An Introduction To Electrical Control Panels

Electric Control Panels, used in almost all the manufacturing processes, are important part of automation or process control. These panels are designed to monitor, start and shut down all the electrical machines and motors in production lines in nuclear power plants, aircraft, ships, etc. Most of the Traditional Control Panels are equipped with push buttons and analog instruments which have been replaced with the touch screens and PLCs monitoring and control process.

Applications Of Electrical Control Panels:

Some of the applications of Electric Control Panels are:

• Transportation and automotive sector
• Cosmetics and personal care products
• Electronics and appliances
• Medical and pharmaceutical industry
• Aero Space and defense sectors
• IT and instrumentation
• Telecom industry

There are different types of panels used in various applications such as Automatic Mains Failure Panel (AMF) panel, Automatic Power Factor Correction (APFC) Panels, Change Over Panels, MCC (Motor Control Center) Panels, Feeder Pillar Panel, Vacuum Circuit Breaker (VCB) Panels, VFd Panels, etc.

Some of the features of typical Electric Control Panels are listed down below:

Features Of Electrical Control Panels

• The Control Panels are equipped with PLCs which sequence the start and shut down of all the machines and motors.
• The use of PLCs (programmable logic controllers) and other network communications allows the Control Panels to distribute variable frequency drives and other input and output devices rather than locate them centrally.
• They have a start and stop push button and an emergency stop in case of any crisis situation.
• The presence of pilot lights allows for an easy monitoring of the cleaning blower, main blower, cleaning manifold and rotary airlock drives.
• All the components and motor starters comply with the industrial standards.
• They have sensors for solid state motor status and are also equipped with audible and visual alarms.
• They have power sensors and displays option. The status lights are used for graphic overlays.
• Network cabling and distributed controls offer them a simple design reducing the space requirements and operational costs.

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Author is representing this article on behalf of Balark Electricals. Balark Electricals is a manufacturer & supplier of APFC Panel, Changeover Panel.