Panelshop

In 2000, I started a new career as an industrial controls electrician, at a panelshop near Philadelphia. Much to my surprise, I found this work interesting and entertaining. Here are a few pictures of my work there.

When I started, the shop was a bit disorganized and chaotic, and I took steps to remedy that. Expensive parts were getting lost, people got injured moving heavy parts around, panels got scuffed up before they even left the shop, things like that.

Organized the panelshop stock room from something that resembled the mutant bastard offspring of the Collyer mansion and a North Korean radio repair shop into an efficient, professional workplace.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Developed improved, safe, accident-free method for lowering large backplanes into panel boxes.
Familiar with the the UL 508A requirements for industrial control panels.

Versatile
AutoCAD expert; able to make and revise acad drawings on the fly.
Developed several methods for protecting panel boxes during fabrication for a better, more professional looking final product.

Developed workcells for repeated products, storing components in the sequence in which they are used, and reducing labor time by assembling them in groups, rather than singly.

Devloped a template library for most common cut-outs, so that work can begin in advance of the actual parts arriving.

For more about me (not as an electrician) go BACK to my home page. There are some more photos and essays and some other things that you might find interesting (or not.)