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A motor control center is one of the busiest labeling jobs in any plant. Each bucket, breaker, and starter needs a permanent identifier that a technician can read under bad lighting, years after the original drawings have walked out the door. Here is how a labeling package for an MCC comes together, and why phenolic stock is the default choice on the shop floor. The labeling demands of an MCC Picture a lineup of twenty vertical sections, each holding stacked units tha

Some of the hottest surfaces in an electrical installation are the ones that most need permanent identification. Dry-type transformers, bus duct, and resistor banks all run warm in normal service, and the labels bolted to them have to survive that heat for decades. Bakelite labels have long been the answer in these spots. Here is how they perform in the field on heat-soaked electrical equipment. The heat problem A dry-type transformer in continuous service runs warm b