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How should I specify a custom aluminum control panel?

Specify an aluminum control panel with coordinated geometry, openings, controls, artwork, finish, attachment, mating references, and acceptance needs. This answer is written for purchasing and engineering teams comparing custom identification options. If your application raises a related question, our team can review the details with you.

Specify an aluminum control panel as both a fabricated part and an equipment interface. The released requirement should coordinate the panel envelope, openings, attachment points, graphics, finish, and the components behind the face. Artwork alone cannot define whether holes, cutouts, legends, scales, and controls align correctly.

Coordinate geometry and graphics

A useful package gives purchasing, engineering, and the reviewer one configuration to compare. Changes to the enclosure, control layout, artwork, or attachment should be reflected in the governing sources before release.

  • Provide the current panel drawing with dimensions, datums, holes, cutouts, radii, and protected areas.
  • Map switches, gauges, displays, indicators, connectors, and operating positions to the artwork.
  • Define aluminum, finish, graphics, attachment, edge, and back-side requirements supplied by the customer.
  • Identify mating components and reference geometry needed to review fit and alignment.
  • State how the approved part will be checked for geometry, graphics, finish, readability, and assembly relationship.

Use the detailed planning outline on the Aluminum Control Panels page.

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