Find a heavy equipment mover and look for a gantry crane set up called Lift & Lock. It is a hydraulic gantry that can work indoors safely and can give you precious positioning. I used one to assemble a large 100' long press. It was used because of the need for precision placement during...
You can buy harden & abrasion resistant steel plate off the shelf. Talk to a dust collector manufacturer or your local steel supplier and they will tell what is in use today.
The part that is abrasion resistant is usually at the inlet of the dust collector and part way down the hopper. It's...
I have seen solar panels in use in remote locations to provide a small power source, examples being; emergency phones along the highways, ocassionally you will see a solar panel on a reporting device that uses a radio signal to report.
I have never had a need for one however, if it provides...
Excel has a very basic drawing function that allows one to draw all the necessary elemants for a control panel. Another way, that I have used to make manuals, is to take a digital picture of the panel, insert it into Excel, print your labels on it, then import the picture into your word...