TRADE FAIR 2021
The 23rd Hi-Tech Fair ran from 17 to 21 November 2021 at the Futian convention centre in Shenzhen, with our bench in Hall 1 at booth 1A01 for five days.
What a fair hall can and cannot tell you
A fair is good for three things: seeing a housing at arm length, comparing two panel sizes side by side, and asking a supplier a question they did not prepare an answer for. It is poor for anything that needs a bench, a power supply and a day of testing. Knowing which is which saves a wasted trip.
Five checks to make at any panel booth
◆ Ask to see the rear of the unit, not the front. The I/O bay decides whether the cable route works in your cabinet.
◆ Ask for the cut-out drawing, then compare it with the one your fabricator already has.
◆ Ask how the front gasket is built and ask for the IP rating in writing, not on a slide.
◆ Ask what the unit weighs with the bracket, because a wall or a door has a limit.
◆ Ask which parts are standard and which change for an OEM order.
What our bench carried in 2021
Industrial panel PCs from 10.1 to 32 inch with capacitive touch, embedded box PCs for cabinet mounting, Android all-in-one panels for signage and meeting rooms, industrial tablet models for field use, and retail pos hardware with matched printer and cash drawer. Buyers moving from an older 15 inch panel to a 15.6 inch unit asked the same question all week: does the cut-out change. On most of our models it does not, but it has to be checked model by model.
Before you travel
Book the meeting, bring the drawing and bring the counter or cabinet dimensions. A fit question takes two minutes with a drawing and cannot be answered without one. If a trip is not possible, ask for the same walk-through on a video call with the unit powered on.
Check the range
The models discussed here are listed in our collections, from industrial panel PCs and kiosk hardware to retail pos hardware, with port maps and panel sizes on each product page.
◆ industrial panel PCs
◆ embedded box PCs
◆ POS terminals
If you need a drawing or a port list for a specific model, send the requirement and we will reply with the document rather than a brochure.
