In today's era of industrial IoT, the demands for networking applications are becoming increasingly complex and diverse. Especially in some special industrial environments, such as explosion-proof and salt spray-proof scenarios, the requirements for industrial switches are much higher than those in ordinary environments. These special environments pose extremely high challenges to the reliability, safety, and stability of equipment. Therefore, customized industrial switches have emerged to better meet these special industrial networking needs.

The necessity of customized industrial switches

Customized industrial switches are designed to adapt to specific industrial environments. Due to the extreme temperature, humidity, corrosive gases, or flammable and explosive characteristics of these environments, ordinary switches are difficult to meet the requirements for long-term stable operation. Therefore, customized industrial switches use special materials and designs, such as explosion-proof enclosures, sealing and anti-corrosion technology, to ensure that the equipment can still work normally in these harsh environments.

Advantages of customized industrial switches

1. Highly adaptable: 

Customized industrial switches can be personalized according to specific customer needs, including customization in appearance, material, interface, and other aspects. This high adaptability enables the switch to better integrate into special industrial environments and improve the reliability and stability of the equipment.

2. Excellent performance: 

Customized industrial switches usually use imported industrial chips and are equipped with fanless cooling design, allowing them to work in extreme temperature environments. At the same time, they also have redundant power supply design, high anti-static protection and surge protection, which further enhance the durability and safety of the equipment.

3. High protection level: 

In order to meet the needs of special industrial environments, customized industrial switches usually have higher protection levels. For example, the IP40 rating for dust, debris, and contamination prevention, as well as vibration and shock resistance, ensures that the device can work stably in harsh environments.

4. Rich functions: 

Customized industrial switches not only have basic switching functions, but also integrate multiple protocols such as routing and security. They support multiple management methods, such as WEB, CLI, Telnet, etc., which facilitate remote management and monitoring for users. At the same time, it also supports multiple ring network protocols and VLAN division, improving the reliability and flexibility of the network.

Application scenarios of customized industrial switches

Explosion-proof environment: 

In places where flammable and explosive gases, liquids, or dust are present, such as chemical plants, petroleum refineries, and coal mines, customized explosion-proof industrial switches can ensure safe and reliable network communication. They use special explosion-proof materials and structural design to effectively prevent explosion accidents caused by sparks or high temperatures.

Salt spray environment: 

In high-humidity and high-salt spray environments such as oceans and ships, ordinary switches are susceptible to salt corrosion, resulting in equipment damage and network interruptions. The customized salt spray resistant industrial switch adopts sealed anti-corrosion materials and special processing technology, which can effectively resist salt spray corrosion and ensure long-term stable operation.

Other harsh environments: 

In harsh environments such as rail transit, smart power, intelligent transportation, and outdoor monitoring, customized industrial switches also have broad application prospects. They can adapt to high temperature, low temperature, vibration, shock and other harsh conditions to ensure stable data transmission and reliable network operation.
Customized industrial switches have become the preferred solution for meeting special industrial networking needs due to their high adaptability, excellent performance, high protection level, and rich features. In the future development of industrial Internet of Things, customized industrial switches will play an increasingly important role in providing more reliable protection for network communication in various industries.