New openSAFETY control panels from B&R allow safe data exchange over the bus system.The integrated openSAFETY interface renders the hard wiring of E-stop, operating mode and start buttons obsolete.

Terminal blocks, connectors/cordsets, and interface modules connect electrical and control panels to the outside world. Much of the focus of electrical and control panel designers is on selecting, ...

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 ...

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 ...