Control Panels USA brings a wide value stream of design engineering and manufacturing capabilities to customers whose products must not fail in harsh environments
2. Company Profile
Privately Owned Corporation
Founded in 2000
Staff Includes
o Design Engineers
o Programmers
o Project Managers
o Field Service Technicians
26,500 sq. ft. facility with room for expansion
Located in Austin, TX
UL 508A, 698A & 698B
Control Panels USA is a customer-focused, provider of Design and Manufacturing Services of Control Systems for
OEM, Utilities, and Engineering clients.
3. Production Area
15,000 Square Feet of Production Space
Quickly Configurable to Meet Capacity
Requirements
1,725 Sq. Ft. Factory
Acceptance Testing Area
Secure Storage of Consigned
Materials
4. Services
Design & Integration
Rapid Quote
Turnaround
Engineering &
Design Services
Custom Control
Panel Integration
SCADA Software
Programming
SCADA Database
& Report
Generation
PLC & HMI
Programming
RTU
Configuration
Production
Control Panel
Manufacturing
100% Full
Functionality Testing
UL self–certification:
508A, 698A, & 698B
Support FAT
Requirements
Support
Functional Test
Fixture Design &
Mfg.
Tower & Antenna
Installations
Topography &
Telemetry Reports
Instrument
Calibration
Fiber Optic
Installation &
Testing
On-Site Testing &
Commissioning
Emergency Support
5. Value is delivered when one of more of these requirements exist:
Why Control Panels USA?
Control Panels USA
Will Customize Your
Solution
Speed to
Market
High Cost
of Failure
Customer
Focused
Teams
Robust
Eng.
Change
Order
Process
Harsh Or
Extreme
Environments
Custom
Programming
Scalable
Capacity
to Meet
Deadlines
Value
Added
Design
Services
Custom
Testing
Solutions
UL Self-
Certification
6. 6
Customer Focused
Team
Sr.
Management
•Resource Allocation
•Financial Mumbo
Jumbo
Procurement
•Materials
Scheduling
•Warranty
•Consigned Material
Management
Production
•Quality
•Testing
•Scheduling
•Status Updates
Programming
•PLC & HMI
•I/O Testing
•Field Support
Project
Manager
Single Point
of Contact
Customer Advocate; Voice of Customer
Results customized to meet your requirements
Experienced business and technical managers
Weekly Project Timeline and Status Calls
7. Serving Diverse End Markets
CP USA specializes in providing industrial control packages for
customers operating in mission critical and harsh environments
Water &
Wastewater
Electric Utilities Natural Resources
Industrial
Manufacturing
Food & Beverage
Relay Panels
RTU Panels
Annunciation Panels
Circuit Breaker Panels
Blower Controls
Filter Controls
Headworks
Pump Controls
VFD Panels
Electronic test equipment
Semiconductor capital
equipment
Agricultural control
systems
Oilfield services
equipment
Mine automation
equipment
Wind Turbine Systems
Solar Power Battery
Storage
Conveyor Controls
Blending Systems
Product Storage
Monitoring & Control
Building
Automation
Security
Lighting
Energy Management
10. Allen-Bradley
GE Fanuc
Modicon
Motorola
Square D Sy/Max
Siemens
ClearSCADA
Concept
GE iFix (Intellution)
Dynac ES
ProWorks
RSLogix 500
RSLogix 5000
RSView Studio Dynac ES
Telepace Studio
Unity Pro
Wonderware
SoftwarePLC’s
Product Expertise
ABB
Allen-Bradley
Danfoss
Siemens
Square D
Weg
Vacon
VFD’s
Advantech
Allen-Bradley
AVG
IDEC
Maple Systems
RedLion
Schneider Electric Magelis
Siemens
HMI’s & Industrial Computers
Cellular
Ethernet
Fiber Optic
Radio
Communication
11. Case Study: HSI Blowers
•Fledgling company lacking internal resources to fulfill controls expertise
•Controls design was conceptual: expensive and difficult to manufacture
Company Problem
•CP USA developed a complete base design along with variations to
compliment their product offering
•Developed controls methodology and product offering that met 80% of
custom needs and served as a template to support remaining customer
requirements
•Customized part numbering scheme for each version to simplify ordering
process
•Developed DO and MOV protocols
•Controls Brand Labeling
CP USA Solution
Met Customer Needs for Manpower
Became “controls department” of the customer - had
authority to make controls decisions
Customer Met Strict Ship Dates
DO & MOV protocol resulting in higher efficiencies
CP USA solution became standard catalog offering for HSI
Key Results
12. Case Study: Siemens
Industry – Building
Technologies Division
Company Problem
•Quickly implemented existing testing regimen
•Realigned manufacturing resources to meet delivery requirements while
maintaining concurrent project from all other customers
•Created special process to manage consigned equipment
•Adopted customer specific packaging and labeling requirements
•Direct order fulfillment
•Loaded upgraded software
CP USA Solution
Very short ramp up to production volumes
Met Customer Needs for Manpower
Became “controls department” of the customer - had
authority to make controls decisions
Increased Customer Satisfaction
Customer Met Strict Ship Dates
Key Results
•Large order requirements prior to
product going obsolete
•Compressed time line
•~1000 units over 3 months
•Consigned materials
13. Case Study: Yarborough
Southwest
•Customer’s time constraints severe
•Internal resources insufficient
•100% perfect quality essential
•Required 75 Panels within 5 weeks
delivery period: very complex with
100’s of termination requiring
ferrules on each point
Company Problem
•Set up special production line to meet delivery requirements utilizing
automatic wire and crimping machine
•Designed and build custom test fixture to ensure quality and delivery
commitments
•Loaded all required programming and provided 100% functional test –
eliminate need for customer to perform these steps
•Direct Order Fulfillment
CP USA Solution
Met Customer Needs for Product
Allowed Yarborough to Meet it’s Customer’s Requirements
and Retain Business
Increased Customer Satisfaction
Shortened Lead Times to End User via DOF model
Reduced Final Inspection Time by 70%
Key Results
14. Case Study: Kinder Morgan
•Provide 28 panels from submittal to delivery in 6 weeks
•Large 2-Door Cabinet required significant factory floor space
•100% Customer Directed Materials
•Strict End User Delivery Deadline
Company Problem
•Configured production floor space to accommodate large product
footprint
•Realigned manufacturing resources to meet delivery requirements while
maintaining concurrent project from all other customers
•We supplied technical and production personnel to work alongside
customer’s personnel during FAT to meet strict deadline
CP USA Solution
Met Customer Needs for Manpower
No Overtime During Production
Increased Customer Satisfaction
Customer Met Strict Ship Dates
Reduced Final Inspection Time by 50%
Key Results
Scalable manufacturing processes: CP USA can quickly ramp up or down to match the ever changing requirements of the markets you serve. State-of-the-art equipment provides the capability to quickly tool up for both large and small production runs.
Customer focused teams: dedicated to your products allows for crisp communication, quick implementation of changes, and significantly shortened learning curves, consistency of deliverables.