Rittal has introduced two ranges of guide rails for PCBs which it says can be made to suit any depth of PCB insertion.

With plastic end pieces which include a funnel entry to ease PCB insertion, the guides can be equipped with clips to discharge static charges from the board prior to full insertion.

The end pieces are pushed into a central aluminium section which can be varied in length to suit any application.

One family of guide rails has 2HP (approximately 10mm) wide ends which are designed for snap-fastening to the horizontal rails of the Ripac subrack range, and which can be further screw fastened for additional rigidity.

Due to the aluminium centre section on both families of guide, they can be used where high mechanical loads are required, as is normally the case with circuit boards in excess of 280mm depth.

For more information, see http://www.rittal.co.uk