Design Considerations Checklist
A Practical Guide for Engineers, Product Teams & Sourcing Professionals
Build Smarter Enclosures from Start to Finish
Designing the right enclosure is essential to protecting your internal components, supporting functionality, and ensuring product reliability in the field. Whether you’re building lab instruments, control systems, or MedTech equipment, this comprehensive checklist helps you make informed, performance-driven design decisions.
What’s Covered:
- Material Selection – Evaluating materials for thermal performance, structural strength, EMI shielding, and regulatory readiness.
- Protection & Performance – Designing for ingress protection, vibration resistance, thermal management, and EMI/RFI shielding.
- Usability & Customization – Ensuring serviceability, assembly efficiency, cutouts for components, finishes, labeling, and branding.
- Lifecycle & Compliance – Balancing cost and reliability, meeting regulatory standards, and designing with scalability for future needs.