Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
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I requested a sample pack of Sorbothane with the idea of making a shock resistant enclosure for a 2.5in mechanical hard drive. My original plan was to use something like this for the enclosure;
http://www.alliedelec.com/hammond-manufacturing-14...
What I got from them was a pack of 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 durometer samples, all shaped like this
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By4cQB8gmcRjem0x...
Is this a sane plan? If so
Obviously i will go digging on sorbothane website for all this, I was just hoping that maybe someone who used this stuff before has some advice.
Many thanks in advance
Joes
http://www.alliedelec.com/hammond-manufacturing-14...
What I got from them was a pack of 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 durometer samples, all shaped like this
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By4cQB8gmcRjem0x...
Is this a sane plan? If so
A) How many centimeters vertical drop protection should I expect?
B) How should I position it? Can it be shown, for example, that a mechanical hard drive is more vulnerable to shock in one direction more than another?
C) How should I mount it to the hard drive and/or enclosure? Should I use any adhesive, or just fix it in place somehow?
D) If I don't have to use the whole thing, will I have enough left over for 2 2.5 in hard drives in one enclosure?
B) How should I position it? Can it be shown, for example, that a mechanical hard drive is more vulnerable to shock in one direction more than another?
C) How should I mount it to the hard drive and/or enclosure? Should I use any adhesive, or just fix it in place somehow?
D) If I don't have to use the whole thing, will I have enough left over for 2 2.5 in hard drives in one enclosure?
Obviously i will go digging on sorbothane website for all this, I was just hoping that maybe someone who used this stuff before has some advice.
Many thanks in advance
Joes





RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
Gives you some general ideas on packaging.
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RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
ornerynorsk; how about "fall a few meters, or even some useful fraction of a meter, and still work"?
RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
The more sorbothane you use, the stiffer and less shock resistant it will be. This is an engineering problem. You need to decide what shock will be applied to the drive. Will it be dropped off a desk onto a ceramic floor? Will it be hit with a hammer?
This will give you the required spring travel and velocity. Knowing the mass of the drive and its mount, you have a spring rate. Sorbothane may or may not work.
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JHG
RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
That said, most commercial hard drives are already shock resistant when unpowered. And there are already commercial solutions: http://www.flipkart.com/saco-shock-proof-case-wd-m...
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RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
You can also calculate it manually with a bit of searching on the subject of shock or impact absorbing elastomers.
Note: vibration isolator is NOT = shock absorber
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RE: Shock Resistant Hard Drive Enclosure (Sorbothane)
The other feature not mentioned is that even a low wattage drive in a suitably insulated container will eventually get pretty hot. Sorbothane is a terrific insulation, at least in comparison to aluminum.