Article 409 provides the minimum safety requirements for industrial control panels (What's an Industrial Control Panel? below). Because this section of the Code is only a couple of pages long, it ...

Industrial control panels (ICPs) play a crucial role in various applications, from wastewater treatment plants to pharmaceutical production facilities. To ensure personnel safety and protect control ...

Article 409 [Industrial Control Panels] of the National Electrical Code (NEC) has been a part of the Code since the 2005 edition. Industrial control panels are defined in Art. 100. Basically, these ...

A new supplement to the UL codes dictates all low-voltage control panels be rated for short-circuit current. Those who work in the electrical industry always support one common goal — the safe ...

Advancements in fire alarm control panels have always seemed to evolve slowly over time. Historically, in many instances, panel changes have been born out of codes and standards changes; however, ...

Top of an RBMK at the Leningrad plant. Control panels of a pre-digitalization nuclear plant look quite daunting, with countless dials, buttons and switches that all make perfect sense to a trained ...