Engineering

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Efficient
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 25 years now. EPLAN Software & Service has become a worldwide leader in technology solutions.

Efficient 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 global software provider has been demonstrating the success of consistent practice orientation with international presence for over 25 years. More than 50 sales and service centers provide worldwide support spanning over six continents. As a 100% Rittal subsidiary, EPLAN Software & Service 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!

INDUSTRIES
Overview for power generation,
transmission & distribution
A unique portfolio of innovative EPLAN products for engineering energy systems ensure safe and efficient power generation and transmission.

Coal, gas and nuclear power plants

Hydroelectric power plants

Transformer substations

Gas-insulated high-voltage switchgears Medium-voltage

Wind power plants Solar plants

Transmission systems

Generator switches

Low-voltage systems systems

Does any of these challenges sound familiar to you?

"Errors in our design work fall into a recurring pattern somehow they keep surfacing over and over again. Can I change this situation to raise and ensure enduring quality?"

with EPLAN, you can!

"We have a vast amount of plant documentation and engineering master data in our company. Which data sets are the latest up to date?"

with EPLAN, you know it!

"We often design new plant extensions on the basis of existing project documentation and adapt these templates subsequently through manual revision. How can I accomplish this more effectively, efficiently and by avoid reinventing the wheel each time?"

with EPLAN, you can generate the documentation automatically!

For over 25 years, EPLAN has been demonstrating how quality improvement, error prevention and productivity increase in power generation and distribution engineering can be achieved. Moreover, we offer industry-specific solutions for power supply with our long history of proven expertise in power plant, machine, mechanical and automation engineering.

comprehensive engineering
with proven track record

SOLUTIONS
Optimum plant planning and design with EPLAN
The foundation for reliable power supply is already laid in the engineering of plants and distribution systems. High-quality plant documentation plays the central role in the entire process and the plant life cycle engineering. EPLAN Software & Service offers a unique comprehensive solution for power generation and distribution through the EPLAN Platform with its powerful, purpose built modules: electrical design engineering, EI&C technology and P&ID, fluid power design, enclosure layouts and functional engineering.

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Engineering solutions
for network operators
Standardization on EPLAN allows a perfect link between suppliers and production plants. Well specified supplier requirements ensure consistent documentation format and content for smooth startup and maintenance. With advanced EPLAN engineering solutions the overall plant documentation can be integrated into your existing PDM workflow for maximum efficiency.

Challenges and solutions

Despite the use of PDM systems there is often no consistency in the documentation because of various document types. In complex systems such as power plants or substations with a huge amount of schematics, a central task is to include and update all the universal documents that are affected by each change.

The challenges
Grappling with inconsistent design methods of various suppliers due to lack of documented guidelines?

Standardize with EPLAN and create the basis for a new communication standard.
Using separate, incompatible tools for electrical, fluid power and P&ID designs?

Create a single collective project file with the EPLAN software platform!
Inability to quickly access current plant documents to minimize downtimes?

Integrate your existing documentation with minimum effort and maximum interconnection into the process control environment.
Difficulty in handling countless existing documentation in various different formats (paper, PDF, DXF etc.)?

Migrate existing data into EPLAN. Have EPLAN convert automatically. The solutions
EPLAN Software & Service fully supports you in the migration to the EPLAN Platform with customized solution concepts and offers extensive services delivered by our certified EPLAN consultants:

Integration of and migration to EPLAN engineering tools Importing and conversion of existing documentation and engineering data Standardization of engineering or maintenance process Definition of supplier concepts and guidelines

GLOBAL STANDA
in performance and quality
for power generation, transmission & distribution
EPLAN Project Management
With the EPLAN Platform's Project Management tool, you can optimally integrate your projects in your IT structure. Central access to all existing projects, structured management of project header data and project statuses simplifies the handling and archiving of extensive project data. In addition to the native EPLAN format, all neutral output formats such as PDF, DWG/DXF and other graphical formats are supported, making it easy and fast to exchange projects wiht any involved parties. PDF/A ensures the long-term archiving of valuable project documentation at all times. Of course, the management and workflow organization of EPLAN projects can also be integrated into your existing PDM concept. The Project Reference module checks supplier's delivered projects against reference projects for conformity to your specifications to ensure that the quality of the overall plant documentation is maintained.

Instrumentation, control & electrical systems

Professional planning and design of instrumentation & control systems for process automation with EPLAN includes associated documentation and specifications for plant structure, PCT loops and device data. The integrated P&ID module is used to create plant overviews, PCT configurations and related reports. Efficient drawing functions and pre-engineered, pre-stored design elements facilitate fast creation of high-quality central planning documents.

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Single-line
EPLAN supports you, when creating single-line higherlevel function overviews with items such as power circuit breakers, disconnectors, grounding switches, current and potential transformers. With EPLAN you can create your field types such as output, measuring field, transverse and longitudinal couplings, rapidly and simply by selecting the corresponding symbols from a preview window and dragging-and-dropping them on the schematic.

Enclosure layout
Whether its the 360 views, baseplates for enclosures or panel layout diagrams with embedded enclosure legends EPLAN provides you with a consistent and capable solution. 2D/3D panel layouts are created as integrated part of the plant documentation. Consistent data through all types of documents is automatically managed and updated by EPLAN to ensure accurate as built documentation at anytime.

Network and interlocking diagrams

With EPLAN you always have an overview through global network- and interlock diagrams, important instruments in planning and maintaining complex plants.

Primary devices (Circuit breakers)

EPLAN supports easy engineering of components such as power circuit breakers, disconnectors, grounding switches, current and potential transformers. These components are handled very flexibly via EPLAN's parts management and variants tools, so that different representation types are simply implemented by a quick drag and drop from the device navigator on the plant documentation. High quality plant documentation is completed by automatically generated overview pages with no additional effort for the engineer. The overview can be used to see the assignment and reference of the individual functions, thus preventing excess use of auxiliary contacts.

Secondary devices (Protection relays)

Is having protective devices with distributed representation displayed on a structure diagram and on an overview important for you? Then EPLAN offers the necessary data concept. A common data base can easily be build up from which all devices incl. engineering data can be managed and reused for future project planning Portal.

Graphical evaluations (Reports)

Documentation such as terminal diagrams, cable and connection lists, bills of materials or tables of contents are taken care of effortlessly since EPLAN creates and automaticly updates them all.

SERVICES
with individual attention
Services rapid implementation and effective use of consistent engineering solutions are the prerequisites for your success.

for even faster productivity

Using synergy effects sensibly

In addition to the engineering software itself, the workflow and the organizational structure in the company plays a decisive role in optimizing processes. Synergy effects can only be used optimally if routine and standard tasks are minimized for all those involved in the engineering process.

With diverse training programs, EPLAN provides the possibility of establishing innovative engineering methods rapidly and without frictional losses from the very beginning. Engineering workshops and workflow analyses form the basis for a tailored system implementation.

All the internal departments as well as external suppliers are integrated in the engineering process from the first draft of a plant to the maintenance and servicing:

Data transfer and conversion services Standardization of engineering workflows Planning support and on the job training Development of design guidelines and global engineering manuals Engineering services and tailored software development

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Efficient 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 25 years. More than 50 sales and service centers provide worldwide support spanning over six continents. As a 100% Rittal subsidiary, EPLAN Software & Service 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 . 40789 Monheim am Rhein . Germany Phone: +49 2173 3964-0 Fax: +49 2173 3964-25 info@eplan.de . www.eplan.de
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