Dear Debra,

Machine and control design engineers often overlook the electrical control panel as a place to add customer value. The control panel, also called a power panel, is a point of user interaction...and one that could ruin an otherwise flawless customer experience. Maintenance workers want to see an orderly layout and clean wiring, not a disorganized mess of components that might appear as if the designer had no concerns for their safety and convenience.

As a result, designing safety and functionality into a machine’s electrical panel can be a feature advantage that may make your product more appealing than others. To help you with this, I recently wrote an article titled: Ten Ways to Design Safety & Customer Value into your Product’s Electrical Panel. Some of the topics I discuss in this article are:

Indicating fuses and touch-safe blocks
DIN-rail mounting
How to stay compliant with UL 508A
And much more!

Quite simply, a good design means paying attention to the details. Click here to download the article and learn these value-added tips.

Sincerely,

Dave Scheuerman
Technical Training Manager
Littelfuse, Inc.
Technical Support: 800-832-3873
Littelfuse.com/industrial