Industrial Control Panel Fabrication

Applied Motion Systems designs and fabricates custom industrial control panels for motion control, automation, and drive systems in factory automation settings. As a UL 508A certified industrial control panel manufacturer, the panels we build aren’t produced to a generic spec and shipped as standalone products; they’re engineered as part of the control system they serve, designed around the PLCs, drives, I/O, motion controllers, etc. and field wiring the application actually requires. 

Every panel we build is produced under our UL 508A certification, meeting the design, construction, and testing requirements established by Underwriters Laboratories for industrial control panels in North America. Panels leave our shop with a UL listing mark, the credential that satisfies NEC requirements, facility inspectors, and insurance carriers. 

What We Build 

AMS fabricates panels across a range of industrial control applications: 

• Integrated drive panels 
• PLC and motion controller enclosures 
• Control Consoles and HMI panels 
• Custom configurations for machine-specific or facility-specific requirements 

Our panel work supports industries including lumber and wood products, glass manufacturing, aerospace and defense, and general industrial automation. Applications range from single-axis drive panels to multi-axis coordinated motion systems with integrated safety circuits. 

Panels are built to the electrical service, environmental, and space requirements of the installation. We work across standard industrial low-voltage distribution systems   (120/208/480/575 VAC) and standard control voltage of 24 VDC/120 VAC. Additionally we build specialized coordinated drive systems with common DC bus architectures ranging from 24 VDC to 800 VDC. Enclosures are specified for the environment, NEMA 1 for clean indoor installations through NEMA 4X for washdown or corrosive environments. The application drives panel sizing; we’re not constrained to catalog configurations. 

Why Applied Motion Systems 

Panels are designed as part of the system. Most of our panel work is tied to a larger controls engineering scope: a machine build, a drive conversion, or a retrofit. Panel layout, component selection, and wiring are developed alongside the control architecture, not handed off to a separate fabrication house. The engineering team that designs the system designs the panel. That eliminates the translation errors and rework that come from splitting those functions across organizations. 

In-house fabrication. Panels are built at our facility in Vancouver, Washington. Layout, drilling, wiring, component installation, labeling, and testing all happen under one roof. When a design change comes in mid-build, and they do, the engineer and the fabrication team are in the same building. 

Quality and testing. Our UL listed panel shop operates to UL 508A standards, and every panel we produce as a certified UL 508A panel builder undergoes full QA/QC checks before it ships. Beyond the UL minimum, we verify point-to-point wiring against schematics and confirm proper torque on all terminations. Panels ship with as-built documentation that reflects what was actually constructed, not just what was originally drawn. 

Integration through commissioning. Because AMS handles controls engineering, panel fabrication, and field commissioning, the team that built your panel provides startup support. That continuity from design through commissioning reduces finger-pointing and shortens the path to a running system.