Streamline manufacturing by importing design-driven data directly into manufacturing machines.
Zuken USA, Inc.
Zuken USA, Inc. (Westford, MA) announced Panel Builder 2025 as part of its E3.series software suite for control panel and switchgear design.
Panel Builder 2025 for E3.series will be available early this fall in North America.
Features:
- Provides digital solution for customers to support manufacturing tasks such as exporting files for manufacturing equipment and supplying instructions to operators to install wires and cables
- Ability to automate creation of input data for manufacturing machines to reduce errors and material waste
- Runs design rule checks for keep-out restrictions, crashing and clearances for error prevention
- Allows construction of libraries to access free, validated, high-quality electrical components
- Wiring Task Manager that provides visually guided wire installation instructions to shop floor through easy-to-use interface and assists with single or multiple panel assemblies displaying manufacturing tasks
- Shared project database provides information traceability
- Connects design directly to manufacturing using server database to create revision control
- Designed to provide electrical panel layout designers with utility for creating detailed, step-by-step assembly and build instructions for panels, cabinets and electrical enclosures
- Pug-in window that allows for easy extraction from completed E3.series project
- Redline and markup options that allow precise assembly instructions to be added to images
- Collects all images, videos, documents and links in revision-controlled build
- Supports direct exports to wire processing machines from Schleuniger, Komax and nVent
- Generate drilling and cutting machine outputs to drive machines such as Rittal Secarex and nVent NC-CUT for cutting cable ducts, covers and mounting rails
- Customizable hole chart functionality to automate creation of sheet detailing panel drawing with holes, containing hole numbers and corresponding table with drill specification for each hole
- Wire import functionality that allows designer to load connectivity list from Excel file directly into E3.series project
- E3.Drawing Notes Manager, which allows designers to quickly manage and generate design notes
- E3.Toolbox which simplifies outputting bill of materials and wiring list reports
