Industrial Control Panels
Industrial control panels are the enclosures that house the PLCs, drives, power distribution, and wiring that run your machines. Mikewill designs and builds custom panels to spec in-house — laid out, wired, labeled, and tested — so the cabinet that ships is the one our engineers stand behind on your floor.
Scope of work
- Custom panel and enclosure design sized to your machine, power, and environment
- PLC, I/O, drive, and network layout for Allen-Bradley / Rockwell platforms
- Power distribution, protection, and control-voltage wiring
- VFD and servo-drive integration with proper cooling and clearances
- Point-to-point wiring, terminal blocks, and clear labeling to a documented drawing package
- Motor control centers and pump/machine control cabinets
- Pre-ship checkout and continuity testing before the panel leaves our shop
Our process
- 01
Scope & specify
We review the machine, load list, environment, and platform to define enclosure rating, power, and I/O before a single hole is punched.
- 02
Design & document
Our engineers lay out the panel and produce the schematic and wiring drawings so the build matches the print and the print matches your plant.
- 03
Build & wire
We fabricate, mount, and wire the panel in-house — labeled, dressed, and terminated to the drawing package.
- 04
Test & document
Each panel gets a pre-ship checkout for continuity and power-up so problems surface in our shop, not on your floor.
- 05
Install & commission
The same team wires the panel into your line and commissions it, then leaves you a clean drawing set for future service.
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Do you build control panels in-house or subcontract them? +
We build them in-house. The same team that designs your controls and writes the PLC code fabricates and wires the panel, then wires it into your line and commissions it. That means one accountable group owns the cabinet from drawing to running production — no finger-pointing between a panel shop and an integrator.
Are your control panels UL508A listed? +
We build custom industrial control panels to spec, laid out and wired to a documented drawing package. UL508A listing is a specific panel-shop credential; if your project requires a listed panel with the UL mark, tell us up front and we will confirm exactly what we can provide before you commit.
Can you build a replacement panel to match our existing machine? +
Yes. We can reverse-engineer an existing cabinet, document what is there, and build a modern replacement that drops into the same footprint and I/O. It is a common way to retire obsolete hardware without re-engineering the whole machine, and you get a clean drawing set in the process.
What do I get with the panel besides the cabinet itself? +
You get a documented panel: schematic and wiring drawings, labeled terminals and wires, and a pre-ship checkout record. That documentation is what lets your maintenance team troubleshoot at 2 a.m. without guessing, and it is what makes future retrofits and additions straightforward instead of archaeology.
Which PLC and drive platforms do you standardize on? +
We standardize on Allen-Bradley / Rockwell controls, PowerFlex VFDs, and Kinetix servo drives on EtherNet/IP, since that is what most Southeast plants already run and stock spares for. If your facility standardizes on a different platform, we will work to your spec rather than force a swap.
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