Panel Builders - This One's for You!
Discover how EPLAN is saving Panel Builders time and money with 3D control cabinet design.
EPLAN has been at the forefront of engineering design technology for many years and much of our sustained success has been a result of listening to our customers, gaining an understanding of their needs and pain points. As part of this process, the EPLAN Customer Advisory Board has identified several specific issues that panel builders face in their daily work.
We know Panel builders are looking for ways to make wiring easier and faster while minimizing errors. As long as control cabinets have existed, they have been wired according to a wiring schedule. While it shows the engineer exactly which connections need to be made, it does not tell them anything about the physical situation. Therefore, the wiring engineer must first make a translation from theory into practice to see the best result, experience is needed!
Smart production with EPLAN Pro Panel revolutionizes the way electrical engineering projects are designed, documented, and implemented. It allows engineers to create 3D virtual protype of their panel layout, which ensures precise and error-free design, reducing the costly mistakes during the manufacturing process.
Engineering in EPLAN Pro Panel represents the cutting-edge solution for engineers to designing and laying out switchboards and control panels. It handles all wiring, component mounting and busbar configuration details, and produces 3D views so that engineers and customers can see exactly what the finished panels will look like, even before work begins on building them. The design can be seamlessly taken into production without first converting as-designed into as-built.
Using EPLAN Pro Panel addresses another important pain point for panel builders as it aids the testing process by ensuring uniformity of design approach and execution. It also ensures that specific requirements relating to the mounting and wiring of components are always met and that errors are detected early in the design phase when they can still be corrected easily and inexpensively.
Another key challenge that the EPLAN Customer Advisory Board has identified for panel builders is the ongoing shortage of skilled personnel, an issue that was further amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a decline in manufacturing, there continues to be strong demand for engineering skills, especially in the fast-growing electrical and electronics industries. Skill shortages are apparent at all levels but especially in skilled areas like panel design, building and wiring.
Fortunately, EPLAN understands the role of leveraging software on the shop floor to help panel builders fill the skilled labor gap. Eplan addresses the issue head-on by helping design engineers use their time more productively and reducing the skill level needed for panel assembly and wiring. EPLAN Pro Panel and EPLAN Smart Wiring can help every panel builder get the very best from the employees they already have.
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