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Engraved black and white two-ply legend plates beside pushbuttons on an industrial control panel

The Shop — engraved 2-ply panel identification

Control panel legend plates, engraved in 48 hours

$49 10-pack · 25-pack $99 · rush +25%

Engraved legend plates cut to your spec — the 2-ply stock panel shops have trusted for UL 508A builds for decades, laser-engraved through the cap layer so the legend is in the material, not printed on it. Cut to order in our Raleigh, NC studio, 48 hours from proof to shipped.

  • Mixed sizes, colors, and legends in one pack — one price
  • Free setup from your spreadsheet, DXF, or a photo of the old plate
  • 48-hour standard turnaround — rush at +25% when the panel can’t wait
  • Free Raleigh pickup or tracked shipping nationwide

Who specs them

Panel shop labels without the panel shop wait

Legend plates are the last line item on every build and the first thing an inspector reads. We keep them off your critical path — local to the Triangle, cut in 48 hours.

UL 508A panel shops

Full plate schedules cut to your drawing — device legends, panel headers, and warning plates in one pack, proofed against the schedule line by line.

Controls engineers

Integrators and OEM controls teams who need plates that match the as-built, not whatever the label printer had loaded. Send the DXF, get the pack.

RTP manufacturers

Research Triangle Park plants retrofitting lines and renaming equipment — replacement legends matched to existing panels from a single photo.

Maintenance and MRO

The three plates that vanished during the last rebuild, replaced without a 200-piece minimum. Mixed one-offs are exactly what the 10-pack is for.

Specifications

The specs

Plate schedules are drawn and checked on the same CAD seat we run for engineering and design work — send a DXF, a spreadsheet, or a photo of the old plate and we’ll return a dimensioned proof before anything is cut.

Pack
10 plates per pack — mixed sizes and legends in one run
Material
2-ply engraving stock — white/black, black/white, red/white standard
Engraving
Laser-cut through the cap layer — permanent contrast, never a printed legend
Sizes
Cut to your spec — 22.5 mm and 30 mm device legends, nameplates, panel headers
Mounting
Adhesive backing standard; screw holes and chamfered edges on request
Turnaround
48 hours standard after proof approval — rush service at +25%
Files
Plate schedules and templates kept on file for one-email reorders

How ordering works

  1. 01 Send the plate schedule — spreadsheet, DXF, or photos of the plates you’re replacing.
  2. 02 We lay out the pack and send a dimensioned proof. Setup is free, one revision included.
  3. 03 You approve, we cut — 48-hour standard turnaround, rush at +25%.
  4. 04 Tracked shipping nationwide, or free pickup at our Raleigh studio — spec stays on file.

Reorder program

Your plate spec stays on file — reorders are one email

Built for shops with repeat builds

After the first job we keep your templates, sizes, hole patterns, and color standards on record. The next panel needs plates? Email the new text schedule — “same spec, new legends” — and the pack goes onto the same 48-hour clock with no re-setup and no drift between builds.

Program pricing for recurring volume

Weekly builds, multi-panel projects, and 100+ plate runs get program pricing below the 25-pack rate. Tell us your typical schedule and monthly volume and a real person replies with program terms within one business day.

Set up a reorder program

Engraved legend plate FAQs

How do I send legend text and plate sizes?

Any way your shop already works: a spreadsheet or CSV plate schedule with size, color, and legend columns; a DXF with plates drawn to size; or a photo of the existing plate you’re replacing. Mixed sizes, colors, and hole patterns run fine in one 10-pack. Layout setup is free, and you approve a digital proof of the full schedule before anything gets cut.

What are the plates made of, and will the legends hold up inside an enclosure?

They’re engraved 2-ply stock — the same material panel shops have specified for UL 508A builds for decades. The legend is laser-cut through the colored cap layer into the core, so the contrast is in the material itself: it can’t rub off, and it resists the oils, solvents, and vibration of industrial service. White/black, black/white, and red/white are standard; other 2-ply colors are quoted on request.

How fast can you turn a pack around?

Standard turnaround is 48 hours from proof approval, cut to order in our Raleigh, NC studio — then tracked shipping or free Raleigh pickup. Panel shipping tomorrow and missing three plates? Rush service runs +25% and we’ll confirm the cutoff time when you call or submit the order.

We build panels every week — can you handle program reorders?

That’s the point of the file-on-file program. We keep your plate schedules, templates, hole patterns, and color standards on record, so a repeat job is one email with the new text schedule — no re-spec, no setup, same 48-hour clock. Recurring builds and 100+ plate runs get program pricing; send your volumes through the quote form and a real person replies within one business day.

Get the plates off your critical path

Send the plate schedule — spreadsheet, DXF, or a photo of the old plate. We proof it, cut the pack in 48 hours in our Raleigh studio, and keep your spec on file so the next build is one email away.