PLC Automation Panels
Custom PLC and SCADA-ready industrial automation panels for factories, water plants, and process industries — Siemens, Schneider, Allen-Bradley.
PLC Automation Panel Manufacturing in Kenya
Panel Tech Systems designs and builds custom PLC automation panels for industrial, water-utility, and process-control applications across Kenya and East Africa. From single-PLC OEM machine controls to multi-PLC plant-wide SCADA systems, we integrate the controller, I/O, drives, instrumentation, and HMI into a single typed-tested cabinet.
What We Build
- OEM machine control panels — single PLC, local HMI, drives and safety relays for packaged equipment
- Process control panels — multi-PLC architectures with field I/O, instrumentation interfacing, and SCADA gateways
- Water and wastewater control panels — pump-station automation with level, flow, and pressure control loops
- BMS / HVAC automation panels — building management integration with chillers, AHUs, and energy meters
- Remote telemetry units (RTUs) — solar-powered field cabinets with cellular or LoRa back-haul
Controllers & Drives We Integrate
- Siemens S7-1200 / S7-1500 — process automation and motion control
- Schneider Modicon M221 / M340 — machine and plant automation
- Allen-Bradley Micro 800 / CompactLogix — OEM machine controls
- Mitsubishi FX / Q Series — packaging and assembly lines
- VFDs: Commander C/S, ABB ACS, Schneider Altivar, Siemens SINAMICS — integrated and pre-commissioned
Design, Build, Commission
- Requirements capture — I/O list, control philosophy, safety category, communication protocols
- P&ID and panel layout — AutoCAD Electrical and EPLAN drawings, IEC 61131 software architecture
- Panel fabrication — IP54/IP65 enclosures, type-tested busbars, segregated power and control wiring
- PLC programming — IEC 61131-compliant logic, structured text where appropriate, version-controlled source
- FAT and SAT — Factory Acceptance Testing in our Nairobi workshop, on-site Site Acceptance Testing
- Commissioning and handover — operator and maintenance training, source code and as-built documentation
Industries We Serve
PLC automation panels from Panel Tech Systems are deployed in food and beverage plants, pharmaceutical manufacturing, water treatment, mining operations, hospital BMS systems, packaging lines, and bulk-fuel terminals across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda.
Key Features
Siemens, Schneider, Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi PLC integration
Custom SCADA and HMI development
IEC 61131 programming with version-controlled source
Factory and Site Acceptance Testing (FAT/SAT)
IP54 / IP65 panel enclosures
Integrated VFDs, safety relays, and instrumentation
P&ID and AutoCAD Electrical / EPLAN drawings
Remote telemetry unit (RTU) builds
Source code, manuals, and operator training included
2-year warranty on panel build
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Frequently Asked Questions about PLC Automation Panels
A PLC automation panel is an electrical cabinet containing a Programmable Logic Controller, its I/O modules, communication interfaces, power supplies, and signal-conditioning hardware. The PLC runs IEC 61131-3 logic that reads field sensors, makes control decisions, and drives outputs to actuators, motors, valves, and HMI displays.
We integrate Siemens S7-1200 and S7-1500, Schneider Modicon M221 and M340, Allen-Bradley Micro 800 and CompactLogix, and Mitsubishi FX and Q series controllers. Brand choice depends on the application, the existing plant standard, the required communications protocols, and the availability of local support.
Yes. Every PLC panel we deliver includes the IEC 61131 source code, the as-built electrical drawings, the I/O list, the network architecture diagram, and a commissioning report. Source is version-controlled in our workshop and a copy is handed to the client at commissioning.
SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) is the layer above the PLC that provides graphical visualisation, historical trending, alarming, and operator control across multiple PLCs. You need SCADA when one operator must monitor multiple PLCs from a central station — typically water treatment plants, large factories, or campus-style facilities.
A PLC is typically a single-controller architecture used for discrete and motion control, while a DCS (Distributed Control System) uses multiple coordinated controllers for continuous process control with integrated alarm management, redundancy, and operator interfaces. Modern PLC + SCADA systems blur this line — large PLC installations now do work historically reserved for DCSs.