Power generation OEMs rely on multiple forms of electronics and electrical systems to guide, operate, and effectively perform services and operations in their respective fields of energy. This technology can be tied to how seamlessly we’re able to turn on the lights at our homes, utilize HVAC systems, and much more.
The decision makers for OEMs have the ability to utilize suppliers and a network of other manufacturers, however, to actual manufacture and assemble the box builds and ultimately ship them back to the OEMs for final assembly into a more integrated system.
Industrial Support Inc. has a high-level guide on key aspects of the electromechanical box build and enclosure manufacturing processes along with considerations to make on finding a suitable supplier for your program.
What Electromechanical Box Build Services Cover
No two supplier programs are ever going to be the same, but they all should have common groundwork and foundations to provide OEMs with the solutions for electromechanical box builds and enclosure manufacturing.
Box Builds
Box builds feature the integration of mechanical and electrical services and systems into a self-contained unit fit inside an enclosure. The box build itself traditionally features a PCB as its base and contains power suppliers, relays, displays, switches, connectors, and many, many electronic components that all speak together. The services for these include SMT, Through-Hole, Selective Soldering, and extensive testing and part validation such as AOI or X-ray.
Enclosures
When PCBs are fully assembled, that entails them placed within an enclosure. Often performed by metal fabrication where welding, stamping, forming, and finishing are performed, enclosures are typically made from custom-sheet metal.
Chassis, brackets, wire harnesses, and wire routing guides are included with the enclosure as well as a cover to contain the PCB.
Why Power Generation OEMs Use It
Power generation OEMs not only use electromechanical box build and enclosure manufacturing, but by extension supplier programs, for a few key reasons. Box builds are used to lessen supplier count as well as shorten assembly time. These two operations go hand in hand with box builds because when a manufacturer performs box build and enclosure manufacturing services in-house, the need for handoffs from vendor to vendor is drastically reduced. This saves OEMs on costs and reduces the need for multiple suppliers to create a singular production run.
Testing services on the box build (PCBs) are vastly improved as well through AOI, X-ray, and performance testing to validate the builds. Quality testing on the enclosures through stringent QMS programs that are ISO certified can enhance manufacturing as well.
Power generation OEMs will rely on supplier programs for the main point of they have more enhanced capabilities from a infrastructure standpoint. While OEMs are ultimately responsible for the part as the front-facing manufacturer, supplier programs have the in-house capabilities, equipment, engineering, and experience in creating the builds and enclosures themselves. With this, OEMs can save costs on capital investments, overhead, and labor, all while obtaining high-quality builds for their projects.
Common Applications
While this isn’t an exhaustive list, power generation OEMs can rely on electromechanical box builds and enclosure manufacturing for the following items.
- Generator control cabinets
- Battery enclosures
- Inverter enclosures
- Switchgear-adjacent control modules
- Remote monitoring boxes
- Interface panels for varied industry applications
- Backup power systems
Contact Industrial Support Inc. for Electromechanical Box Build Services Today
Since 1995, Industrial Support Inc. has served as the manufacturer that manufacturers trust. In our Buffalo, New York, facility, we perform numerous services and our customers are some of the most recognizable OEMs in the world, all trusting us to provide support to their projects through manufacturing excellence, quality, timeliness, and accuracy.
Our electromechanical box build services entail just-in-time shipping, Kanban scheduling with pull methods to appropriately respond to supply chain needs and manage in-house inventory control. We also have custom capabilities with production volume runs starting at just a few prototypes to hundreds of thousands of builds in a high-volume capacity.
If your team is searching for an electromechanical box build supplier, contact the ISI team today.