides (2) sets of Dry Contacts - (2) Normally Open (2) Normally Closed
Allen-Bradley Components Used Throughout
Modular Design Provides for Ease of Service
NEMA 4/12 Dust & Water Resistant Rating
Custom Built 16-gauge Rugged Steel Construction Designed for Industrial Usage
NEMA 4x Dust & Water Resistant Rating
Modular Design Provides for Ease of Service
Highly Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel Construction
Allen-Bradley Components Used Throughout
Main Relay Provides (2) sets of Dry Contacts - (2) Normally Open (2) Normally Closed
The panel containing the system controls and readout is referred to as the Control Chassis, a modular plug-in type device housing the main electronics of the system. This panel plugs into a heavy duty socket located in the main back-plate, mounted inside of the control enclosure. Preserving the modular design of this Control Chassis has simplified its usage and sustained its convenient attributes. Because all of the essential electronics are contained within this one unit, serviceability is as simple as unplugging one chassis and plugging in another.
Considered the “brain-boxes” of the metal detector system, the Function Block essentially provides the output energy used by the metal detector to create the electromagnetic field that scans the conveyor contents. The Function Block constantly reads and diagnoses this field and all information sent from the metal detector, acting in accordance to the settings on the control chassis. We have three digital Function Blocks that power our metal detectors, each owning to a respective series of metal detector systems. Of a complete modular design, the Function Blocks are easily removed and replaced in a service situation.
Used throughout many industries for a variety of applications, MDI engineers have carefully chosen specific varieties of these industrial duty machine mounts to accommodate our metal detectors where needed. MDI offers Shock Mounts for each type of metal detector we manufacture, each one serving its intended purpose of isolating the metal detector from inherent vibration.
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