How to Design & Build an Industrial Control Panel - at AutomationDirect

* 11 Video Chapters Listed Below
- In this video, we walk through the process of designing and building a typical industrial control panel. We cover each step of the process including identifying the design, drawing block diagrams, selecting parts, drawing schematics, and designing the panel layout. We walk through the assembly, wiring, and testing of an industrial control panel complete with AutomationDirect products. DIY enclosure build, DIY control panel build. Control panel enclosure. AutomationDirect enclosure. Control panel build series. Control panel assembly. Enclosure design.
**This video is for demonstration purposes only and is not intended to replace local and national regulations on electrical and mechanical design and building systems.

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00:00 - Intro & Intent
01:08 - Block Diagram
01:43 - Schematics
03:02 - Bill Of Materials & Layout
04:36 - Measurement & Marking
05:09 - Drilling & Tapping
05:52 - Bonding & Cleanup
06:17 - Duct & Rail Installation
07:26 - Component Labeling
07:52 - Wiring
09:39 - Testing

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[JacobErtel]

This is one of the best videos Automation Direct has produced! I design industrial controls panels at my job, but dont have any experience building them. This showed me many ways to improve my designs and better processes for manufacturing.

[TDOLLA]

my Dad ran a panel shop for years and has designed and built lots of control panels. As crazy as it sounds my first job was building these panels under the table. He was so busy at work and needed to build hundreds of this one fairly simple panel. He brought home all the components and we set up a little panel shop in the garage. I was 14 and couldn’t read a diagram, My dad sat down and wrote step by step how to build this entire panel. like all the measurements for the rails, thr wire troughs and the order of the components and then where to run every single wire. It had like 3 rails full of components and then maybe 100 wires. I was amazed he was able to write this all from memory with nothing in-front of him, I told him that and he was like “….. I mean of course I remember it, I designed it” haha I remember thinking he was so badass. I would build them under the table for a couple hundred bucks each and he would take them to work and have his guys check them over. He would come home with feedback “hey, Jim says your running your wires too tight. run them out more”

[ShounakKatyayan]

This is one of the best Control Panel building videos that I have seen. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[eyobeshetu]

This is exactly what I want to learn about. Thank you for the details ✨️

[southerntommygun]

One of the first rules i try to tell new engineers is to see the panel in 3D. If side subpans are used those corners can be tricky and watch the depth of door mounted components. Also make sure they know if the field conduits are coming in the top or bottom. That can make a big difference in the layout. Consider the electrical "flow" of wiring to separate AC and DC.

[MIndPloyer]

Great video! This was very easy to follow and understand, not to mention that the effort and quality put into the video is top tier. Hope to see more good videos like these in the future!

[RamiSobhani]

This is cool and overwhelming at the same time

[graceopute]

This is awesome cos I'm currently learning how to build electrical panels. God bless you real good.

[hafidzurrahmanmohdbokhari]

Great video. Very systematic for beginner. After watching this video. I might do the improvement for my project.

[derekrussell]

Thank you, Thank you!
Very grateful for this video!!

[PabloEscobar-zyxc]

Self tapping screws can save a lot of time during build, just have to make sure the panduit stays square when you’re putting them in

[flavio]

Congratulations, what a top video 👏🏼👏🏼 I’m from Brazil 🇧🇷

[Alex-sibi]

Thank you so much for this video. Very much appreciated.

[ahmedshaaban]

Excellent job, already working on the se exact project using automation direct plc and motion controller. Would you be kind enough to share your schematics and design topology in another video

[UcarLifeTips]

Amazing video.Thanks so much for sharing

[DriftHyena]

What electrical CAD software do you use in the video?

[nicvanrensburg]

Great video, thank you for your effort to put it together

[roughtyy]

Really good video 👍🏼 I wish the ones at my work looked as clean and tidy as the one in the video 😂😂 most the labels are missing so you spend half you time finding what where 😬😬

[Autonomation]

Great video, can you tell where I can buy that grounding brush?

[agusaziz]

Hi, whats kind of software to design a control panel