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Industry / Site survey, utilities, agriculture, inspection
Outdoor & Field Work
Field equipment is damaged by handling, dust and a case closed while still wet - not by the weather forecast. We describe the mechanisms we can design against instead of quoting an ingress rating we have not measured.
01 / What travels here
What moves in this sector
Field equipment goes out of a vehicle more often than out of a warehouse: survey instruments, analysers, cameras and drones, inspection gear, sampling equipment, power supplies and spare batteries. The case is carried by hand over ground, not slid across a floor.
The realistic hazards are dust at a work site, rain while walking from a vehicle, a case set down in mud or on a wet surface, heat inside a closed vehicle in summer, and repeated loading against other cases in a boot.
Note what is not on that list: immersion, and a laboratory climate test. Most field equipment never sees either, and a specification written for them costs money that would be better spent on the interior.
Case family we usually start from
- Instruments taken to site → Instrument cases
- Multi-item site kits → Equipment cases
- Heavy or bulky loads → Wheeled cases
02 / Damage mechanisms
What Actually Damages Field Equipment
We would rather describe the mechanisms we can design against than quote an ingress rating we have not measured.
| Mechanism | What it looks like on arrival | What we change in the case or insert |
|---|---|---|
| Abrasive dust in the latch and hinge | Latch stops engaging, hinge grits, lid no longer sits square | Specify latch type and count; recommend a wipe-down routine; keep dust out of the cavity with a close-fitting interior |
| Water carried in on the case skin | Wet case closed into a bag, condensation on optics | A drying step before packing matters more than a rating; we can add drain provisions where the mould allows |
| Case dropped from vehicle height while closed | Cracked corner, latch sheared, contents shifted | Corners and latch mountings are where this shows; we can reinforce at design stage if you tell us the real handling |
| Heat inside a closed vehicle | Battery swelling, adhesive softening, insert marking the device | Insert material choice is part of this; we advise on material behaviour, not on a temperature limit |
| Sand grit trapped between device and insert | Scratched housing, abraded lens | A lining layer between device and cut face, and a layout that can be shaken out |
If you need a specific ingress or temperature requirement written into a purchase order, tell us at quotation stage. We will state plainly which parts we can document and which we cannot.
03 / Photographs
Cases made for this kind of equipment
Photographs taken in our facility on actual moulded parts. We do not use stock imagery or renders, and we do not attach these photographs to a named customer.
04 / Limits of what we claim
What We Will Not Claim for Outdoor Use
We do not infer a test result from a climate. Selling into a hot or wet country is not evidence that a case has been tested there.
No IP rating, watertightness, immersion depth, UV stability, temperature range or military specification is stated for these cases. Where a mould has a gasket groove or a valve position, we describe the feature and stop there.
If your tender requires a documented ingress or temperature figure, we will say before you order whether we can supply it — not after.
05 / FAQ
Are your cases waterproof?
We do not state that. Water ingress depends on the model, the gasket, the valve, the lid closure and how it was handled before. If you need a documented figure we will tell you what evidence exists for that specific model.
Can it survive being left in a van over winter?
We can discuss material and colour behaviour, but we do not publish a temperature range we have not measured on that model.
Does the case float?
We do not claim buoyancy. It depends on the model and whether the cavity is sealed.
What is the most useful thing I can tell you?
How the case actually moves: from which vehicle, over what ground, how long it stays out, and whether it is wiped down before storage. That changes the design more than a rating would.
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