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Finding the identification solution
When selecting cable management solutions for panel building, ensuring elements such as wiring, terminal blocks and all the other components involved have the right level of identification is critically important. Correct and safe maintenance and any future reconfiguration work will depend on this. Here John McGee, product manager for identification 
Panel building - Panel builders must look to the future
With technologies constantly changing, panel builders will find themselves faced with new challenges. Over the next few years, those working in the panel building industry will need to change their knowledge base to account for greater integration of controls and measurement, utilisation of compact solutions and demand for environmentally-friendly measures.
Panel building - The importance of identification
For panel builders, using cable management solutions to identify wiring, terminal blocks and components is vital. Not only will clear identification aid future maintenance and reconfigurations, it will also offer reassurance to those responsible for health and safety. John McGee, product manager for identification and protection at HellermannTyton, looks at
Shallow grid modules for easy fit solution
Hager claims its new sollysta grid wiring accessories are the easiest on the market to install. The modules have the shallowest projection currently available, at just 10mm from the faceplate, to maximise cabling space in the back box.
Water alarm system updated
Vimpex has launched a new range of control panels for its popular Hydrosense Water Leakage Detection System. Hydrosense is designed to protect areas where water leakage could seriously damage electrical, communication and computer networks by quickly detecting the leak and raising an alarm.
Panel building - The end for panel wiring?
When building a control panel, wiring is almost always the most time consuming and costly operation. As Phil George of Eaton's Electrical Sector explains, however, modern electronic technology is making possible innovations that mean the days of conventional panel wiring are rapidly coming to an end!
RCBOs big on space saving
GE has announced the introduction of its new space saving Compact RCBO range. Part of the company's Unibis platform, the new product family is the same physical size as GE's standard ElfaPlus range of modular MCBs and as a result provides more cabling space in the consumer unit.
Safer panel handling
High Voltage electrical installation specialist Grosvenor Power Services has recently purchased one of CTE's Pianoplan battery powered tracked load carrying machine. The company uses the Pianoplan to handle heavy and bulky electrical panels safely and efficiently into buildings and through doorways where alternative equipment or manual handling is impossible or