We used terminal blocks on our OI, although you can't see them in this picture. Where I work, Our panel shop prefers Phoenix Terminal blocks, but the point is, we used "terminal blocks" and the phoenix ones are free....
Allen Bradley has some new 22.5mm buttons 800F series, that I think would be kewl to get in the KOP. I ended up asking our ABB sales guy for some buttons. ABB has a pot that is panel mounted in a 22.5mm hole version. That's why we stuck with ABB this time around.
We didn't use all the buttons on the OI this year, but we planned ahead since I had ABB's attention. The E-stop ofcourse is wired to the the DISABLE circuit on the competition port. Everyone on the team knows what the e-stop does. Next year, I think we will add a remote estop box that someone else can control. So having a plastic enclosure, "yellow" top that Allen Bradley sells would be nice too.."Meets IEC standards" for e-stop and NFPA-79 rules.
When at IRI, stop buy 1501's pit to see control board, and our robot panel. It has pandiut on it and looks really nice. Talk to Larry Johnston, he wired the robot all by himself this year, proud of that kid...
I am trying to teach the electrical kids how we build panels in the "real" world, even though the "wieght" is a problem, at least it's done like a panel shop would build it...almost....
Also, I own a website called mrplc.com. Check out some control panel pictures that members have uploaded, including myself. You'll see tons of examples of how a terminal block is used.
Gallery Link:
http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?au...y&cmd=sc&cat=1