2U Rackmount Industrial Computers & PCs

19-Inch Heavy-Duty Rack Systems with Full-Height Expansion

Balancing a compact 3.5-inch (88.9 mm) chassis height with extensive expansion options, our range of 2U rackmount industrial computers provides the optimal platform for data-intensive edge computing, multi-card industrial automation, and vision processing.

Designed and manufactured in the UK, these 19-inch 2U rackmount PCs support full-height expansion cards, hot-swappable storage bays, and redundant power supplies to ensure 24/7 continuous operation in mission-critical environments.

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What is a 2U Rackmount Industrial Computer?

A 2U rackmount industrial computer is a rack-installable server housing that occupies 2 Rack Units of vertical space—equivalent to 3.5 inches or 88.9 millimetres—within a standard 19-inch equipment enclosure.

Compared to 1U systems, 2U industrial chassis provide double the vertical height, accommodating full-height PCIe expansion cards (such as high-performance GPUs, multi-port NICs, and frame grabbers) via horizontal riser cards, as well as superior thermal headroom for high-TDP processors.

2U Expansion Riser Configurations

Our 2U industrial chassis range accommodates various card configurations to suit your specific hardware needs:

Key Benefits of 2U Industrial PCs

• Full-Height Expansion Card Support: Eliminates the need for low-profile brackets, allowing standard commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) expansion cards to fit securely via horizontal riser cards.

• Enhanced Thermal Management: Larger 80mm/90mm hot-swappable chassis fans deliver high airflow at lower noise levels, ensuring cool operation for Intel® Core™ and Xeon® CPUs up to extended thermal limits.

• Redundant Power Options: Available with single or dual-redundant AC and DC power supplies (e.g., 9V–36V DC or 100V–240V AC) to maintain system uptime during power source failure.

• Hot-Swappable Storage & RAID: Supports up to 4x 2.5″ or 3.5″ front-accessible drive bays with hardware RAID 0/1/5/10 configurations for data protection.

1U vs 2U vs 4U Industrial Rack PCs: Quick Comparison

Applications for 2U Industrial Systems

• Industrial Automation & Motion Control: Housing multi-axis motion control cards, fieldbus interface cards, and PLC communication interfaces.

• Machine Vision & Image Processing: Accommodating dedicated PCIe frame grabber cards and edge AI accelerators for automated optical inspection (AOI).

• Transportation & Infrastructure: In-vehicle and wayside control systems operating under wide ambient temperature variations.

• Medical & Healthcare Imaging: High-reliability processing nodes requiring specialized video capture and hardware serialization for regulatory compliance.

Why Choose Industrial Computers Limited?

• UK Build & Testing: Assembled and integrated in our UK facility with full burn-in testing.

• Long-Term Roadmap Availability: Guaranteed 10+ year availability on CPU and motherboard platforms.

• Custom OEM Tailoring: Custom front-panel branding, custom bracket engineering, and pre-configured operating system deployment.