What is a control panel?

What are the components in

a control panel?

CONTROL PANEL
Control panel is a cabinet which contains electrical
components to control the motors and equipments.


CABLES
Cables are used for the interconnection. Two types of
cables are used. Power cable and control cable.
1. Power cables (which is used to connect the motor to
panel component and panel to main supply)
2. Control cables (which is used to connect the control
circuits)



BUS BAR
Incoming supply is connected to bus bar and distributed
from bus bar. It is normally made by Aluminum.



MCB (Miniature Circuit Breakers)
MCB is a protecting device. It is used before the feeder. This
should be selected according to the capacity of the feeder





MCCB (Mould Case Circuit Breaker)
In most of the cases the MCCB used as an incomer for
higher capacity feeders for better protection



ELCB (Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker)
The ELCB is also known as RCCB. The device used for the
protection against the earth leakage current and residual
current. It should be fixed before the incomer

INCOMER
The basic supply will connected to this incomer. It also
called as SFU(Switch Fuse Unit). It contains one handle with
fuse unit. Once it is turned ON the supply will pass to the
next stage through fuse if any major fault occurs in side
panel board, it will trip and it isolate supply.

SELECTOR SWITCH
Selector is switch is used for ON/OFF purpose and for
selecting the mode of operation like auto/manual.


Starters are used for starting the motors safely. Mainly two
types of starters are there. DOL starters and Start to delta.
Dol starter is enough for the motors with power less than 10
hp.

OVER LOAD RELAY
Over load relay is for the protection of motor from the over
load. It senses the load current and trips if it exceeds the
limit. Current limit has to be set manually. It should be 80%
of thefull load current.









TIMER

Operation of timer is similar to relay. But a delay is there for
actuation. We can set the time delay manually according to
our requirement. It is very much essential for start to delta
conversion.


CONTACTOR
Contactor is an essential component in the control panel. It
actuates when the signal from the controller (PLC, Relay
logic) comes. It is similar to relay. It is costlier than relay. It
is used for a higher load.







Relays



Stack Lights

Cables
Wireway



Circuit Breaker

Din Rail

Installation Products

Marking Equipment

Motor Contactors

Motor Overloads

Mounting Material

Pilot Lights

Pluggable Connection Solutions

Power Conditioners

Power Supplies

Push Buttons

Signal Towers

Switches
Terminal Blocks