Last year Eplan, the solutions provider, welcomed around 1,400 attendees from 73 countries to its international Virtual Fair. Impressive figures – and that in times before such virtual formats had become the standard almost everywhere. This year the interest in new, innovative Leadership Talks, practice-oriented webcasts and worldwide chats for talking shop with other users is likely to increase again.

Electrical planning: Automation saves time – also in batch size one.

Working at home is something many people are doing right now. That is why Eplan is now offering a number of online services, including webcasts that provide users with specific practical support. The possibility for remote consulting and meeting with consultants via video conference is another new service that Eplan is offering companies – augmented by helpful online training courses from the Eplan Training Academy.

By implementing a new data standard, software solutions provider EPLAN contributes to further simplifying control and switchgear construction. The new standard increases the quality of article and device data in EPLAN Data Portal, a web service offering product catalogues from numerous component manufacturers. Several thousand data sets – for instance from Rittal, leading provider of enclosure systems and IT infrastructure – are already available at this premium level, and additional well-known component manufacturers are working on providing data in line with this new standard.

Target/actual state determined in just minutes

Digitisation will be Eplan’s focus topic during the next “trade fair on the internet” – the Eplan Virtual Fair will be taking place on 21 May and covering all the world’s important time zones with sixteen hours of live operations. Presentations, live demonstrations and management discussions will all be part of the day’s multifaceted programme. It’s goal: The direct exchange of expertisein more than seventy countries around the world.

Solutions provider Eplan has already been offering cloud-based systems for a while. Eplan Data Portal is established worldwide as a manufacturer library for downloading device data. Since early 2019, Eplan eView has expanded the range of solutions with which ECAD projects can be viewed, verified and commented on using a redlining workflow. With Eplan ePulse, the company’s course towards agile cloud development is now being systematically continued in dialogue with customers and partners.

Ideally, a company’s engineering solution should also be supporting its digitisation strategy. But how is this best implemented? Solutions provider Eplan and its affiliate Cideon are presenting the “Efficiency Lab” at the heart of its trade show stand during the Hannover Messe – working in dialogue with visitors, a performance/target comparison is established as a basis for the systematic digitisation of engineering processes. The path taken into the cloud also consistently carries a company forward: Eplan eView is being presented to visitors as the first solution of the Eplan ePulse system. A third focus is the integrated value chain in cooperation with affiliate Rittal.

Much has been said about Eplan Platform, Version 2.8. Now, just a few days before the rollout, the focus is on Eplan Electric P8. Users can look forward to enhancements in the areas of configuration, bus data and round-trip engineering with Siemens TIA Portal. Eplan Electric P8, the established CAE solution, further surprises by introducing a completely new user interface and an integrated user portal.

Engineering disciplines must grow together in the Industry 4.0 era. But how can current departmental boundaries be overcome? Syngineer ensures that designers from electrical and mechanical engineer-ing “talk to one another”. The cloud-based tool facilitates better communication while simultaneous-ly optimising interdisciplinary cooperation for developing machines and systems.