Component Guide

Full Length Blanking Shade

The full length blanking shade provides a blanking solution for racks and cabinets that

have a large number of consecutive open rack units. When new cabinets are posi-

tioned, or when equipment is being serviced, the shade can be deployed to easily and

efciently blank out unused rack units. An impermeable fabric material coiled on a

spring roller can be deployed or retracted to accommodate the required open rack units.

The blanking shade provides an easy solution to reduce bypass air, thereby decreasing

energy costs.

Application: Suitable for a large number of consecutive rack units

because it easily adjusts as adjacent equipment is installed or removed.

The full length blanking shade prevents 51% loss of effectiveness when

utilized in a CAC environment. The investment of the FLBSIMS product

has a simple payback of 0.4 years when installed in this environment.

Selection Criteria:

• Suitable to blank out 4 RU up to 45 RU in round or cage nut style

EIA-compliant cabinet rails

• Variable oating fasteners and locator pins allow for variability in

horizontal spacing of vertical mounting rails

• Electrostatic dissipating materials with grounding capabilities reduce

the chance of corrupting the network equipment with electrical shock

Blanking Foam Strips

Panduit blanking foam strips prevent recirculated or bypass air in cabinets where

sealing of air gaps is critical to the function of network equipment. The blanking foam

strips are typically installed in CAC, HAC, or VED applications to improve efciency

of these solutions. Panduit blanking foam strips can be stacked, folded, rolled, or

manipulated in ways that allow it to seal various size openings that are not typically

lled by tool-less blanking panels or other blanking options.

Application: Suitable in preventing recirculated or bypass air in

cabinets where sealing of air gaps is critical to the function of the

network equipment. Typically installed in a CAC, HAC, or VED

application to improve the efciency of these solutions.

The blanking foam strip product prevents 8% loss of effectiveness

when utilized in a CAC environment. The investment of the

BFS100X2000 product has a simple payback of 1.0 years when

installed in this environment.

Selection Criteria:

• The 4" x 100" roll of 1/16" thick foam is perforated every 1" in width

and every 20" in length to allow for the product to be customized for

common applications without the need for scissors or other tools

• Can be stacked, folded, rolled, or manipulated in ways that allow the

product to seal various size openings