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Category: Panelbuilding

Panel fabrication and wiring, machine wiring

Panel Layout and Electrical Design

By Frank Posted on November 18, 2012 Posted in CAD, Controls Design, Panelbuilding 6 Comments Tagged with CAD, design, engineering, panelbuilding, wiring

I had planned on writing a bit about my meeting with the publisher last week, but I received a comment on a post from about a year and a half ago on Controls Specifications. Doug asked me to cover a …

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Tennessee Association of Independent Integrators

By Frank Posted on April 8, 2012 Posted in Consulting, Contracting, Panelbuilding, TAII No Comments Tagged with TAII

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been contracting with a machine builder about an hour from where I live. This project will probably take until some time in May and maybe beyond. During this time it is …

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Electrical and Controls Specifications

By Frank Posted on June 26, 2011 Posted in Controls Design, Panelbuilding 6 Comments Tagged with panelbuilding, specifications, wiring

Recently my wife took a job with a multinational OEM as a panelbuilder. This company recently built a new plant in our area and moved their panelbuilding operation here from Texas. They build custom refrigeration equipment and the associated compressors …

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Panelbuilding

By Frank Posted on March 27, 2011 Posted in Panelbuilding 1 Comment Tagged with panelbuilding, tools

This picture is from about 1999 when my small company was primarily a panel shop and controls integrator. At this time about half of our work came from NAS who built a lot of custom packaging equipment (they build mostly …

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A few thoughts on panelbuilding…

By Frank Posted on February 10, 2011 Posted in Panelbuilding, Trades 2 Comments Tagged with panelbuilding, wiring

It seems like there is a constant battle between mechanical designers, electrical designers, maintenance technicians and engineers over just what a properly fabricated control panel should look like. If it were up to mechanical, the panel would be the size …

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