Engineering
Your Benefit
- Database-supported creation of function-oriented schematics
- High potential for standardisation and automation in project creation by using macro technology
- Direct access to a variety of manufacturer data in the EPLAN Data Portal
- Graphic and object-oriented work methods possible for engineering design
Cutting
Mounting panel in EPLAN Pro Panel
Production-ready cutting lists with length specifications in EPLAN Pro Panel
Your Benefit
- Easy and intuitive placement of mounting rails and wire ducts
- Providing data from the digital twin for cutting DIN rails and wire ducts to length
- Providing data sets in XML format
- Time savings of up to 51% thanks to fully automatic terminal strip production
Panel Modification
Your Benefit
- Drilling information is transferred to the workpiece by way of components from the database
- Simplified data management via standardised drilling patterns
- Automatically create drilling and milling data using the digital twin
- Time savings of up to 89% thanks to fully automated preparation of the order at the machining centre
- Making changes is easy and there’s an overview of consistent data
Terminal Strip Assembly
Your Benefit
- Easy creation of the digital twin for panbel building
- Assemble and assign terminal strips in engineering
- Complete work steps in parallel by pre-assembling terminal strips
- Test and complete terminal strips using the manufacturer’s software
Mechanical Installation
3D model and manufacturing documentation for control cabinet assembly
Paperless document access in EPLAN eVIEW
Your Benefit
- Easy creation of the digital twin as the foundation for enclosure production
- Collision checks in the model reduce the need for corrections later, saving time and money
- Heat sources are made apparent early in the planning phase
- Visual guidance for assembly via 2D and 3D manufacturing documentation
- Providing digital manufacturing documentation for paperless production
- Parallel processing steps by outputting cutting lists
Wire Fabrication
Your Benefit
- Pre-assembly offers the highest potential for savings for the entire control cabinet production
- Length, colour, cross-section and target wiring are all automatically determined
- Exporting of data sets to wiring processing machines or service providers
- Transparent change process using change lists
Wiring
Your Benefit
- Rule-based routing for wiring from the 3D model of the schematics
- Derive information from the digital twin, for instance about the length, colour and cross-section of wires and termination, source and destination
- Optimising wiring through the use of visualisations and by providing all data in digital form
- Time savings of 20% thanks to visual source/destination representation in EPLAN Smart Wiring
- Information about routing paths are also provided in 3D
- Simplified representation enables wiring to be completed without wiring expertise
- Status overview simplifies project handover
Testing
Your Benefit
- Preventing potential mistakes during commissioning
- Providing digital project data
- Easy testing without schematics via step-by-step instructions
- All necessary information is available in digital form, from the connection point to the exact routing path – in 3D as needed
- Status information makes transferring projects between various employees easier and enables project monitoring
- Potential savings of up to 20% via the digital testing process in EPLAN Smart Wiring
EPLAN in Practice
User Reports & Customer Testimonials
Siemens WKC
Perfect Network Integration – Directly from Design to Production
Around 21,000 control cabinets and 29,000 small enclosures are produced here annually –…
AuCom
AuCom opts for automation with EPLAN and Rittal
Can it be done in nine months? Nine months to build and supply 400 switchgear units…
TJ Morris Ltd
How EPLAN delivered major efficiency gains for leading retailer
TJ Morris Ltd are the parent company of Home Bargains, a UK discount retailer with more…
Scholle IPN Canada
Out of the Bag
Within a year of transitioning their workflow to include the EPLAN software for assistance…
IWS GmbH
Control Cabinet Planned via the Cloud
Panel builder and switchgear system engineering company IWS uses cloud functionality for…
Siemens AG
High-Quality Switchgear Equipment – With Integrated Designs
At its facility in Leipzig, Germany, Siemens designs and builds type-tested low-voltage…