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INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATION MATTERS

Today’s ecosystem of industrial automation is characterized by media

disruptions during the processing and transfer of documentation. In this
scenario, Eplan Project comes handy to resolve such issues via targeted
collaboration among all stakeholders and systems.

Source: Eplan

ata created in the engi- Ecosystem of industrial into account and, in turn, are
D neering process must be automation used by the basic engineering
shared with everyone
What does this process – the
designers to prepare a quote,
involved in the process. The ideal collaboration among the vari- for instance. In the case of more
goal: machine builders and ous process participants – look complex production lines, this
system integrators, control cabi- like today? In the planning is traditionally taken care of
net manufacturers, component phase, the characteristics of the by a system integrator, who is
manufacturers and also the ma- desired machine or plant sys- also responsible for the detailed
chine or plant system operator tem are described. If the com- engineering and for generat-
all work networked together. pany has particular supplier ing electrical and fluid-power
Operators of production facili- specifications, these are also de- schematics.
ties, machine builders and sys- tailed and then passed on to the
tem integrators, control cabinet operator, who takes the specifi- Data is enriched in the
manufacturers and component cations into account when de- Eplan Project
manufacturers all have one signing the machine or system. The project created with the
thing in common: they all work The planning phase is followed systems of the Eplan Platform –
together along the value chain, by the preplanning process. Eplan Electric P8 or Eplan Flu-
from the planning through to Additional information such id, for example – is now trans-
operating a finished machine as devices, release lists from ferred to the control cabinet
or plant system – and continu- Excel, specifications in Word manufacturer. This manufac-
ously exchange information in or preplanning tools such as turer creates the virtual proto-
Source: Eplan the process. Eplan Preplanning are taken type of the switchgear system

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