Tuesday, August 8th 2023
Mesa Pro is the World's First IP68-rated Rugged Tablet with Active Cooling
Juniper Systems, Inc. is excited to announce that the all-new Mesa Pro Rugged Tablet is now available featuring an IP68 rating for ingress protection. The Mesa Pro is the first IP68-rated rugged tablet that uses an active cooling fan to cool the system's processor.
'This is a big moment for Juniper Systems', said Darren Hellstern, Mesa Pro product manager at Juniper Systems. 'We have a long history of offering IP68 on our rugged products. A lot of time and hard work has gone into securing the rating for Mesa Pro. Achieving this rating of ingress protection against water and dust in a tablet with a fan is an engineering challenge. Our team was up for that challenge and delivered for our customers'.
Ingress protection (IP) ratings are used across the electronics industry to rate the protection a device has against solids and liquids compromising internal systems. A rating of 6 is the highest protection from solids, such as dust, sand, rocks, etc. An 8 is a rating against liquid ingress, this includes drips, sprays, and submersion. Mesa Pro is rated to and capable of submersion at one meter for 45 minutes.
Featuring 11th Generation Intel Core processors, a Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, device customization options, a large sunlight-readable display, a Juniper Rugged design, and now an IP68 rating, the Mesa Pro is the most robust rugged tablet on the market.
'Mesa Pro is a powerful laptop replacement for those who are looking for a more robust computer to fit their work needs', Hellstern said. 'Whether it is in the office or in the field, the Mesa Pro offers everything mobile workers need in a rugged computer'.
Mesa Pro joins the Mesa 3 family of 7-inch tablets as IP68-certified devices, and helps Juniper Systems achieve its mission of providing powerful rugged computing and data collection solutions to mobile field workers everywhere.
Mesa Pro is ideal for industries like construction, utility mapping, manufacturing, field service, geomatics, mining, and for mounted and in-cab solutions. Mesa Pro is ready for any environment.
To learn more, visit the Mesa Pro product page. Mesa Pro is now available and shipping to customers. Please reach out to us to learn more about pricing, customizations, and availability.
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Juniper Systems
'This is a big moment for Juniper Systems', said Darren Hellstern, Mesa Pro product manager at Juniper Systems. 'We have a long history of offering IP68 on our rugged products. A lot of time and hard work has gone into securing the rating for Mesa Pro. Achieving this rating of ingress protection against water and dust in a tablet with a fan is an engineering challenge. Our team was up for that challenge and delivered for our customers'.
Featuring 11th Generation Intel Core processors, a Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, device customization options, a large sunlight-readable display, a Juniper Rugged design, and now an IP68 rating, the Mesa Pro is the most robust rugged tablet on the market.
'Mesa Pro is a powerful laptop replacement for those who are looking for a more robust computer to fit their work needs', Hellstern said. 'Whether it is in the office or in the field, the Mesa Pro offers everything mobile workers need in a rugged computer'.
Mesa Pro joins the Mesa 3 family of 7-inch tablets as IP68-certified devices, and helps Juniper Systems achieve its mission of providing powerful rugged computing and data collection solutions to mobile field workers everywhere.
Mesa Pro is ideal for industries like construction, utility mapping, manufacturing, field service, geomatics, mining, and for mounted and in-cab solutions. Mesa Pro is ready for any environment.
To learn more, visit the Mesa Pro product page. Mesa Pro is now available and shipping to customers. Please reach out to us to learn more about pricing, customizations, and availability.
4 Comments on Mesa Pro is the World's First IP68-rated Rugged Tablet with Active Cooling
I have two guesses (since there's nothing about it on their website yet). The lame version is that they rubber-bung the vents, making it IP68 only in passive cooling modes. The awesome engineering solution is they use an external magnetic impeller, presumably on mag-lev bearings which allows the fan electronics to be sealed inside and the fan impeller and cooling fins on the outside (ie, recessed behind vent holes, but still open to air, water, and mud ingress.
Given the second screenshot, my guess is that they've gone for the lame version I mentioned earlier, since everything else about these tablets seems to be rubber-bung based.
It's little better than a bung when it gets wet - it works by the holes in the membrane being too small for water to overcome its surface tension - so when it's wet it's non-permeable to both air and water until the pressures involved are relatively high.
I'm also ignoring the restriction to airflow that a Gore-Tex layer introduces. We're not talking about a fan large enough for any significant static pressure in a tablet that's 13mm thick ;)