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Industry solutionsMachine Tool Engineering
Meeting high requirements
Ever faster machines are required within the machine tool
engineering industry, high-precision machines that can handle
the production of increasingly complex parts. Other challenges
faced by manufacturers include parameters such as
international statutory requirements, a lack of skilled labour
and constantly increasing complexity. At the same time,
systems need to be compact and flexible, and ensure reliable
communication in CAx-neutral data flows.
The objectives:
�� Minimisation of downtime
�� Easier, more user-friendly operation
�� Faster conversion times
�� First-class energy efficiency
�� Short “time to market”
�� Long service life while reducing maintenance costs
�� Reduction of total cost of ownership (TCO)
You can achieve these objectives by clearly focusing on
optimising and securing processes throughout the entire
supply and value chain.
Machine Tool Engineering
Success in the machine tool industry – identify and take advant age of new trends
Company
EPLAN Software & Service
develops CAE solutions and
advises companies on how
to optimise their engineering
processes. Customers profit
from increased efficiency in
the product development
process through standardised
procedures, automated
sequences and consistent
workflows. EPLAN provides
custommade concepts for
the system implementation,
installation and smooth
integration into the IT / PLM
system landscape, based
on standard engineering
solutions. The service
portfolio also covers
customising, consulting and
training. The development of
individual and standardised
interfaces for ERP, PDM and
PLM ensures data consist-
ency in product develop-
ment. Consistent customer
orientation, global support
and innovative development
and interface expertise are
success factors. EPLAN is
part of Rittal Software
Systems which is part of the
Friedhelm Loh Group. This
ensures continuity and
investment security.
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Machine Tool Engineering
Success in the machine tool industry – identify and take advant age of new trends
Properly equipped
As a machine tool manufacturer, you are also confronted
with other challenges – increasing globalisation and
mounting competitive pressures mean that your company
needs to increase productivity, standardise the product
portfolio, shorten development cycles and comply with a
constantly growing number of standards and guidelines.
Approaches to solving these problems include optimising
your design and engineering and improving cooperation
with other departments. Interdisciplinary approaches
replace traditional processes, change engineering methods
and offer considerable potential for optimisation. An
enterprise-wide PLM strategy combines engineering with
both product data management (PDM) and commercial
systems, resulting in an exceptional increase in productivity.
A competent partner
Everything is from one source – from software to training to
consulting. Interdisciplinary – from mechanical to fluid
power and electrical engineering to PLC programming.
Integrated – from order processing and manufacturing to
service.
Under the motto “EPLAN – efficient engineering.”, EPLAN
Software & Service provides innovative, practical solutions
for workflow optimisation within the machine tool engineering
industry. The systems of the EPLAN Platform establish a
uniform basis for all information and enable effective,
interdisciplinary and parallel operations.
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BendingBendingMillingMilling
Individuality
Custom machines for individual customer requirements
Continuous workflows
As a machine tool manufacturer, you benefit from integrated
processes thanks to EPLAN’s solutions, allowing you to
rapidly bring customised, high-performance machines to
the market.
Machine types at a glance
�� Drills
�� Hobbing machines
�� Lathes
�� Milling machines
�� Laser cutting machines
�� CNC machines
�� Water jet cutting
machines
�� Erosion machines
�� Bending machines, and
much more
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StampingStamping Laser cuttingLaser cutting
You can trust EPLAN
“EPLAN – efficient enginee-
ring.” – the company motto
emphasises the competence
of optimised, efficient
processes, which help
customers to be competitive
in the long term.
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Increased productivity
From acquisition to delivery
Process optimisation right from the start
Achieve the best possible productivity gains by optimising
your entire value chain – from acquisition to delivery. For
example, you can make significant savings in time and
costs via fast and uncomplicated coordination between
your sales and technical divisions. And within the enginee-
ring process itself, seamless cooperation between areas,
such as MCAD and electrical or fluid power technology is
crucial. A unified database and simultaneous processing of
projects boost the quality of your engineering and reduce
your “time to market”. Another area of potential for optimi-
sation can be found in the early integration of manufacturing
into product development.
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Machine Tool Engineering
Complex machines demand optimum interaction of all disciplines
EPLAN Platform – the data centre
Fast, high-precision machine tools require seamless,
trouble-free interaction of all of their components. Interaction
between all disciplines is critical, even during the development
stage. With a unified database and the core functions for
the various divisions, the EPLAN Platform ensures that your
workflow is smooth and frictionless. Consistent data
shortens development time and increases the quality of
your engineering.
�� Power drives
�� Electrical control systems
�� Safety engineering
�� Machine monitoring
�� Machine wiring
�� PLC (digital/analogue)
Mechatronic Components
Electrical engineering
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Machine Tool Engineering
Complex machines demand optimum interaction of all disciplines
�� 3D mounting layout
�� Control cabinets
�� Switchgear
�� Flexible power distributions
�� Order information
�� Production drawings
�� NC machine control
Control cabinet engineering
�� Measurement systems
and sensors for monitoring
process parameters
�� Pneumatics
�� Hydraulics
�� Cooling
(workpiece/system)
�� Lubrication
Fluid power engineering
Measurement and control technology
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Engineering competence in the machine tool industry has a name: EPLAN Software & Service
Advantages that will impress
you:
�� Virtual 3D prototypes for
optimal dimensioning
�� Custom-fit components
�� Integration of NC production
guarantees highly precise
machining
�� Smooth workflows
minimises complex
coordination
�� Standardisation increases
quality
�� Integration of diverse
supplier data assists your
supply chain concept
�� EPLAN Platform for
simultaneous project
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Exemplary workflow 1
From sales to engineering
Individuality is called for
Special requirements are the big unknown for engineering,
design and costing. That means that close coordination
between sales and engineering plays a central role in your
processes.
Create an integrated workflow and transparency for everyone
involved, starting with a rule-based product configurator
and secondary technical configuration, including automated
documentation.
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Integrated Model –Modular system,
Components, Standards, Rules
Konfigurator
In the following, you will
find exemplary workflows
of efficient design and
configuration by using the
EPLAN Platform systems.
PricingMachine functions
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A product configurator for your sales success
The rule-based product configurator offers your sales staff and partners the following
options:
�� To configure a machine individually
�� The security of knowing that only technically coordinated and saleable configurations are
possible
�� Automatic costing and fast and easy preparation of tenders
The configurator works on the basis of the EPLAN Engineering Center (EEC). That means you
can define modularised products using our modular method together with our experienced
EPLAN consultants. In this way, the EEC resembles a knowledge database. Knowledge of the
various possible product combinations is defined as a set of rules in the EEC. Reusing the
individual functional modules then allows you to significantly reduce the number of variants.
Technical configuration and automated engineering
The openness of the EEC along with the optimally integrated EPLAN Platform enable
engineering staff to provide a second, technically-oriented configuration and parameterisation.
All engineering documents can now be generated automatically:
�� Mechanical manufacturing and order BOMs
�� Mechanical design drawings
�� Hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams
�� Wiring diagrams
�� PLC programs
�� Technical documentation
CAxFluid power/Wiring diagra ms
Enclosure mounting
Engineering
ProgrammingHW-Code/PLC-Code
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Exemplary workflow 2
The fast track to succe ss with integrated engineering
Workflow optimisation
Two identical machines, with different documentation, for
the same customer – in practice, it happens all the time.
To blame are conventional structures, different levels of
expertise and different working practices among different
employees, and the strict separation of the engineering
disciplines. Duplication of data, incorrect components, and
differing representations of components result in the need
for time-consuming reworking of documentation. Raise the
quality and boost the speed of your engineering processes
with an integrated workflow and a centralised base for your
data.
Navigation, searching, printing ...
Legacy datatechnical and commercial data
EPLAN Platform
PDMDocument management
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Exemplary workflow 2
The fast track to succe ss with integrated engineering
Design without media breaks
Profit from the master data at the EPLAN Data Portal, available to you with the EPLAN Platform
for all disciplines including MCAD, fluid power and electrical engineering.
Project your data across all media and make your design data seamlessly available across
your entire enterprise through a powerful PDM system – thereby achieving time and cost
savings throughout the value chain.
Seamless integration of engineering disciplines
To get your project started quickly, the EPLAN Data Portal contains approximately 340,000
devices from many major component manufacturers. The components include standardised
graphic characteristics in each of the disciplines and contain commercial information: In
short, a comprehensive manufacturer database as the basis for a seamless engineering
process.
The various projection tasks can now be edited with the EPLAN Platform and your expert
systems. For example, the fluid power engineers could work with a hydraulic power unit
within EPLAN Fluid. EPLAN Electric P8 then makes available all information relevant to
electrical control of the unit, such as graphic characteristics or connection point descriptions.
Changes, for example a change to an item number in the hydraulic schematic, are automatically
included in the electrical schematic. You can then make the resulting design data available
to the entire company with your PDM system. Thanks to integrated version control, all
users have access to the current documentation – goodbye to manual revisions.
Standardisation and reorganisation as a productivity factor
EPLAN‘s expert consultants identify your workflows and organisational structures, develop
design guidelines to enable standardisation and guide you through the reorganisation
process. The goal is a clear division of responsibilities for all involved – we say: “The CAE
administrator takes care of the master data and standardisation, and the designer gets on
with the engineering.”
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Exemplary workflow 3
Team players: Engineering and manufa cturing
Manufacturing Integration
Efficient manufacturing is a fundamental factor in your
company‘s success. Exploiting the full capacity of your
machinery and the precision of the manufacturing process
are just as important as reliable delivery to your customers.
At the same time, development cycles are getting shorter
and time pressures intensify. The result: Data is incomplete
when manufacturing starts. You can get over this hurdle
with optimised manufacturing integration using 3D virtual
prototyping and direct data transfer to NC machining
centres and automated cable assembly systems.
Production documentation/Assembly documentation
incl. Assembly drawing
NC data generation/Production integration
(Perforex, Steinhauer, DXF)
Engineering Construction
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Exemplary workfl ow 3
Team players: Engineering and manufa cturing
3D design of enclosures and mounting panels
Create integrated, automated processes from engineering right through to manufacturing.
With EPLAN Pro Panel, the EPLAN Platform integrates your production scheduling and
mounting perfectly into the product development and manufacturing process. The system
supports the development of 3D virtual prototypes.
For both electrical and fluid power components, all existing projected components in the
schematic or in the mounting layout can be easily positioned on the mounting panel or in
the enclosure. Dynamic collision detection and the inclusion of the manufacturer‘s installation
instructions improve quality whilst saving you a great deal of time.
Seamless integration with NC manufacturing
For machining, dedicated drill patterns and templates which are passed directly to NC
machining centres are created. Special interfaces allow EPLAN data to be read directly into
the machine controller, for example for Steinhauer eCAB and Kiessling Perforex. On top of
that, the neutral DXF format allows you to integrate almost any NC-based drilling and
machining centre into the workflow.
Wiring made easy
EPLAN Pro Panel provides you with all the information you need for perfect wiring. The 3D
mounting layout and the information from the wiring diagram provide the basis for virtual
wiring of the enclosure. You can find fabrication data such as conductor length, termination
details, bundling and labelling at the push of a button. Interfaces allow you to pass this
information on to automated cable assembly systems, including for example Komax,
Schleuniger or Metzner Cable Center.
3D conductor routing(Komax, CADCAbel, Lists)
Cable harness
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EPLAN Software & Service GmbH & Co. KG
An der alten Ziegelei 2 · D-40789 Monheim am Rhein
Phone +49(0)2173 3964-0 · Fax +49(0)2173 3964-25
Email: [email protected] · www.eplan.de
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�� Engineering software
�� Implementation
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