Control Panel Wiring Basics
Control panel design starts with the basics and its not just about selecting a cabinet and back panel to house your electrical control hardware.
Control panel wiring basics. Its about creating a design to control a machine or process. 8 characteristics of an emc compliant panel p. Control panel basics introduces points to keep in mind for the iec 60204 1 electrical safety standard and other knowledge needed to solve issues in control panel design in an easy to understand way with illustrations and concrete examples. Many different ways to layout a panel airflow safety field wiring where do wires enter the panel.
13 installation of enclosures receiving polluted lines p. Industrial control panel basics rsp supply. The control panel drawing is essential in wiring your electrical control panel. 7 protection of low power signals p.
To do that hardware must be purchased and mounted on a back panel and then wired and integrated into the machine. If it works on paper then theres a higher chance it will work once youve wired the actual electrical control panel. What purpose does it serve. 11 2 assembly panel wiring p.
Enclosed industrial control panels include the enclosure itself all components within the enclosure and all components mounted to the enclosure walls or cover. The panel part means the control system is mounted on or in an enclosure or subpanel 4092. 9 layout of equipment in a panel p. In houses with metal water pipes there may also be a ground wire between the panel and a nearby cold water pipe.
Go over the drawing or have a specialist go over the drawing to make sure it works well on paper. A control circuit provides the signals directing the performance of the controlled equipment but doesnt carry the main power or include the controlled equipment. Industrial control panels come in two basic forms. A panel must also have a heavy grounding wire usually bare copper that connects to the neutral bus bar on one end and to a grounding rod driven into the ground on the other end.
10 reference regulations and standards p.