In order to produce a frame (2) for an input and output device (1) and an input and output device (1) provided with said frame (2) for industrial applications in the most inexpensive manner possible, the invention provides that the frame (2) is composed of a plurality of individual frame parts (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) and the frame parts (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) are joined at contiguous abutment surfaces (15) of the frame parts (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) in order to form the frame (2), and that in the region of an abutment surface (15), a through recess (20) is arranged which is connected to the abutment surface (15) and connects a first end face of the frame (2) to an opposite second end face of the frame (2), the through recess (20) being filled in with a sealant (26).