What Makes a Good Control Panel?
Find the Best Control Panel for Your Business With Salient
At Salient, our decades of experience aren’t the only thing that makes our OEM custom control panels the best; it’s also because we pay attention to every detail of the design and construction.
From the initial design to the fabrication process, we make sure every aspect of the panel is designed to meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Key Aspects of a Good Control Panel
Proper layout: A solid layout is the first sign of a good control panel. It’s the foundation that makes it possible to service, maintain, and upgrade the system as needed. If the layout is terrible, the control panel won’t provide the features, functionality, and reliability you desire.- Appropriate control panel size: Poor panel sizing will also limit your control panel’s functionality. Ideally, each component should have plenty of space for expansion and efficient heat dissipation. This helps protect systems from damage and allows you to remove and replace components as they wear out or your needs evolve.
- Correct component placement: An important element of layout is component placement. It’s essential to create component groups so there’s a clear logic to their placement. The more logical the positioning, the easier it is to ensure power is properly distributed from the breakers, fuses, and terminals. In turn, this ensures each component will function effectively.
- Proper control panel labeling: If the labels are garbled, jumbled, and unclear, servicing the control panel will be a nightmare. To avoid this, our technicians make sure labels are easily visible. We also use clear language to prevent any miscommunication or potentially critical error during servicing.
- Make sure it follows UL standards: It’s also necessary to consider UL listing. We make sure every panel we build complies with the most rigorous UL standards. This gives our clients an advantage because as the standards evolve, their control panel will usually remain compliant with the updated standards.
- Organized wireway & wiring: The positioning of the wires should be as neat and tidy as possible. The tidier, the better. This makes it simple to identify the path and ensures the addition of new wires doesn’t become a confusing jumble of indecipherable spaghetti.
Salient Is Ready To Deliver for Your Business
At Salient, we don’t compete with other companies; we set the standards our competitors strive to achieve. We aim to improve every control panel we design and build. We incorporate lessons learned and strategies that ensure each panel is better than the last.
Our teams work closely with your company to deliver a product that provides superior performance and reliability. We understand the critical role control panels perform and strive to create products that will operate under even the most demanding and challenging conditions. In fact, you’ll see our control panels used in restaurants, data centers, manufacturing facilities, and more.
Contact Salient to learn more about the control panels we offer and start the process of building a customized control panel for your business.
We’re happy to answer your questions and use our expertise to advance your business goals.