Record
Rack units, hole pattern, usable depth, quantity, and destination go into the brief before outreach starts.
INTAKE METHOD
How LinkScope Sourcing 44 compares rack quotes
LinkScope Sourcing 44 writes the cabinet requirement, sends it to factories, and lines the replies up on one sheet. The service is an independent sourcing partner. There is no founding year, plant count, or client roster on this page because those facts are not on file. A coordinator does not approve your floor layout.
Ask
Factories answer the same rows. Deviations stay beside the row they change.
Hold
Price, stock, and fit stay open until the named model and drawing date are in the reply.
What the desk keeps, and what it refuses to invent
- Role
- Match a written brief to factories that will quote the cabinet family. The desk does not claim factory ownership or authorized dealer status.
- Evidence
- A current drawing, the load sentence, and the accessory list must name one model. EIA-310 is used as the question source for the 1.75 in (44.45 mm) rack unit. It is not a certificate for a bay this site has not seen.
- Money
- Quotes are compared on currency, per-rack or whole-order basis, freight, and exclusions. No saved-percent figure is published here.
- Power and cable lines
- Runtime, efficiency, and outlet count belong to a UPS or PDU. Insertion loss belongs to a cord. The cabinet sheet points at those lines; it does not absorb them.
Background: a buyer asked the desk to “confirm the factory is certified.” Process: the coordinator requested the certificate number and the model list on the same PDF, and left the cell blank when the PDF covered a different plant. Result: the comparison kept moving with an explicit gap instead of a borrowed logo. That is a method note, not a testimonial.
Fit questions that are not compatibility slogans
Square hole or tapped rail?
Cage nuts and 12-24 or M6 screws solve different rails. A photo of a black upright does not show the punch. Ask for the fastener the quote assumes.
19 in panel or 23 in relay frame?
Carrier rooms still use both. An adapter is hardware with its own price and its own loss of usable width. Do not fold it into “the rack.”
Shelf rating versus frame rating
A frame can state a high static load while a cantilever shelf states a much smaller one. Write both. The smaller number controls the device you actually set on the shelf.
Managed gear is a different dispute
The steel bay does not decide the active gear mounted in it. Side breathing versus front-to-back airflow is the cabinet question that follows.
Limits are plain. The desk does not visit the room. It does not torque anchors. It does not decide ingress protection for an outdoor box; the supplier’s sheet for that model does, or the cell stays open.