and flexible

enclosure design made easy

EPLAN
your
Engineering
Internationally, more than 18,000 customers from all engineering disciplines related to automation technology for machine and plant design rely on the performance of our products and on the know-how of our over 500 employees.

EPLAN Software & Service

EPLAN Software & Service is the global standard in software and service concepts for electrical, fluid and process control technology design engineering for over 20 years now. EPLAN has become a worldwide leader in technology solutions.

EPLAN your Engineering

EPLAN Software & Service is a market leading supplier of first class engineering solutions. The primary objective is to provide integrated, mechatronic oriented workflows and efficient process support to our customers. Users are fully supported through a broad spectrum of services including training, consulting and customer solutions.

Worldwide engineering global presence

With 18,000 customers and 60,000 installations worldwide, the German based software provider has been demonstrating the success of consistent practice orientation with international presence for over 20 years. More than 50 sales and service centers guarantee worldwide support spanning over six continents. As a 100% Rittal subsidiary, EPLAN belongs to the Friedhelm Loh Group. EPLAN is a synonym for innovative strength, continuity, progress and investment security in this strong business group.

Integrated
Engineering
Platform technology integrated and mechatronic
The EPLAN product portfolio is based on a continuous development platform for direct data exchange from different disciplines:

EPLAN Electric P8 The Global Standard in Electrical Design Engineering Software

With a freely selectable graphical/ object orientation, variant technology and reverse engineering, the software puts your global projects on the fast tracks to success.

EPLAN Fluid Control & Design Engineering Software for Fluid Power
EPLAN Fluid combines CAD functionality with unique logic allowing you to automate your complete Fluid documentation with links to electrical and mechanical designs.

EPLAN Cabinet Engineering Design Software for enclosure construction and high level automation in enclosure production
Engineering Design Software for enclosure design. Virtual 3D-models, 2D-/3D-views perfect for manufacturing, routing, drilling templates and NC coupling slash your production costs.

EPLAN PPE Instrumentation & Control Design Software for Process Automation Engineering
Professional planning and design of instrumentation and measurement control systems with EPLAN PPE. The CAE software delivers continuous process system documentation with data alignments from pre-, basic- and detail-planning phases.

EPLAN Engineering Center Integrating discipline-specific technical data in a superior platform to facilitate modular system design
A new working method in engineering causes costs to drop. Machines and systems are divided into mechatronical functional units for interdisciplinary engineering with future factor.

EPLAN Platform Your key to success

The revolutionary EPLAN platform technology allows you to take part in the future of global engineering. The platform provides core functions that are equally required in electrical CAE as well as in fluid or PCT engineering combined with a unique bridge to mechanical engineering. All systems are fed from the same data source, making (e.g.) redundant data entry a thing of the past. The EPLAN Platform disciplines united, integration and collaboration enabled!

WORKFLOW
for
enclosure production
EPLAN Cabinet Basic fast and exact enclosure design
The basic module contains all functions needed to quickly equip mounting plates and complete enclosures. An intuitive interface with functions that meet the demands of panel layout guarantee an easy start in project planning. Place cable ducts, mounting rails, terminals, and contactors with a simple click of the mouse. Collision control takes into account the minimum clearances according to manufacturers specifications, thereby ensuring that wires are connected and each device is cooled. Easy mounting, maximum service time and high machine and plant availability are guaranteed. 1:1 drilling temEPLAN Cabinet helps you design enclosures. You quickly and plates are used for manually drilling the mounting plate providing you with a perfect easily at an early stage in your planning phase obtain highresult in the shortest possible time. Production documentation is available at the press of a quality documentation with complete production data for wire button and the design can be changed at any time. The result is meaningful documentation assembly machines and NC drilling machines. Lower your for an optimum production process.

production costs while simultaneously increasing productivity and quality.

The 3D model provides with a real impression of the enclosure that is to be produced. Use the advantages to coordinate with customers and assoziated processes at an early stage. Select enclosures from the database or use RiCAD 3D to access original Rittal enclosures and accessories.

Use standardization to speed up your processes

EPLAN Cabinet lets you define partially equipped template enclosures according to your company requirements. Enclosures and accessories are automatically added to the bill of materials the basis for customized order processing. Direct access to EPLAN Electric P8, EPLAN 5 and EPLAN 21 schematic information such as component data and connection lists ensures communication between schematic planning and enclosure design. Bills of materials can read in from other CAE or ERP systems.

Adjust EPLAN Cabinet to your work processes with the modular concept. You decide what functions should be included. Optional modules for routing, NC and graphical editor complete the strengths of EPLAN Cabinet Basic for professional project planning and production of enclosures.

PRODUCTION
Data direct from the desk
to the workshop
EPLAN Cabinet Routing
Based on the panel layout and the connection data from the circuit schematic, EPLAN Cabinet Routing determines the optimum routing for the wiring. Automatic calculation of wire lengths provides significant productivity advantages: Manual calculations are no longer necessary, correct length information is ensured and production is accelerated by preparing or pre-assembling the wires. EPLAN Cabinet Routing creates a complete wiring list, including wire length, conductor treatment, and wire labeling. All the data needed for wire assembly is complete regardless of whether production is manual or automatic. Data output in neutral or machine-specific format lets you connect to all common machines and efficentely utilize your machinery and that of your suppliers as well as simplifying data transfer to your service providers all while taking into account your production processes and production capacity.

CONCEPT
for your
company-specific requirements
EPLAN Cabinet Basic 2D/3D design EPLAN Cabinet Routing Routing/assembly NC production data

EPLAN Cabinet NC
Transfer your NC data directly to production. EPLAN Cabinet NC transfers the production data required for the machining of mounting plates, doors, and side panels to drilling and milling machines. The module is available for the most common NC machines as a standard DXF or as a direct interface for Kiesling and Steinhauer processing centres. The results are enclosure parts that are perfectly prepared for mounting and a drastic reduction in production time.

EPLAN Cabinet Graphical Editor

Use the convenient graphical editor functions to create graphical macros specifically for your company. The adapted interface and context-sensitive design functions provide a tool to create custom components and to integrate these directly in the EPLAN Cabinet environment.

Layout Intuitive operation and project wizard Panel layouts via a click of the mouse Easy placement of enclosure accessories Collision control of components taking into account minimum clearances according to manufacturer specifications/customized Locked areas taken into consideration 3D prototypes at an early stage based on engineering data Real 3D views of the enclosure model Direct access to EPLAN bills of materials data RiCAD 3D integration of original Rittal enclosure and accessory data

FEATURES
at a
glance
Rationalization by importing enclosure data Reduction of project planning effort by using templates (also partially equipped) Perfect terminal strip handling Automatic routing for fast wire assembly Graphical editor to create custom components Production Production data for cable assembly machines Drilling templates for manual production Transfer of NC data to drilling and boring machines High-quality production documents More convenience and reliability while saving cost and time.

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your Engineering

Internationality without limits

Our customers work around the globe so do we

With 18,000 customers and 60,000 installations worldwide, the German based software provider has been demonstrating the success of consistent practice orientation with international presence for over 20 years. More than 50 sales and service centers guarantee worldwide support spanning over six continents. As a 100% Rittal subsidiary, EPLAN belongs to the Friedhelm Loh Group. EPLAN is a synonym for innovative strength, continuity, progress and investment security in this strong business group.

Main Office: EPLAN Software & Service GmbH & Co. KG An der alten Ziegelei 2 . D-40789 Monheim am Rhein . Germany Phone: +49 (0) 21 73 / 39 64-0 Fax: +49 (0) 21 73 / 39 64-25 [email protected] . www.eplan.de
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