Control panels, built and tested in Dyce.
From a single starter to a Form 4 MCC. Designed from your spec or from a process description, built in our own workshop, delivered with drawings and test certificates — and installed by the same team if you want.
- 1Every panel gets a rating label and a drawing pack: GA, schematics, terminal schedule, cable schedule.
- 2Door furniture to your standard — indication, controls, HMI. Stainless, mild steel or GRP enclosures.
- 3Siemens PLC, HMI and drives programmed and tested here before it leaves the workshop.
- 4Gland plates drilled to your cable schedule. Our own electricians can install and commission on site.
What we build
Most panels fall into one of these. If yours doesn't, send the spec anyway — the workshop is set up for one-offs.
Motor control centres
Form 3b and Form 4 MCCs, fixed or withdrawable, DOL and star-delta starters, VSDs and soft starts, with metering and protection to your discrimination study.
Water, process plantControl and PLC panels
Machine and process control on Siemens PLCs, HMI and SCADA, safety relays and interlocks, remote I/O. Programming by our own engineers, or to your integrator's code.
Manufacturing, packagingDistribution boards and switchboards
Form 2 to Form 4 LV switchboards and distribution panels for new supplies and plant upgrades, type-tested assemblies.
Industrial installationLocal control stations and junction boxes
Start/stop stations, isolators, marshalling boxes and instrument JBs — stainless or GRP, IP66, for site or hazardous area.
All sectorsEx d and Ex e enclosures
BARTEC hazardous-area enclosures populated and certified in-house as a BARTEC Gold Partner and Local Assembly Partner.
Oil and gas, distilleries
How a panel gets built
Five stages, each with something you can hold on to before we move to the next.
Spec and price
You send a spec, a schematic or a process description. We come back with a price and any questions.
You get: fixed quoteDesign
Schematics in EPLAN Electric P8 and a 3D layout in EPLAN Pro Panel, drawn by our own engineers in the workshop and issued for your approval before anything is cut.
You get: drawings for approvalBuild
Enclosure, backplate, wiring and door furniture in the Dyce workshop. You're welcome to visit mid-build.
You get: progress photosTest
Continuity, insulation, functional and software test. Witness testing if you want it.
You get: test certificateDeliver and commission
Delivered with the drawing pack. Our own electricians install and commission if that's in scope.
You get: as-built pack
Bankhead Control Systems is our hazardous-area division — the part of the business that builds and certifies Ex enclosures. Ex enclosures, certified in house
The slow part of an Ex d or Ex e enclosure is usually the certification wait. As a Bartec approved assembly partner we populate and certify here.
- Ex d flameproof and Ex e increased-safety enclosures, populated to your drawings
- Certification and marking issued under the Bartec scheme
- CompEx technicians for assembly, inspection and site work
- Drawing pack, test certificate and declaration of conformity with every unit
Frequently asked questions
Are you a BARTEC partner?
Yes. Bankhead Control Systems is a BARTEC Gold Partner and Local Assembly Partner, so we assemble, populate and certify BARTEC Ex d and Ex e enclosures, control stations and junction boxes in our own workshop in Dyce, Aberdeen.
Can you build ATEX Zone 1 panels?
Yes. As a Bartec approved assembly partner we populate and certify Ex d and Ex e enclosures in-house for Zone 1 and Zone 2.
Do you supply drawings and test documentation?
Yes. Every panel ships with design drawings, a test record and the certification pack.
Where are the panels built?
In our own workshop at Kirkhill Industrial Estate, Dyce, Aberdeen.
Send a spec for pricing
A schematic, a spec sheet, a photo of the old panel, or just a description of what the machine needs to do. We'll price it and come back with questions.
Bankhead Electrical Services LimitedUnit 5, Woodlands Road
Kirkhill Industrial Estate
Dyce, Aberdeen
AB21 0GX
01224 502050
info@bankheadelectrical.co.uk
Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm
Need to attach drawings or photos? Use the quote form.