In 1993, while working on a friction welder retrofit project at John Deere, a startup system integrator known as Grace Engineering was presented with a hazardous electrical safety issue. The machine I / O was located in the front while the electrical panel with a 250 horsepower drive and a 400 Amp main feed was inconveniently located at the rear of the machine. The company, led by founder and inventor Phil Allen, was known as the Grace Project when designing and manufacturing GracePort, an innovative solution for panel interface connections. product.
