UL 508A is a safety standard that applies to industrial control panels. To be more specific, it covers industrial control and related devices rated 1000 volts or less used for starting, stopping, regulating, controlling or protecting electric motors.

Valley Fluid Components is certified for the Implementation of Manufacturer’s Technical Representative (MTR) Certification for General Coverage of Industrial Control Panels. In order to comply to UL, VFC has two (2) Manufacturer Technical Representatives (MTRs) on staff with expertise in UL 508A standards.

Our Automation Division collaborates with our UL 508A Certified Panel Shop, utilizing in-house electrical engineers, and providing design specifications and programing for use in a variety of applications.

VFC provides the following features and benefits:

• Design, build, and certify industrial panel enclosures to meet our customers’ UL 508A requirements.
• For applications that require it, we also design and build non-UL 508A certified panel enclosures using NFPA 70 and NFPA 79 good design practices.
• Create large and complex one-off machine control enclosures or build production scale panels.
• Provide contract assembly and inventory control for your company’s design builds.