What is an Electrical Control Panel? (PLC Panel Basics)

▶ C’mon over to where you can learn PLC programming faster and easier than you ever thought possible! ============================= ▶ Check out the full blog post over at ============================= Have you ever wondered how an automobile assembly line is controlled? In this video, we are going to talk about what controls large or small mechanical processes like an assembly line. That device is called a control panel. Think of a control panel like the human body. Inside our bodies, we have vital organs that control and monitor our surroundings. Similarly, a control panel is a metal box which contains important electrical devices that control and monitor a mechanical process electrically. Let’s get started! First let’s talk about the enclosure, the metal box that contains all of the electrical devices of the control panel. Enclosures are often alu