Phantom Military Grade Series, Rugged Displays for Highly Demanding Military Environments and Mission Critical Applications

Posted on October 26, 2011 by admin

Click here to view more of Vartech's Sunlight Readable technology in actionVarTech’s Phantom Series is an extremely rugged display for highly demanding military environments and mission critical applications. These displays are designed to operate in extreme environmental conditions because of their lightweight design, power efficiency and durable structures. This series offers an ideal solution for battlefield management, fire control, driver’s view enhancement, reconnaissance, local situational awareness inside today’s rugged vehicles, airborne applications, and ship board (submarine and surface warship) consoles. It’s ideally suited for environments where sun, moisture, dust, salt and sea fog create challenges for standard displays.

The Phantom Military Grade Series Display is available in the VT170RX2 (17″) and the VT190RX2 (19″) model. Both of these harsh-duty models boast SXGA (1280 x 1024) resolution LCD and protection to NEMA 4 standards (IP65) which are designed to be placed in a variety of harsh environments requiring protection at the frontal bezel from the intrusion of dust, rain, splashing water or ice formation as well as reliable defenses against excessive shock, vibration and EMI/EMC interference. With proven advanced optical display technology and rugged design engineering, VarTech’s innovative display concepts make the VT170RX2 and the VT190RX2 the most trusted mission-critical displays for today’s rugged vehicles, airborne applications, and ship board (submarine and surface warship) consoles.

Standard Features:

  • Bright Active Matrix TFT Display
  • SXGA (1280 x 1024) Resolution
  • A multitude of Video Inputs: HD15(F), DVI-D Pin, Composite BNC, Mini Din (S-video)
  • Optically Bonded Anti-Reflective Protective Window (or touch screen) which boosts durability and contrast for at-a-glance readability
  • High Contrast Ratio & Definition, Outstanding Vivid Color & Image Quality
  • Wide Viewing Angles
  • Machined NEMA 4 (IP65) Rated, Black Powder Coated, Very Rugged Aluminum Gasket Sealed Front Bezel
  • Black Powder-Coated Aluminum Rear Enclosure
  • Wide Color Gamut
  • 16.8 million colors
  • Energy Efficient, Low Power Consumption
  • High Situational and Environmental Performance and Reliability for the most Demanding Military Applications
  • Wide Operational Temperature Range, -20°C to +55°C (32°F to +131°F)(optional extended temperature ranges available)
  • RoHS Compliant
  • Engineered and Manufactured by VarTech Systems, an ISO 9001 Registered Company
  • Engineered, Fabricated and Assembled in the USA Made in America
  • Two (2) Year Warranty
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    Optional Features Include: 

  • Standard: 9-36VDC, or optional 90-264V AC Power
  • 2, 3 or 4 Composite BNC Inputs with on-command image selection
  • Avionics Optical Bonding for Airborne Applications
  • Touch Screen: Capacitive, Resistive Touch, or Armor Touch
  • Extended Operational Temperature Range down to -40°C (-40°F)
  • EMI Protection per MIL-STD-461E
  • Private Label for OEM/VAR Applications
  • Sunlight Readability Technology (coming soon)
  • Night Vision NVIS (Coming Soon)
  • Impact Resistant Protective Windows
  • Custom Designs based on Customer’s Exact Needs
  • Dual VGA

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Legacy CRT migration to LCD Technology; VarTech Systems’ RETROFIT Program

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

Although the LCD market has superseded Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology, there are still a large number of processes and applications that utilize CRTs as the main means of display and communication between the operator of machinery and the process. But CRTs are extremely heavy, occupy large volumes and consume relatively large amounts of electricity. Additionally, original CRT manufacturers have migrated production to current technology LCDs. So, locating available usable CRTs has proved to be very difficult if not impossible.

With many industrial/medical/military applications, these CRT monitors are embedded in the equipment they supervise and/or control which makes upgrade difficult and sometimes impossible. Their unique shape, screen size, mechanical format and communication interface can be vastly different than current LCD technology models. More often than not, substantial modifications to the customer’s host equipment are needed which can be costly, inefficient or even impossible. Another distinct problem lies in communication between the much older host equipment and the new LCD display. Typically, current LCD communication protocol will not interface with the host equipment which might be 10-30 years old.

Companies utilizing CRT-based operator stations be that from the CNC machines, Numeric Control Machines, Medical equipment, PLC or DCS based operator stations/panels now have access to a better, more cost effective alternative. By special development of our own Signal Recognition and Scaling software, and access to an extensive library of older signal timings gained from 25 plus years of CRT monitor manufacturing, VarTech has created Multiscan “Universal” LCD technology with unique 15kHz to 64kHz display capabilities. We have the unique ability to “Retrofit” all new VarTech electronics as well as a new Flat Panel LCD into your existing chassis. This eliminates any concerns regarding mounting into your operator equipment and as well provides reliable communication between the new LCD and your older video format.

VarTech can retrofit most models including:
A & Y, ABB, ACGC, ALLEN-BRADLEY, ANILAM, ASCHENBRENNER, BALL, Beaver, Boley, Boko, BOSCH, Bridgeport, BROTHER, CABEL, Cardinal, Chiron, CHOMUSEN, CINCINNATI. Colchester, COMPUTRON, Daewoo, Dainichi, DECKEL, EMAG, EMCO, ESA, ETC, EWAG, FADAL, FAGOR, FORMENTI, GE, Gildemeister, Gnutti, GRUNDIG, Hass, HANTAREX, Hardinge, Heckert, HEIDENHAIN, Heidelberg, Herbert, HITACHI, Hitachi-Seiki, Hurco, INELCO, Jones & Shipman, KIA, Kitagawa, K.M.E., KORTEK, KTM, L.G., MAGNATEK, Maho, MATSUSHITA, MATSUURA, Mazak, MELDAS, MHP, MITSUBISHI, Mitsui Seiki, Monarch, Mori-Seki, MOTOROLA, MVB, Nakamura Tome, NOKIA, NUM, ONA, Okuma, PHILIPS, PLASMA, POLARTECH, Puma, Sabre, SAMPO, SAMSUNG, SEICOS, SELTI, SHARP, SIEMENS, SONY, Takisawa, Toyoda, Victor, TRAUB, TOSHIBA, TOTOKU, UNIPO, VDS, WALTER, Webster & Bennett, Wickman, YASNAC, YASKAWA, Yoshida, and many more. Call for more details.

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Sunlight Readable Industrial Panel PCs

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

VarTech’s small and compact, sunlight readable touch screen computers are designed to take a beating. Specifically engineered to combat against harsh industrial environments these HMI systems are ideal for process automation on the factory floor, food processing, pharmaceutical and many, many other applications.

Our High Bright NEMA 4 (IP65) rated Touchscreen Panel Computer is designed to be placed in a variety of industrial and process control environments requiring protection at the frontal bezel from the intrusion of dust and/or splashing water and satisfies a wide variety of industrial control and man-machine interface applications. Equipped with a milled all aluminum, black powder-coated, beveled frontal bezel.

VarTech’s NEMA 4X (IP66) rated touchscreen panel pc is designed to be placed in a variety of industrial, food processing or other process control environments requiring extra protection at the frontal bezel from extensive corrosive environments where the intrusion of dust, rain, hose directed water, applications where corrosive materials (for example saltwater) and caustic cleaners are used, sanitary poultry processing facilities (where total wash-down with disinfectants occur repeatedly), petro-chemical refineries and offshore drilling platforms for oil and natural gas. Equipped with a 316 stainless steel, gasket sealed, beveled frontal bezel.

These PanelPc’s are powered by Intel’s Powerful T4500 2.30 GHz 800MHz FSB Dual Core Processor with 2 GB of memory. Fanless models include Intel’s ATOM Z530 1.6GHz processor and are integrated with 1GB of memory. For more details, options and specifications please visit VarTech’s Sunlight Readable Panel PC section of our website.

Other features include: Watchdog Timer, storage (Supports 1 x 2.5″ SATA HDD drive bay and Supports 1 x CompactFlash™), Windows XPE (optional OS available), bright active matrix 650 nits “industrial-grade” LCD, plus much, much more.

For More infomation on VarTech’s Panel Mount Touch Screen computers Please Visit: NEMA 4 and NEMA 4X (IP66) Panel PC Computers / Industrial Grade All-in-One Computer Systems

For a price quote or for more information, please speak to a representative by completing the contact form at http://www.vartechsystems.com/contact or call 1-800-223-8050 (USA / Canada) or 001 225 298 0300 (International).

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VarTech Systems Announces the release of our latest Sunlight Readable Industrial Widescreen LCD Display

Posted on May 12, 2011 by admin

May 12, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Vartech Systems Inc. continues to lead the way throughout the Industrial LCD Monitor market by announcing the VT320VHB 32″ Industrial Widescreen Sunlight Readable Outdoor LCD Display. This ultra rugged All-Weather High Bright Outdoor Display is designed for applications such as digital signage, walkway advertising and kiosks where the rigors of harsh weather conditions exist. The VT320VHB is a NEMA 4 (IP65) rated, High Luminance Enhanced display that is optically bonded with VarTech’s VBOND Technology for improved Sunlight Display Performance and contrast enhancing benefits. This unit is also equipped with AR treated Laminated 6mm Impact Resistant Glass. The VT320VHB can be either ceiling or wall mounted using portrait or landscape orientated applications.

For More Information on VarTech’s Industrial Large Widescreen Products Please Visit: http://www.vartechsystems.com/products or contact one of our display specialist at:
1-800-223-8050.

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VarTech Systems Inc. New Product Brochures now available for download!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by admin

Here at VarTech Systems Inc., ISO 9001:2008 Certified, we have recently made several improvements to our online presence. Among these changes is our newly redesigned product brochures which have been updated with the lastest information about the exceptional products we offer to help better serve our customers.  To view our product brochures, please visit our website HERE.

VarTech is a worldwide leader of heavy duty rugged industrial and marine/military grade LCD flat panel computer monitors, computer systems and workstations.  Our exceptional quality and highly engineered products have earned us a place in virtually every industrial sector and a wide variety of applications including factory floor and control room operations, ships bridge and submarine sonar, aircraft cockpit and armored vehicles, and Petrochemical/Oil/Gas Communities to name a few.

For additional information about VarTech’s Industrial, Military and Marine Grade Displays and Computer Systems, please visit us online at www.vartechsystems.com or contact one of our display specialists toll free at 1-800-223-8050. For International inquires, please call 001.225.298.0300.

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Understanding The Application

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Mark Frakes

Your company has a new project slated for the next quarter, year, or just on the drawing board and you have been asked to find suitable products for the upcoming project. A couple of the items needed are touch screen monitors and industrial computers. After numerous hours, or even days of searching through trade journals, catalogs, and of course the Internet, you have found a couple of industrial LCD monitor and touch computer manufacturers that you want to get information and pricing from.

What’s next? You did it! You clicked the request for quote or contact us for more info button. Now what happens? Do you get an email explaining all the features and benefits to the product you selected and how it will magically make all of your problems disappear forever? No, you typically wait, and wait. Until finally you get an email with a price and brochure.  Is the correspondence in a language you understand? Hard to tell nowadays with most LCD/computer companies building their products overseas.

Okay, so this might not be the case all the time, but the real question is; did you get what you were looking for? Does the website and/or person representing it know and understand your application? There are a lot of variables that affect the design and performance of systems and being able to communicate with potential vendors about these is pertinent in specifying the correct equipment. Take a look at the following examples to see the importance of communicating with a company that understands your application.

Example 1: Upgrading Honeywell Consoles (LCD or CRT)

Although this seems like a very cut and dry upgrade these process control systems are not simple plug and play units. Beyond the mechanical fit and finish there are special graphics cards that are unique to these systems and dropping in a display from your local electronics store just doesn’t work. It is important to work with a company like VarTech Systems that is familiar with these units and can guide you in your decision to upgrade.

Example 2: Ethylene Cracking Unit Benzene Analyzer

In your facility it has been recommended that a benzene analyzer for the ethylene distillation process be put in place in the production area. Normally this type of analytical information is reviewed in the control room but as a safeguard there needs to be visual data onsite as well. You have all the equipment necessary to capture and analyze the data but now the operators need to review and ensure the levels are where they need to be. Obviously you don’t install a desktop computer out here so what do you place in this environment? You will need a hazardous area approved LCD or Touchscreen PC. This is a bit different than changing out a monitor in a controlled environment as there is a serious safety concern here. By contacting a company like VarTech Systems the personnel will gather the necessary information about your site and installation to ensure the proper equipment is quoted. This will ensure that your company is not searching for these type of monitors/computers and uncertain as to whether or not it will even be approved for use in this project.

As you can see by these two examples that when selecting industrial LCD monitors, touch screens computers, workstations, or even upgrading the old CRT monitors it is imperative that you and your company communicate with a company that understands the application. Please call VarTech Systems at 800.223.8050 to discuss your next project.

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VarTech Systems Announces Generation 2 Series of its popular 17″ and 19″ Rugged Industrial LCD Display Systems

Posted on September 21, 2010 by admin

As the industry’s leading manufacturer of industrial grade LCD display systems, VarTech Systems Inc. continues to work diligently to keep ahead of its clients’ high demands for quality built, rugged, industrial flat panel computer monitors.

As technological innovation impatiently drives forward for newer, more advanced products, VarTech Systems meets these demands with its next generation of rugged 17″ and 19″ LCD display systems. Available mechanical configurations include: NEMA 4 (IP65) Panel Mount, NEMA 4X (IP66) Panel Mount, RETMA Rack Mount, 100mm VESA Mount, and Open-Frame Chassis.

These advanced HMI systems are designed to be placed in a variety of industrial and process control environments requiring varying degrees of environmental protection, from the intrusion of dust and/or splashing water to hose-directed wash-downs. Both LCD sizes feature a 4:3 aspect ratio, SXGA (1280 x 1024) resolution, wide viewing angles, high contrast ratios, auto-sync compatibilities with various VESA video standards, optional touch screen technology, and a multitude of computer and video input types.

Engineered for long-life, these products satisfy a wide variety of industrial control and man-machine interface applications. Designed with 16-guage, thermoset black powder-coated, T6 6061 aluminum housings, each model offers unique frontal features to combat various environmental application requirements. The NEMA 4X (IP66) models are integrated with a heavy-duty, type 316 Stainless Steel, dual beveled frontal bezel with each area gasket-sealed with a one-piece design of high quality, closed cell sealing gland.

For More Information on VarTech’s Generation 2 DiamondVue models Please Visit: http://www.vartechsystems.com/products/nema-4-lcd-flat-panels-monitors.asp

For a price quote or for more information, please speak to a representative by completing the contact form at http://www.vartechsystems.com/contacts/ or call 1-800-223-8050.

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IP67 LCD, but why the alligator?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Mark Frakes

VarTech All-Weather All-Terrain LCD Monitor

VarTech Systems has been promoting the IP67 All-Weather All-Terrain Rugged LCD monitors for the past few years with an alligator as the “mascot”. On more than one occasion I have been asked the semblance of alligator and how it pertains to LCD displays. I would like to let everyone know why we use this creature as the “mascot” for VarTech’s flagship product.

  • The alligator is known as a “Living Fossil”, having survived hundreds of millions of years on earth. This survivability relates to VarTech’s commitment for a long life product line. Although we don’t guarantee 200 million years, the XA series of products also come with a 2 year standard warranty and are designed to last many years beyond that.
  • The American Alligator is capable of both land and water living. This aquatic habitat requires that the gators be submersed under water sometimes for several hours. The IP67 rating of the VarTech All-Weather monitors allows the monitors be submersed in up to 1 meter of water as well.
  • The gators thick skin and protected eyes allows the animal to be protected against virtually all the elements. The same goes for the XA monitors; these displays are encased in a rugged T6 6061 aluminum enclosure and powder coated for extra protection. The protective front overlay helps prevent any damage to the LCD module.
  • Another unique feature of the alligator is its ability to sit in the sun for hours on end.  This brings me to a very important aspect of the All-Weather monitors and that is the sunlight view ability. The XA series monitors are designed to maintain optimal visual characteristics in the brightest of conditions. In addition to the brightness comes the ability to continue operations with the increased heat load.

I hope this helps explain the reasoning behind our using the alligator as our “mascot”. If not; well, then we just used a cool picture!

Visit www.vartechsystems.com to learn more about the All-Weather All-Terrain LCD monitors.

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CITATION X shows us that even the best can be improved upon

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Mark Frakes

When picking up this months edition of FLYING magazine I couldn’t help but notice the CITATION X filling the entire cover.  Now I am not a pilot nor do I travel extensively but I really enjoy looking at these cool planes. Obviously I have heard of the CITATION X as being the worlds fastest civilian plane, so what could Cessna do to improve upon that amazing aircraft? Well, it had to do with distance. At .92mach speed it is great to get where you’re going, fast, but what if you have to refuel? Cessna has incorporated winglets at the wings tip to add up to 400 miles of range to the already 3,000 mile distance. Of course there is a lot more going on than what is mentoined but still that is almost 15% gain on distance. Even when something is as good as the CITATION X there is always room for improvement.

Well, here at VarTech Systems we are not aeronautical engineers but we do have teams of engineers working to improve our products. In the past many of the changes were internal component differences and optical enhancements; most of the time you couldn’t see that change physically. But that has changed as of recent, VarTech has recently released the Gen 2 series of our DiamondVue industrial LCD monitors. There are very apparent changes that you will be able to notice right out of the box and I want to share with you a few of them.

  • New and Improved Rugged Milled and Machined 6061 T6 aluminum front bezels
  • New controller board with BNC (Composite), DVI, S-Video and VGA on each product
  • Better OSD menu pad
  • Rear chassis powder coat aluminum

In addition to these external differences the LCD modules we use are the “top-of-the-line” harsh duty cells which lend to our customers requirement for rugged monitors. These new panels have higher image definition, contrast ratios and overall viewing envelopes. All of this while maintaining our industry leading flexible mounting options. For the panel mount displays the mounting pattern has not changed, adding to VarTech’s committment for their customers need for a consistent product line. This will make upgrades to this new series a very quick and simple installation.

Please visit www.vartechsystems.com to learn more about the DiamondVue series industrial LCD monitors and how they can be used in your next project.

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Why W I D E ?

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Mark Frakes

In VarTech’s August newsletter we introduce a 24″ 16:9 widescreen industrial LCD monitor. Click Here for newsletter. By now most everyone is familiar with LCD televisions that are in the widescreen format. The advent of HDTV and the 16:9 aspect ratio opened movie viewers eyes to the content the director intended for us to see. Remember when you would play a VHS tape and at the beginning of the film there was the statement, “This movie has been formatted to fit your TV.”? That is because the movie was filmed in widescreen format. We had been missing out on extra footage that was there for us to enjoy. Now we just take widescreens for granted as part of our everyday life.

 For years now computer monitors have moved from traditional 4:3 ratio to the wide,16:9/10, ratios. Due to the shift in screen layout software companies began creating their products in these formats as well. When a designer is laying out the user interface for industrial automation they are doing so in a wide aspect ratio and with a higher resolution, because the monitor and software allow that. After they finish laying out it is time to save and for the most part at a 4:3 aspect ratio with lower resolutions to conform to the smaller LCD sizes and format. Since the program is designed in the widescreen layout it will be simple to display on 16:9 widescreen industrial LCD monitor without modifying the view to 4:3.  That is why it is important to consider using large WIDE screens in your industrial automation and other visualization LCD products. So if you want to display more data and have room for the larger screen sizes, consider going WIDE with the VarTech Systems industrial large screen monitors. You can see what the designer wanted you too, kind of like how the director intended us to see his movie. In the end you just get more when you go wide.

VarTech’s 24″ Widescreen Panel Mount Industrial LCD monitor

Widescreen Industrial LCD monitor

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