Control panels and automation packages, quoted to the I/O list.
I/O counts, controller family, network, drives, HMI, enclosure, environment, listing. Axle configures the panel down to terminals and wire, checks the heat load, applies your labor rules, and prices it.
The RFQ is an I/O list and a paragraph. The quote is a 60-line BOM plus labor.
Typical requests
- Control panels from an I/O list or a control narrative
- PLC and HMI upgrades and migrations off obsolete platforms
- VFD and motor control packages for a skid or a line
- Remote I/O and networking additions to an existing system
- Skid-mounted controls for OEM equipment
- Spare parts lists for a platform the customer already runs
What Axle reads from them
- I/O counts and types: DI, DO, AI, AO, RTD, high-speed, and the spare percentage
- Controller family and preference, redundancy, safety requirements
- Network: EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP, PROFINET; HMI size and type
- Motor list with HP and FLA for drives and starters
- Voltage and power, enclosure type and NEMA rating, indoor or outdoor, area classification
- UL 508A or 698A requirements, SCCR, customer panel standards
Configured to the I/O list, sized to the enclosure, listed as required.
Panel quoting is where a small mistake in module count or heat load turns into a change order. Axle sizes it once, with the checks shown.
Selection, configuration and sizing
- Controller and I/O modules with the spare capacity you require, power supplies, communication modules
- Drives and starters sized to motor FLA, with line reactors and braking where the application needs them
- HMI, managed switches and network media
- Enclosure sized to component footprint and heat dissipation, with cooling where the calc requires it
- Breakers, fusing, SCCR, terminals, wire by ampacity, labels, and the labor hours by your rule
- UL 508A or 698A listing requirements applied to the component selection
Validated before review
- I/O count with spare against the list, module types match signal types
- Heat load against the enclosure's dissipation at the design ambient
- Drive sizing against motor FLA and duty
- SCCR and short-circuit protection meet the available fault current
- Enclosure rating matches the environment and area classification
- Listing requirements satisfied by every component on the BOM
- Vendor pricing current, labor hours applied, margin above floor
A pump-skid panel from a one-paragraph request.
Twenty-four DI, sixteen DO, eight AI, four AO, a 25 HP drive, outdoor. Axle configures the panel and runs the heat check. Illustrative
- I/O: 24 DI, 16 DO, 8 AI, 4 AOemail
- Drive: 25 HP, 480 V (FLA 34 A)email + motor table
- HMI 10 in; EtherNet/IPemail
- Enclosure: outdoor, NEMA 4X, 480 Vemail
- Listing: UL 508Aemail
- Controller family and spare I/O %not stated, asked
| I/O with 20% spare | 32 DI, 24 DO, 8 AI (spare via 16-pt card), 4 AO | 4 modules |
| VFD | 25 HP, 480 V, 34 A, with line reactor | sized |
| Enclosure | 36 × 30 × 12 in, NEMA 4X, 316 SS | footprint fits |
| Heat load | 210 W dissipated vs 320 W passive at 40°C | no cooling needed |
| SCCR | 65 kA with listed components | confirm fault current |
| Labor | 46 h by your panel rule | applied |
Your documents, ready to send.
Quote, BOM and submittal
- Quote or proposal in your template, with panel materials and labor itemized
- BOM in your Excel format down to terminals, wire and labels, with part numbers and sources
- Submittal: component datasheets, panel heat calculation, listing information
- Validation report and the assumptions list, for your engineer
Where it plugs in
- Manufacturer configurators and price files for your controller and drive lines
- Vendor price files and distributor portals
- Your ERP for part numbers, cost and inventory
- Your CRM for the opportunity and the documents
- Email and the spreadsheets I/O lists arrive in
Connectors are scoped per deployment. Where a system has no API, Axle works from the exports and files you already produce.
Automation questions.
Does Axle size the enclosure and run the heat calculation?
Yes. Component footprint sets the minimum size, the heat calculation checks dissipation at your design ambient, and cooling is added only when the calc requires it. The numbers are shown.
Does it apply our panel labor rules?
Yes. Labor hours come from your rule for panel size and complexity, so a 58-line BOM carries the labor your shop would actually spend.
Can it handle UL 508A component selection?
It applies listing requirements to component selection and flags anything on the BOM that would break the listing, so the panel can be built as quoted.
Bring an I/O list. We'll configure the panel live.
Thirty minutes, on your controller lines and a request you actually received.