EPLAN - Efficient Engineering

• EPLAN Pro Panel which automates the manufacturing process by creating 3D digital twins of control cabinets, providing all the necessary data to optimize planning for control cabinet manufacturing.
• EPLAN Electric P8 allows the user to create their electrical engineering designs in a system that is consistent, integrated and fast. Detailed evaluations are an integral part of the project documentation, and EPLAN Electric P8 supplies downstream processes with all of the necessary information from engineering.
• EPLAN Engineering Configuration eliminates the need for manual control cabinet layout. Instead, the user generates a digital twin using EPLAN Pro Panel based on the configuration created. This solution works in any industry, regardless if it is a control cabinet belonging to a machine, located on a ship or part of a LV/MV switchgear system.
• EPLAN Smart Wiring visualizes every step for wiring a control cabinet. Intelligent wiring becomes a reality by providing digital engineering data and project comparisons that are always up-to-date.
• EPLAN Data Portal is a standardized and error-free database of high-quality device and component data of almost one million parts from a continuously growing pool of manufacturers. These data sets and parts are available for drag-and-drop into an EPLAN project.
• EPLAN Fluid is an engineering tool specifically created to design and generate automatic documentation of valves and circuits for fluid technology systems including hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling and lubrication.
• EPLAN Pre-Planning has many capabilities for a wide variety of automation planning tasks and is ideally suited for process automation as it enables the development of a process control strategy and accelerates creation of Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID). Standardizing P&ID development with EPLAN Pre-Planning vastly improves internal coordination, and makes it possible to obtain faster execution of P&ID layouts and in turn has added procurement benefits. Because teams have an overview of the material requirements much sooner, they are able to shorten the turnaround time considerably. Centralized component management has many customer benefits. First among these is the ability to give faster, more accurate project quotes, as well as to generate clear and complete documentation in a consistent format, whether it is the P&ID, the EIP list and bill of materials, or the comprehensive suite of documents that accompanies the completed job. Such standardized, high-quality documentation also helps maintenance staff on a service call make the right diagnosis quickly to resolve problems as efficiently as possible.

Today, Jeff Kilburn, President and Managing Director of EPLAN USA recognizes that these truly are unprecedented times with COVID-19. Just as quickly as the virus became a force within the United States, organizations find themselves with no choice but to try to adapt their businesses to overcome the unforeseen changes. With that said, EPLAN is no different. “The health and safety of both employees and customers is at the forefront of our minds at all times and decisive actions are constantly being taken to continue to serve our market in every way possible,” says Jeff. “COVID-19 has led us, as an organization, to embrace the opportunity to continue EPLAN’s own digital journey by adjusting and learning to thrive in a more virtual world.” A new and extremely exciting development during this time has been the launch of EPLAN Platform as a Service. Their newest offering, EPLAN Platform as a Service, enables U.S. based customers to use EPLAN world-renowned controls design solutions: EPLAN Electric P8 and EPLAN Pro Panel, on demand via web browsers. This allows users to work on projects 100% online via streaming in the cloud which in turn improves productivity, flexibility and allows for better collaboration and quicker feedback. “This new offering is our answer to the market’s need for a more accessible and flexible electrical and automation engineering solution,” adds Jeff.