RUGGEDCOM: Rugged communications equipment

Designed for and put to the test under the harshest environments, RUGGEDCOM products operate reliably across a wide operating temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C , offer Zero Packet Loss™ technology under high electromagnetic interference (EMI), seamless failover with HSR/PRP redundant topologies and enhanced rapid spanning tree protocol (eRSTP™) for ultra-high-speed network fault recovery.

RUGGEDCOM devices are designed to pass all IEC 61850-3 EMI tests without communication loss or delays and qualify as IEEE 1613 class 2 error-free devices.

Advanced cybersecurity features — which you can deploy right to the edge of your network — include multilevel user passwords, SSH/SSL (128/256-bit encryption), enable/disable ports, 802.1X port security, VLAN (802.1Q) to segregate and secure network traffic, RADIUS centralized password management, as well as SNMPv3 authentication and IPsec and MACsec encryption.

Proving the worth of a Rugged Rated™ portfolio
Conducted in-house with specialized equipment, our environmental stress tests apply incremental stressors to our portfolio of products to expose latent design flaws and manufacturing errors before they leave the factory.

• Highly accelerated life testing (HALT)
  HALT is used during the early product research and design phase to eliminate marginally performing components and manufacturing processes – this is how Siemens ensures that RUGGEDCOM products are designed to perform reliably over their entire intended service lives.
  During the HALT process, RUGGEDCOM products are clamped onto a vibration table with thermocouples and accelerometers connected for monitoring. Real time data is collected over the entire process to create precise testing profiles and refine product designs.
• Highly accelerated stress screening (HASS)
  HASS subjects RUGGEDCOM products to tougher conditions than they will encounter in the field. This is how Siemens ensures minimal early life failures and achieves mean-time-between-failures (MTBFs) that set the standard for the industry and demonstrable in the field. This screening test is used during manufacturing cycles to ensure that items released from our production lines have zero manufacturing errors.
• Temperature and humidity stress screening (THSS)

  Humidity is an essential environmental parameter that is analyzed by the Siemens team to further improve product reliability. The THSS test is performed within a humidity chamber which exposes RUGGEDCOM products to water vapor. Data is then collected and analyzed to ensure that RUGGEDCOM products perform beyond industry standards.

Siemens provides support and services such as:

• RUGGEDCOM knowledge zone for white papers, case studies and webinars
• Siemens service and support portal for RUGGEDCOM manuals, downloads, FAQs, approvals and certifications
• Digital enterprise services to accelerate digital transformation
• Training services for on-site or online learning

RUGGEDCOM products meet and exceed industry standards. Learn more about our ISO certifications and other standards.

• ISO 9001:2015 quality management system
  Created by the International Organization for Standardization, the ISO 9001:2015 is based on eight quality management principles: customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process approach, system approach to management, continual improvement, fact-based decision making, and mutually beneficial supplier relationships.
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• ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system
  Created by the International Organization for Standardization, the ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system standard focuses on minimizing an organization’s negative impact to the environment and compliance with applicable laws, regulations and other environmentally oriented requirements.
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• ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health & Safety Management System
  ISO 45001:2018 specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, and gives guidance for its use, to enable organizations to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, as well as by proactively improving its OH&S performance.
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