Industrial Automation Magazine India

Southco refreshes successful hood latch with new ultra-thin design

Published on : Friday 17-07-2020

Pune, July, 2020 – Southco has refreshed its successful line of hood latches to accommodate the space limitations of next-generation servers and data centres.

The new and improved HH Hood Latch features a thin profile, maintaining robust performance with a form factor of just eight millimetres. The redesigned latch features an easy-to-use pop-up handle for intuitive operation. Southco’s HH Hood Latch meets the requirements of limited-space applications for the Data Centre and Telecom industries, such as new designs featuring added hard disks and expansion slots. The HH Hood Latch offers a dual engagement hole mounting design, allowing for convenient installation with pin allocation at either location. Additionally, the appearance of the HH Hood Latch can be customised, allowing customers to choose complementary colours that match their overall equipment design. Global Product Manager Ike Teng adds, “The redesigned HH Hood Latch extends the versatility of one of Southco’s most successful products. The new and improved latch features a thin, low profile deign that is ideal for servers and data centres requiring simple operation in constrained spaces.”

Southco Inc., is the leading global designer and manufacturer of engineered access solutions. From quality and performance to aesthetics and ergonomics, it understands that first impressions are lasting impressions in product design. For over 70 years, Southco has helped the world’s most recognised brands create value for their customers with innovative access solutions designed to enhance the touch points of their products in transportation and industrial applications, medical equipment, data centres and more. With unrivalled engineering resources, innovative products and a dedicated global team, Southco delivers the broadest portfolio of premium access solutions available to equipment designers throughout the world. For more information about Southco’s complete line of AV Display Mounts and Arms: [email protected]