For conveyor companies & automated warehouses

Your needs, our panel shop. Engineered, built, and shipped on schedule.

Engineered and build-to-print UL 508A control panels, PLC programming, and startup support for conveyor and material-handling companies, and for the warehouse, DC, and plant teams running automation projects.

Tell us what you need How we work with project teams
Planning a conveyor or warehouse automation project? Send the scope for a quote [email protected]

Who this is for

Two kinds of project managers. One panel team.

Conveyor and material-handling companies need control panels that match their equipment and arrive before installation starts. Warehouse, DC, and plant project managers need controls that work at startup and that their maintenance team can support afterwards. We engineer the panels or build to your drawings, program them, and help start them up.

Conveyor companies

Panels that match your equipment

For conveyor OEMs and installers: MDR power panels, main control panels, and sorter controls, engineered from your layout or built to your drawings. Your nameplate and title block if you sell the panels under your name.

End users

One contact for the controls

For warehouse, DC, and plant engineering project managers: panels, PLC programming, and startup support from one team, with weekly updates and documentation your maintenance team can use.

Engineering included

No drawings needed

Send a scope, an I/O list, or a sequence. We produce the schematics, panel layout, BOM, and SCCR calculation in 2D AutoCAD for your approval, with Allen-Bradley options alongside alternates.

How a panel project runs

Industrial control panel interior with labeled wiring, wire duct, and DIN-rail components

Drawing review · RFI log

  1. RFI-01Sheet 4: QF3 rating doesn’t match BOM line 12
  2. RFI-02Layout: VFD needs 100 mm more top clearance
  3. RFI-03SCCR: branch breaker limits panel to 5 kA

01 · Before we order

Questions on paper, not on the backplate.

Every drawing set, ours or yours, is reviewed before material is ordered: BOM against schematics, layout against real component dimensions and clearances, and SCCR against the stated fault current.

  • Written RFI log with a sheet and line reference for each question
  • Nothing is substituted without your approval
  • Long-lead items flagged at quote, not when they’re late
Control panel interior during factory acceptance testing with numbered wiring and labeled terminals

Shop test · Panel MCP-100

  • Point-to-point wiring checked against the drawings
  • Control power up, devices energized
  • I/O rung out with the PLC program or a test file
  • Torque marks, labels, and nameplate inspected

02 · Before it ships

Tested, so startup is short.

Panels are wired, checked point to point, and powered up in our shop. When we write the PLC program, it is loaded and the I/O is rung out before shipping. You can witness the FAT in person or on a video call.

  • Signed test record shipped with each panel
  • Drawings updated to match what was built
  • Photos of the finished backplate and door before crating
Finished control panel installed in an operating facility

Panel package · example schedule

  1. Week 0Scope or drawings received, quote returned
  2. Week 1–2Drawings approved, material ordered
  3. Week 2–5Build, as long-lead parts arrive
  4. Week 6Shop test and FAT
  5. Week 6+Shipped to site, startup support

03 · On your schedule

Lead times you can plan around.

Build time starts when drawings are approved and material is on hand. We tell you at quote which parts set the schedule and update you weekly while the panel is in the shop.

  • Weekly status with photos during the build
  • Ship dates matched to conveyor installation
  • Staggered deliveries for multi-panel projects
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Sound familiar?

Why project managers call us

Most control panel problems on automation projects come from schedules and handoffs, not from the hardware.

The conveyor is arriving and the panels aren’t
Panel shop, programmer, and installer blaming each other
No drawings yet, just a scope and a layout
The spec says Allen-Bradley and the part is on long lead
The site requires UL 508A panels
Maintenance can’t support what was installed last time

One team for the panels, the program, and startup.

Process

From requirements to shipped panel

The same sequence for one panel or twenty. Each step has a deliverable you can check.

  1. 01

    Package & quote

    Typically 2–5 business days

    You send what you have, from a scope or I/O list to full drawings and a BOM, plus requirements: voltage, SCCR, enclosure rating, labeling, and test expectations. We quote build only, or build plus material.

    You get: fixed quote with assumptions and long-lead items listed.

  2. 02

    Drawing review & RFIs

    Typically under a week

    BOM checked against schematics, layout checked against component dimensions, SCCR checked against the stated fault current. Questions go into a written RFI log.

    You get: RFI log and an approved-for-build drawing revision.

  3. 03

    Procurement

    Depends on parts

    Material ordered to your BOM, with alternates only where you approve them. Customer-furnished items are received, inspected, and logged.

    You get: order status and expected arrival dates.

  4. 04

    Build

    Typically 3–6 weeks

    Backplate laid out, wired, labeled, and torqued to the approved drawings and UL 508A. Redlines are marked as we go.

    You get: weekly status with photos.

  5. 05

    Test & FAT

    Typically 1–2 days

    Point-to-point check, power-up, and I/O ring-out. FAT in person or over video.

    You get: signed test record and redlines.

  6. 06

    Ship & closeout

    At ship

    Panel crated with drawings in the door pocket, spare parts if ordered, and documents sent to you electronically.

    You get: the documentation package listed below.

Build durations are typical for a mid-size panel after drawings are approved and material is on hand.

Specifics, not slogans

What we build to and what you receive

Typical ranges and practices. Your project specification sets the actual requirements.

Typical build values

What we work to

Standards
UL 508A construction, NFPA 79 for machinery panels, and the site or project electrical specification where one applies.
Drawings
Your AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, or EPLAN files, or PDFs. When we draw, it’s 2D AutoCAD; conveyor companies reselling the panel can have their own title block.
Incoming power
480Y/277 V and 208Y/120 V most common, 600 V and 240 V on request.
SCCR
Calculated per UL 508A Supplement SB and marked on the nameplate. We check it whenever a component is substituted.
Wiring
Wire numbers at both ends, ferrules, color code to your spec or ours, torque recorded on power terminations.
Enclosures
Type 1, 12, 4, and 4X, painted steel or stainless, cooling sized from a heat-load calculation.
Brands
Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider, Eaton, Phoenix Contact, and others, per your BOM.

Documentation package

What ships with every panel

  • As-built drawings if we drew it, or redlines returned for your as-builts
  • Final BOM with manufacturer part numbers and any approved substitutions
  • SCCR calculation and nameplate data
  • Signed test record from the shop test and FAT
  • Build photos of backplate, door, and nameplate
  • Wire and terminal list on request
  • Spare parts list for your maintenance team

Where to next

Choose your starting point

Photoelectric sensor on a proper mounting bracket with its cable secured on a conveyor

Startup support

Controls that start up on schedule.

Panels, PLC programming, and startup help from the same team, so nothing gets lost between the panel shop, the programmer, and the installer.

  • Split scopeWith Control Panel Integrators
  • Separate panel shop, programmer, and startup crewOne team and one point of contact
  • Status updates only when you chase themWeekly updates with photos
  • Drawings that don’t match the panelDrawings updated to match what was built
  • Maintenance learns the system after it failsDocumentation and handover for maintenance
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Next step

Ready to scope your control panels?

Send a scope, an I/O list, a layout, or full drawings. An engineer reads it and replies, usually within one business day, with questions or a quote timeline.

[email protected]

Mon–Fri, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM ET · we reply within one business day
Engineering offices in Clearwater, Florida · available for Zoom meetings

Your request goes to an engineer, not a call center. Expect a reply within one business day.