7/21/2011 12:08:38 PM
Chatsworth Products, Inc.
(CPI) is pleased to announce the introduction of a premium
innovation in thermal management technology - the KoldLok® Wave™.
The latest addition to our collection of KoldLok Raised Floor
Grommets for superior sealing in CPI Passive Cooling® environments,
the KoldLok Wave uses a wave-formed thermoplastic elastomer
material instead of a nylon-bristled brush to form a tight, durable
seal around cables entering and exiting openings in access floor
tiles of the data center.
Because unsealed cable openings in access floor environments can
allow valuable conditioned air to bypass equipment, the KoldLok
Wave is uniquely constructed of a solid, yet highly flexible,
thermoplastic material that will not break, stretch, tear or deform
- even after repeated use - to ensure your IT equipment receives
the cooling it needs to operate at a high level.
Split into two halves to create a Split Integral Grommet, the
KoldLok Wave also offers increased cable capacity. Quickly
calculate your exact amount of increased capacity using CPI's Cable Fill Tables here.
For even more protection, an optional safety cover rounds out this
brand new product offering - available individually or in 10-pack
quantities.
But updates to CPI's
enhanced thermal management accessories don't end there. We've also
made helpful changes to the 9.5mm (square-punched) and M6/#12-24
versions of our HotLok® Snap-In Filler
Panels. These include trimming the part number count from eight
to four, offering a more universal selection process on these
highly effective seal solutions, which prevent hot air
re-circulation in between filler panels at the cabinet level.
Available in packs of five or ten for both 1U and 2U heights, the
snap-in filler panels also offer the option of value-added
temperature strips for even greater thermal observation.
Of course, CPI's thermal management solutions extend well beyond
just grommets and filler panels. We offer a complete line of
thermal management accessories, including an Air Dam Kit, Airflow
Director and all-important Vertical Exhaust Duct (VED) to form a
total and true passive cooling solution throughout the data center
or equipment room. Be sure to browse our
thermal management accessories page and see how simply
efficient solutions can shore up even the most complex data center
issues. Jeff Cihocki, eContent
Specialist
7/21/2011 12:04:42 PM
For employee owners of Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI), the 20th anniversary of the company is the perfect time to look back on where we've been, where we are, and where we're going. But let's face it, the present and future are really nothing without the past, and here at CPI, our history as a company has come to define who we are - one of the leading global manufacturers providing voice, data and security products and service solutions that optimize, store and secure technology equipment.
So just what makes being an employee owner of Chatsworth Products so special? Don't take our word for it! Let's hear what CPI employees around the world have to say...
"In the beginning, we were a small company, but we had LOTS of pride. We worked hard to support each other - our quality was excellent, and when we opened the New Bern, NC facility in 1993, that's when we truly became a national company. I look back on our growth with an immense amount of pride, knowing that our culture comes from our core values." - Bill Crockett, Senior Vice President (retired) & Board Member, Westlake Village, CA - 20 years
"I remember when our catalog was really nothing more than anold note book, 20 pages long! That was when we only made racks and trays, but boy did we work hard. When a big order came in, everyone pitched in on the production floor to make it happen - even on Saturdays!" -Terry L. Tyndall, Customer Service Administrative Assistant, New Bern, NC - 15years
"This is the first organization I've worked for that truly cares about all of its dedicated, hard-working employees. I've learned a lot and continue to learn more every day. There's no stopping our success!" - Victor Rubio, Material ControlSpecialist/Jr. Buyer Planner, Chatsworth, CA - 4 years
Then and now. While we've made some changes over the years, it's still on the inside what counts: quality.
"I started in 1985, when CPI was still CPI/Harris Dracon. Many job titles over the years, including customer service, regional sales manager, product manager and director of custom engineering. CPI invented the 5/8, 5/8 ½ hole pattern modifying the old 1 ¼, ½ Telco pattern and we were one of the first to offer switching on keyboard and video, not to mention pioneering vertical cable managers with fingers at RMU spacing. It's amazing how fast the time goes, along with all the changes in the industry." - Dennis VanLith, Director of Custom & Sustaining Engineering, Georgetown, TX - 20 years
"What an honor it's been to have the opportunity to open the first international CPI location and develop the business in the Latin American region. It's great to be a part of this CPI family and work for a company where the most important part is the people." -Alfonso Santos, International Area Sales Director, Latin America - Mexico City - 11 years
"I've been honored to be a part of CPI's 20-year celebration. You can't ask for a better work environment, where all of the employee owners are willing to go the extra mile to keep our customers happy and to grow the company." - Paula Stem, Director of Customer Service, New Bern, NC - 15 years
"They say time flies and rightly so! Three years have passed since I joined the CPI family to look after the Middle East region. We've come a long way and it's certainly a special feeling to be apart of this 20th anniversary celebration. Looking forward to being a part of the 50th anniversary too!"- Sundeep Raina, International Regional Sales Manager, Middle East - 3 years
"For me, CPI's employee ownership structure means a real culture of cooperation. There's a genuine undercurrent of support, urgency and willingness to jump in and help overcome obstacles as a team." -Todd Heany, International Area SalesDirector, Asia Pacific - 1 year
From just racks & trays to multi-faceted high-tech displays, we've come a long way!
"I knew from day one that working at CPI would be totally different from any other place I had worked. The atmosphere is warm and inviting. I've made many close friends and I'm happy to say CPI is truly my second family. The words 'teamwork, caring and commitment' ring true." - Denise Bonicelli, Customer Service Supervisor, New Bern, NC - 15 years
"Having been with CPI for over 4 years, I can proudly say this is a great organization. Everyone works together, finds ways to make things happen and keep our customers happy - it really is all about teamwork!" - Stewart Munns, International Area Sales Director, Canada - 4 years
"How time flies. I think back over the years and it's amazing how far CPI has come after 20 years. One thing will hold true - that yesterday, today and tomorrow, we will be an organization that takes pride in our products and does our best to delight the customer. The business partnerships and friendships that I've established are what I cherish the most." - Jeff Steen, Area Vice President - Corporate Strategic Accounts, Remote, 16 years
"With this being the first ESOP company I've worked for, I've truly enjoyed the benefits of this unique structure, especially being able to watch our monthly owners meeting and have visibility to the financial side of our business. The openness within CPI really enhances the spirit within all of us." - Ian Cathcart, Technical Support Manager, Europe - 3 years Jeff Cihocki, eContent Specialist
7/21/2011 11:55:25 AM
When it comes to having a true pioneer spirit, there are few who would argue that the State of Montana isn't afraid to seize a golden opportunity. And in a state where more millionaires lived (per capita) than any other city in the world at the turn of the 20th century, Helena, Montana is now home to a whole new kind of goldmine - that of the first-ever United States data center to utilize the innovative data center cooling technique known as KyotoCooling®.
To highlight this groundbreaking achievement (not to mention the downright amazing cost savings!), Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) is proud to extend this personal invitation to join the State of Montana as they host the first-ever U.S.KyotoCooling Conference this October 25-26, 2011 at the Red Lion Colonial Hotel in Helena.
Not only will attendees have the chance to meet and speak with the team responsible for implementing this impressive thermal cooling solution, you'll be able to tour the data center site, engage in expert presentations by industry experts such as Robert "Dr. Bob" Sullivan, Ian Seaton and Mees Lodder, witness the highly efficient KyotoCooling energy recovery wheel in action, and see (and feel!) for yourself how the State of Montana is now enjoying "cooling-only" PUEs of less than 1.1!
Better still, while being supported by CPI Passive Cooling® Solutions and infrastructure storage, this one-of-a-kind data center is now the benchmark for similar data center sites in the U.S. turning to this proven thermal cooling solution, including the Bend Broadband facility in nearby Bend, Oregon, which just recently received the prestigious Tier IIIcertification from the Uptime Institute - thanks in large part to KyotoCooling supported by CPI's hot air isolation.
Having toured the facility in Montana ourselves, there's certainly a wealth of key information and insights yet to share. How did the state decide on using a thermal solution which first made its mark in Europe? Just why is passive cooling the perfect complement to this kind of energy recovery wheel technique? And how has the State of Montana fulfilled their internal energy efficiency goals thanks to this new data center? We'll be covering all this and more in the weeks and months leading up to the big event - but trust us, there's no substitute for seeing this installation in person - on us!
For information on how to attend this complimentary event (that includes site visit, presentations and an evening dinner and entertainment combo), be sure to visit the CPI KyotoCooling Conference registration page. While you're there, check out a special video invitation from Mike Boyer, the Enterprise System Project Manager (DOA/SITSD) for the State of Montana. We look forward to seeing you in Helena! Jeff Cihocki, eContent Specialist
7/21/2011 11:54:19 AM
Twenty years ago
today, 44 employees banded together to form a 100% employee-owned
company called Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI). Today, CPI has
grown to staff hundreds, extend our presence worldwide and enjoy
over 1,000% sales growth since inception.
So how did CPI become one of the leading global manufacturers
providing voice, data and security products and service solutions that optimize, store and secure
technology equipment? When the Chatsworth Operation of the Dracon
Division faced divestiture, 44 employees purchased the company,
adopted an Employee Stock
Ownership Plan (ESOP), and made a commitment
to being a company of the highest quality in every aspect of
business: Quality Products, Quality Services and Quality
People.
Thanks to this ESOP structure, all employees of CPI
become beneficial owners. This motivates each and every CPI
employee to think and act like an owner, creating a strong desire
to attain our core purpose: delighting the customer.
And just how well did CPI adapt to employee ownership and the
ESOP structure? Only two years after inception, the California
Chapter of the ESOP Association recognized us as the ESOP Company
of the Year - a prestigious honor we took home a second time in
2008.
Yet CPI's success isn't merely measured in accolades and
anniversary celebrations, it's fostered in the trust, reliability
and satisfaction of the customers, contractors and colleagues we
serve each and every day.
In addition to our U.S. operations in California, North Carolina
and Texas, CPI is now represented with dedicated office staff in
Mexico City, Mexico, Buckinghamshire, England, Shanghai, China and
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
As CPI prepares to enter its third decade as an ESOP company,
employees reflect with a sense of gratitude and pride at the
success and growth that has been experienced during our first two
decades. CPI's pride of ownership and mutual trust and respect felt
for one another is reflected in the company's motto: We're All in
This Together.
And on June 24, 2011, we certainly were - with a special
luncheon celebrated company-wide to recognize and reflect on all
the achievements and successes of CPI over the past 20 years.
Later in the week, be sure to look for a special article from
CPI that will give many of our employee owners a chance to share
what the 20-year anniversary means to them. Stay tuned! Jeff Cihocki, eContent Specialist
7/21/2011 11:39:21 AM
Founded
in 1913, the National Safety Council (NSC) has long been
championing the role that safety plays in our daily lives. In the
workplace, on the highways, in the home and everywhere in between,
the NSC's commitment to safety awareness is highlighted during the
month of June, officially recognized as National Safety Month.
Of course, while the NSC strives to represent safety and
accident prevention both in the home and office, Chatsworth
Products, Inc. (CPI) is especially committed to year-round safety
at all three of our major plant operations across the United
States, as well as our offices across the world.
In
this regard, CPI's commitment to safety is an expert mix of written
policies, incident investigation and constant safety auditing to
ensure the well being of our employees is priority number one. To
achieve this goal, CPI's Environmental, Health and Safety Manager,
Craig Tobin, focuses on these key areas:
- Involvement - through CPI safety committee
membership, safety buddies (Georgetown, TX location), safety idea
submissions, first-aid first responders
- Incentive and Recognition - safety SMART
goals, monthly recognition at owners meetings, safety BINGO, a
variety of safety campaigns, including "Put the Freeze on
Accidents" and "Safety Derby"
- Training - satisfying federal requirements
while keeping safety skills fresh. Includes safety huddles,
respirator/forklift/electrical/bloodborne pathogen/lock-out
equipment training, and APT-grams (summary findings and
preventative measures of incidents).
Naturally, CPI's safety program is only as strong as the
effort put forth by our employee owners, which is why we're
especially proud of one of our more recent safety initiatives,
the 144ft2/360º standard. In this
instance, every CPI employee owner, whether on the manufacturing
floor or behind a desk, is tasked with maintaining a safe work
environment in a 144ft2 radius by a full 360º spectrum -
wherever they move to throughout the day.
This comprehensive plan ensures that employee owners are not
only mindful of the safety precautions in our immediate vicinity,
but looking out for each other on a round-the-clock basis.
As we continue to celebrate June as National Safety Month, all
of us here at CPI are proud to carry on the hard work and best
practices every single day! Jeff Cihocki,
eContent Specialist and Craig Tobin, Environmental, Health and
Safety Manager.
7/21/2011 11:33:58 AM
With a membership of more than 80,000 licensed
architects and associated professionals, the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) is the nation's leading professional organization on the
education, government advocacy, community redevelopment and public
outreach of the architecture industry.
Its esteemed reputation within the design, consultation and
engineering industries also positions the AIA as an important
element in many new and existing data center installations and
upgrades, more often known to the IT industry as the ACE community
- architects, consultants, engineers.
That's why Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) is thrilled to
announce that we are
now an Approved AIA Continuing Education Systems (CES)
Provider for all members wishing to establish and
maintain state licensure and certification by earning Learning
Units (LU) throughout each calendar year.
As an official AIA CES Provider, Chatsworth Products can now
offer two separate courses (one LU each) for members of the AIA
community wishing to attend CPI technical seminars. The two course
we'll be offering are:
- The Economics of Air Flow Management in the Data Center (Course
#AIACPI61101A)
- Which Data Center Economizer is Best for You? (Course
#A1ACPI61102A)
For AIA members needing to fulfill their annual 18 LU
requirement for the year, these new CPI courses not only offer
professional development, they provide architects the opportunity
to learn more about one of the
fastest growing and most rewarding career tracks on the market
today - data center design an construction.
Earn Credits at a Complimentary Seminar
7/21/2011 11:33:07 AM
Judging by the triple-digit temperatures recorded recently out
of our Georgetown, Texas plant, you'd be hard-pressed to imagine
the official start of summer is still a week or so away. But sure
enough, all around the country, things are heating up - and when
things heat up, fan use kicks into high gear.
Of course, here in the data center world, we aren't talking
about your usual fan box propped up in a brownstone window - we're
talking server fans, industrial sized CRACs, CRAHs and every other
kind of swirling, whirling apparatus designed to keep our data
processing at a comfortable temperature - even as the outside world
bakes and broils.
To that end,
fan affinity laws can provide a simple yet effective way to
help reduce power consumption in the data center when it comes to
the operating set points of your cooling equipment. Take this
explanation into consideration:
If you have a data center that needs 10,000 CFM of cooling, you
might have an air conditioner that provides 10,000 CFM at 100
percent load, and another one just like it turned off for
redundancy. The fan affinity law here essentially operates like the
cube effect - instead of running one A/C at 100 percent capacity,
you could run them both at 50 percent load. This means that you'd
still have the necessary 10,000 CFM with each A/C providing 5,000
CFM. Logically, it would seem that running one at 50% would reduce
the energy in half, right? That's where the fan affinity law comes
further into play. Instead of X .5, it becomes .5 X .5 X .5 = .125
or 1/8. So with each running at 50 percent load, instead of using
50 percent of the energy, we're only using 25 percent of the energy
it takes to run one A/C at full capacity! For you math
enthusiasts out there, it breaks down like this:
(Q1/Q2) =
(N1/N2)3 whereas
(P1/P2) =
(N1/N2)3
Get it? Got it. Good!
When you realize that most traditional data centers may be over
provisioned for two to three times normal demand, fan affinity laws
begin to look like an awfully attractive solution - especially when
you couple this idea with
CPI's Passive Cooling® Solutions. With passive cooling, you
only need to provide what your demand is 1X. So while there's
always savings to be had, with fan affinity laws working hand in
hand with passive cooling, there is considerably more efficiency
taking place - possibly resulting in paying as little as 25% of 1/3
of what your current A/C costs are!
We'd say savings like that go a long way towards making summer
extra cool. Jeff Cihocki, eContent Specialist
and Fernando Reyna, RCDD & Senior Technical Support
Specialist