Test-cell power and control line-up for a drive manufacturer's factory test floor
2025
Eight assemblies:
690 V multi-drive test panels
480 V test and load panels
a 690 V breaker panel
a PLC + touch-screen station
Designed, built in our UL 508A shop, delivered in stages into a live construction site, then programmed and commissioned on site.
690 V · UL 508A · PLC/HMI · commissioning
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UL 508A control panel for a robotic work cell, on a deployment deadline
2025
A PLC and safety-controller panel for a robotics company's work cell, built and UL-inspected on an expedited schedule. A late-added power supply was absorbed into the build, and the box shipped the day of its UL inspection for on-site commissioning.
UL 508A · robotics · expedited
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Machine and plant monitoring systems
2026
DIN-rail power and current monitoring on CNC lathes and machining centers, plus gateways in NEMA 4X enclosures, with electrical schematics and a Modbus address map. A second, multi-building system (analog-input and current/voltage panels, gateway boxes, cable schedule) is being built in 2026.
Scale: About ten machines at one plant; a multi-building system at another.
IIoT · energy monitoring · Modbus · schematics
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PLC maintenance and machine retrofits
Coordinated PLC field maintenance and rewiring on a die-cutting ("clicker") press.
A spin-dryer drive upgrade (enclosed drive, braking resistor, protection) for a plating shop.
Manual motor-protector panels for an HVAC OEM.
field service · retrofit
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A 32-axis coordinated-motion retrofit
2007–2016
The program that started our engineering group and panel shop: design, build, retrofit and on-site installation of coordinated motion on a door manufacturer's production line, with up to six of our people on site during the retrofits.
motion control · design-build · installation
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