Electrical and Control Panel Design and Fabrication

Electrical Panels and Control Panels

Low Voltage Electrical and Control Panel Design, Fabrication, Factory Acceptance Testing, Start-up and Commissioning support by Atlas OT.

Our team of control experts have field expertise when it comes to troubleshooting electrical and control panels. With experience fixing others mistakes, our team is exactly who you want designing your facilities electrical and communication systems. Plus, Atlas has Special Pricing Agreements with most major OEMs to ensure you get the best price, and extended warranty.

Atlas partners with OEMs, Distributors, Panel Shops and Electrical Contractors experts. When paired with our PLC Programmers, Industrial Networking experts and Project Managers, your electrical and control packages are guaranteed to be the easiest part of your project.

PLC Programming

Electrical Drafting and Design

Brand Agnostic

System Integrator Relationship with most major Electrical equipment Manufactures for Best Pricing, Priority Support and Extended Warranty.

Turn-Key Electrical and Control Panels

Our team not only has Electrical Design Expertise, but provide break fix field services. Designers, Engineers and Technicians work in the field to actually see their products come to life and constantly learn how to improve.

Electrical Gear

Atlas OT partners with major brands like ABB, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Square D and Phoenix Contact to provide the best value and leadtime for your Electrical Gear needs. If you need Transformers, Panelboards, VFDs, Starters or transfer switches, let us do the shopping for you.

We can also obtain Engineer to Order products from the factory, or design and house your custom build.

Control Cabinets

Control Panel design and fabrication is offered by many, but few can compliment this effort with full system programming and integration. When Atlas designs yoru cabinets in parallel to programming your PLC, the IO loop drawings match your tags, instrument specs account for 2, 3 or 4 wire devices before you get to the field, and your panel is fully FATed with the final program minimizing commissioning headaches.

Our team designs every panel to UL 508A standards and has capability 698A for hazardous area locations as well.

Networking and Server Cabinets

Large facilities can benefits from utilizing 19 inch rack mount server and networking cabinets in their projects. By virtualizing your control system, you can spin up additional machines faster, simplify disaster recovery, and minimize your floor space. Our team can design, procure, and assemble your server and network cabinets so they arrive on site pre-loaded and ready to power up and operate.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is electrical control panel design in industrial automation?

Electrical control panel design in industrial automation involves creating the schematics and layout for the safe and efficient operation of machinery and processes. This includes the selection and arrangement of components like PLCs, HMIs, circuit breakers, VFDs, power supplies, and relays inside an enclosure. At Atlas OT, we use UL508A-certified methods to ensure each panel meets industrial-grade performance and compliance.

What types of control panels does Atlas OT design?

Atlas OT can design, procure and facilitate fabrication of a range of industrial control panels including:

Motor Control Centers (MCCs), VFD Enclosures, Enclosed Controllers, Motor Starters
PLC Panels, Remote I/O Panels, RIO Panels
Operator Interface Stations, HMI and other visualizations
Hazardous Area Control Panels (Class I Div 2) - All panels are fabricated to UL508A, 698A, and NNNY standards depending on application needs.

What standards and certifications should control panel builders follow?

Atlas OT ensures every build is compliant with all applicable standards and documented for traceability based on your project needs.

UL508A – General industrial control panels
UL698A – Panels in hazardous locations with intrinsically safe circuits
NFPA 70 & 79 – Electrical safety codes for industrial machinery
IEC 61439 – For global exports
NEC Article 409 – U.S. National Electrical Code for industrial control panels
NRTL (like ETL, CSA) – Alternate listing agencies

What electrical manufactures do you support?

We are platform-agnostic and work with all major Original Equipment Manufactures to ensure your OEM parts are implemented properly.

Rockwell Automation

Siemens

Emerson

Schneider Electric - SquareD

Phoenix Contact

IDEC

ABB

and more!

How does Atlas OT ensure quality in control panel fabrication?

We follow a quality-controlled process including:

Peer-reviewed electrical schematics and panel layouts
Panel simulation and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
Wire labeling and terminal documentation for maintainability
Use of industrial-grade, brand-agnostic components (Rockwell, Siemens, Phoenix Contact, etc.)
UL508A panel inspections and final documentation package.
ISO 9001:2015-compliant processes are available upon request

How Long does it take to design and build a control panel?

Standard lead time varies on complexity and quantity for your industrial control panel leadtime. Atlas OT can typically complete a control and electrical panel design in under 4 weeks.

Control panel fabrication can take about 4 weeks from receipt of materials and approval of design drawings. Plus two weeks for final Factory Acceptance Testing and shipment preparation. Expedited builds maybe completed depending on material availability and current backlog.

We partner with multiple local UL508A shops to rapidly scale fabrication with consistent quality confirmed by our team. If you would like to use a control panel near me or local control panel fabricator, we can partner with them as well with our designs and drop ship key equipment based on our System Integrator pricing and extended warranty.

Does Atlas OT provide integrated panel testing and FAT?

Absolutely. Our differentiator is that we can not only electrically design your electrical and control panels, but we can do a fully integrated Factory Acceptance Test to network all the panels together and deploy logic to test interlocks, communications and safety. Our FAT can include Software Acceptance Testing as well to reduce risk for onsite commissioning and startup.

Do you install electrical control panels?

We partner with experienced Electrical Contractors to pull the conduit, cables and set the panels if you like or can work with your preferred contractor. Our team can act as an owner's agent to supervisor electrical installation of control and electrical cabinets and provide field IO checkout, installation supervision, loop checks, commissioning agent, and onsite startup support. Control Panel Commissioning is standard for all systems we design and program.

What Industries to you support for custom control panel design?

Our team supports:

Water/Wastewater
Oil & Gas
Food & Beverage
Manufacturing
Industrial Facilities

Building Automation
Energy and Power