Cold storage & freezer rooms
Cold rooms at −18 to −25°C, or food-prep rooms at 2–8°C. Operators wear thick gloves and work with wet hands. Every time the cold-room door opens, humid outside air rushes in and condenses into water on every cold surface — including inside the machine.
Panel PC Usable with gloves on · 8 series · 137 models
Industrial computer Runs the warehouse, no screen · 17 series · 45 models A touchscreen right in the cold room or prep room: operators in thick gloves work directly on the screen, and the machine’s surface gets washed down constantly. The touch technology is the deciding criterion — pick the wrong one and the machine becomes a display you can only look at.
8 Panel PC series meet all the conditions
That is 137 specific configurations. Open a series to pick screen size and CPU.
Which machine on this list fits your installation best? Leave your number — an engineer will pick for you and quote the complete set.
We only use this number to answer your request.
Where people get caught out
Things the filter above does NOT catch. Read before you commit.
- Condensation is what kills machines in cold storage, not the cold. The machine should run 24/7 so it stays warmer than the surrounding air — powering off overnight and back on in the morning is the recipe for water inside the machine.
- LCD screens respond noticeably slower in deep cold: the image smears when scrolling. A variant with a screen heater handles it, but it is a special order — ask our engineers before settling on a screen size.
- Spinning hard drives (HDD) are not recommended below 5°C. Cold-storage configurations should use wide-temperature industrial SSDs — that is a meaningful price difference, and not the place to cut.
Where to go next
The machine picker comes pre-filled with the Panel PC conditions for this situation — you only answer a few more questions about your specific site.
A box PC running the warehouse — automated racking, scales, inbound/outbound management — placed in the cold room or in a technical room right beside it. No screen, so gloves are not an issue; what it has to withstand is sub-zero temperatures and condensing humid air.
17 Industrial computer series meet all the conditions
That is 45 specific configurations. Open a series to pick screen size and CPU.
Which machine on this list fits your installation best? Leave your number — an engineer will pick for you and quote the complete set.
We only use this number to answer your request.
Where people get caught out
Things the filter above does NOT catch. Read before you commit.
- The machine should run 24/7 so it stays warmer than the surrounding air — powering off overnight and back on is the recipe for water inside the machine.
- Spinning hard drives (HDD) are not recommended below 5°C. Use wide-temperature industrial SSDs.
Where to go next
The machine picker comes pre-filled with the Industrial computer conditions for this situation — you only answer a few more questions about your specific site.