Electrical Design Philosophy
Below presents the general procedure executed for a rigourous and reliable Electrical Control System. Depending on time and system requirements, more steps may be added or removed.
Electrical Drawings
  • Adhereing to customer's drawing standard.
  • Testbenching of novel or bespoke equipment as per drawings before panel construction.
  • Drawings designed with reference to part vendors documentation.
  • Recording and documenting of procedure for each device.
  • Creation of macros, components and scripts for easy resuse.
  • Developed to enable generation of BOMs, wiring diagrams, part list, reports and other inbuilt utilities.
  • Electrical Installation & Commissioning
  • Construction and testing of Control Panel as per drawings & reports.
  • Development of safety check list & checking of equipment against safety checklist and regulations.
  • Testing of instrumentation where required.
  • Writing up of FAT documentation to suffice the agreed FDS.
  • Field wiring for FAT test where viable on factory floor.
  • Calibration of Instrumentation & I/O checking including E/S as per safety matrix.
  • SAT test on site as subset of FAT and commissioning up to this point.

  • Proactive Maintenence
  • Development of common faults list and method statements to deal with said issues.
  • Method statements for configuration, troubleshooting, calibration and customisation where possible.
  • FDS to be explict with respect to correct operation, to prevent miscommunication.

  • Technology Specific Skills
    Below are a few of the skills unique to each electrical design technology which make development in that environment effective.
    Eplan
  • Use of Eplans Data portal for easy file and component access
  • Use of Macros, Scripts and the Eplan API for efficient drawing creation.
  • Development along Eplans recommended philosophy for easy report generation and built in wire numbering.

  • AutoCAD Electrical
  • Use of AutoCADs CLI and AutoLISP language for efficient and resuable drawings.
  • Construction of a Database of DWF and DWG files for easy access.
  • Development along AutoCADs recommended philosophy for easy report generation and peripheral utilities.

  • Viewable examples and explicit method statements coming soon!