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Automation and EPLAN

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Ecosystem of Industrial Automation
Delivery of components
Component Manufacturer Panel Builder
EPLAN 3b Engineering
Data Portal (3D/Virtual Twin)

4 Sourcing

5 Manufacturing

Delivery of the
1a Specification 2 Basic Engineering control panel

1b Planning 3a Detail Engineering

Schematics

End User / Operator OEM, System Integrator

Products, turn key solutions

7 Operation 6 Commissioning

Things/Supply Chain Specification x Value Chain

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The EPLAN Platform
Best-in-class electrical & fluid engineering on a common data model

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EPLAN Solutions
Overview

Concept Basic Eng. Mechanical Control Production Build Comission

The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Preplanning – Process Engineering

Concept /
Basic
Engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM PFD – Process Flow Diagrams

P&ID – Process/Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams
Concept Basic Eng. Plant cabling – Cable planning

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EPLAN Preplanning – Building Automation

Concept /
Basic
Engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM HVAC – Heating, Ventialtion and Air Conditioning

AHU – Air Handling Units
Concept Basic Eng. Controls – Electrical Systems

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Preplanning – OEM / System Integrator

Concept /
Basic
Engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM Actuator / Sensor – Graphical capture

System Layout – Graphical Control System
Concept Basic Eng. Import DXF/DWG – Import mechanical layouts

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Preplanning – MCC / Switchgear

Concept /
Basic
Engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM MCC – Motor Control Centers

PDP – Power Distribution Panels
Concept Basic Eng.
Elevation Drawings – Bucket and System Layout

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Preplanning – Data Import

Concept /
Basic
Engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM Instrumentation list – Measuring devices

I/O Signal Lists – PLC & DCS Systems
Concept Basic Eng. Motor / Sensor List – Actuators and Sensors

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Fluid – Fluid Power Engineering

Fluid power
engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM Pneumatic – Compressed Air control systems

Hydraulic – Oil control for power systems
Control Production
Cooling & Lubrication – For machines

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Electric P8 – Electrical Controls Design

Electrical
engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM Power Distribution – High, Medium and Low Voltage

Electrical Control Circuits – Control & Safety systems
Control Production
PLC, DCS, HMI – Machine control

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Pro Panel – 3D Panel Design

Switchgear
and Control
cabinet
engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM Cabinet types - MCC, Switchgear, Control Cabinets,

Fluid Power Control, Marshalling, DCS, Junction Boxes
Production Build Production Data - Data & Documentation for Production

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EPLAN Harness ProD – 3D Harness Design

2D/3D
Harness
Engineering

EPLAN

PLATFORM 3D Model - 3D Mechanical Model import

Wiring - 3D Wire & Cable routing
Production Build Reports - Generation of Production Data

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Data Portal – Engineering Data Catalog

Parts
Data

EPLAN

PLATFORM Manufacturers – 300+ Component Manufacturer

Parts - 950K+ Components available for download
Production Build Rockwell – 30K+ available

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The EPLAN Solutions
Production – Automating Enclosure manufacturing

Data driven
Production

Production

EPLAN

PLATFORM Panel building - Drilling, Taping, Cutting

Wire cutting, Crimping, Labelling, Stripping
Production Build Copper bending, Wire duct & Mounting rail cutting

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PLC / DCS Interface – Programming Data Exchange

PLC / DCS
Data
Exchange

EPLAN

PLATFORM Data Exchange - PLC Programming Software

Format - Standardized AutomationML Interface
Build Commission Content - Topology, Hardware, Tags, Descriptors

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The EPLAN Solutions
EPLAN Integration Suite – ERP / PDM /PLM Integration

ERP / PDM / PLM

Data Exchange

EPLAN

PLATFORM Business Applications - ERP Software,

Management tools - PDM / PLM Software
Build Commission Business Software – Interfaces

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The EPLAN Solutions
ePULSE – EPLAN Cloud based Engineering Ecosystem

EPLAN

PLATFORM Azure Cloud - Cloud based services

Benefits - Collaboration, Easy access
Build Commission Added value - Installation, Service and Maintenance

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EPLAN EEC – EPLAN Engineering Configuration

EPLAN

PLATFORM Task - Engineering configuration

Result - Documentation generation
Build Commission Benefit - Automation in Design

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EPLAN Solutions
Thank you!

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