Industrial automation continues to grow rapidly, as the leading players vie to boost productivity and strip out costs. Globally, the industrial automation market was valued at around £155 billion in 2018. Analysts expect it to reach around £220 billion by 2025.
Re-shoring first came to prominence in the national and technical press at the start of the Covid-19 disruption, usually in the context of US tech giants pulling outsourced manufacturing back to the USA from APAC countries.
Underpinning this fast-moving digital world is not just the IT software and hardware, but the foundational layer of the data centre.
When building with pre-cast concrete walls and floors, it’s vital that enclosures used to house electrical sockets and devices remain in place during the concrete pour. Movement of the enclosure during this phase can result in installation challenges or wastage of an entire pre-cast wall.
Selecting electrical enclosures is an integral part of control panel design, and takes account of the components it must house, the environment those components need, the external environment in which the panel is located, and the life of the panel.