Electrical Design & Build

Here we are on Day 1.

The enclosure door is marked ready for cut-out in accordance with the electrical panel-drawings layout details which you can also see in this photo.

Here's the complete panel cut-out using jigsaw and metal hole-punches.

All bare edges have been dressed and painted with the relevant RAL colour.

Here are the handy hole-punches used to make the holes for push-buttons and lamps fitted in the cabinet doors.

Look out for our upcoming updates next week  including "arm fitting" and much more.

Here is our empty control panel. This one is made out of mild steel, sprayed to a standard RAL colour.

Cabinet specifications meet client requirements, taking into consideration environmental site factors.

Rounding up Day 1, here's the back-plate which has been removed from the cabinet, ready to be laden and fitted with components.

On Day 2, we can see the removed back-plate with components laid out according to the electrical layouts, ready for marking and drilling.

At the end of Day 2.

The back-plate is beginning to take shape with fitted components in accordance to the parts-list and refitted into the control cabinet ready for wiring.

Here we on Day 4.

All the A/C (alternating current) wiring is complete.

At a glance, you may notice a:

• PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)
• Circuit breakers
• Contactors
• Drives
• Fuse Switch

Here we have continuation of wiring with all the DC and control/PLC wiring.

This is the 6 Day milestone on this one-man control-cabinet build job.

All wiring completed, awaiting trunking lid.

On Day 8 all trunking-lidding is complete.

It is now time to re-fit the panel doors.

Panel doors fitted, you'll note the fan used to moderate temperature inside this control cabinet.

There's also a drawing-pocket mounted to the inside of a door as standard. This is where the most up-to date electrical drawings for the control cabinet will be stored, alongside completed Hardware Checklists prior to dispatch.

Ready for testing, here is the final photo on Day 9 to accompany this case study.

Can you notice the isolator-handle that is mounted to the control cabinet door?