Industrial switches feature rugged enclosures with IP-rated protection against dust and water. They support wide operating temperatures and resist shock, vibration, and electromagnetic interference. With more and more outdoor applications, Ethernet switches are going to the extreme and need to operate in either high heat or frigid cold temperatures. From scorching roadside cabinets to sun-baked control rooms and plant floors, devices are pushed to their limits. That's why Comnet engineers its switches to go beyond commercial-grade performance and operate where. In the driverless mining truck dispatch system at an open-pit coal mine in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, during summer when surface temperatures reached 65°C, ordinary switches frequently crashed due to overheating, causing five mining trucks to lose navigation control.
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