In 1999 William White Switchgear was acquired by McGeoch Technology bringing with it a vast amount of experience in the design and manufacture of power distribution and control and instrumentation panels for warships.

Since then this experience has been applied to both naval and commercial shipping applications on a truly international basis and nowadays, McGeoch marine switchgear can be found at the heart of critical power distribution systems in many of the ships and submarines on and under the world's seas and oceans.

The design and manufacture of control panels, forming, as they do, the vital control of many interlocking systems, test, to the extreme, McGeoch Technology's ability to work with many partners and clearly underline our expertise in this area of marine engineering.

Range

Every McGeoch control panel is made to a customer's individual specification and rarely are two panels exactly the same. The photographs on this page clearly demonstrate the size and complexity of these McGeoch-engineered units.

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Two views of a McGeoch Control Panel specifically engineered for the new British Navy Type 45 Destroyer. These units control the fire dampers which shut off  the ventilation in the event of an onboard fire.

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Two examples of 'Stop' Panels, designed and engineered for the British Royal Navy. A warship is a dangerous place and it is necessary to be able to shut off systems in case of fire or battle damage!

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A fuse box (left)  and meter box, typical of those supplied to the world's navies. A warship uses enough power to run a small town and McGeoch provides the fuse panels to safely control that power. Meter boxes are used in a wide range of functions, for instance, to provide the operator with an indication of the level of fluid in a tank.

Features

  Single or multiple suites of cabinets with fascias up to 1m high x 2m wide

  Engraved metallic or reverse printed plastic fascias, back or front lit

  Layouts and circuitry derived from entirely from customer data

Applications

  Control of complex systems in demanding marine environments

See also:

  Distribution Panels