Integrate ipf products even more easily into EPLAN projects

EPLAN offers software and services for all aspects of engineering in the fields of electrical engineering, automation and mechatronics. The company has developed one of the world's leading software solutions for machine, plant and enclosure construction, a powerful platform that simplifies even the most challenging engineering processes.

ipf electronic is one of the first companies to be represented in the relatively new product selection aids on the EPLAN Data Portal. Via these selection aids, users can find components from manufacturers even faster in order to integrate them directly into their specific EPLAN projects. Since summer 2021, the IPF product selector has been available with selected components directly via the product selection aids, thus enabling a targeted search for a suitable component for a project created with EPLAN.

The search for the right product can also be refined by displaying and selecting further technical properties. The component macro can then be downloaded, transferred to the local parts management system and integrated into the EPLAN project either instantaneously or at a later date.

The EPLAN Data Portal now has over 1 million components from more than 300 manufacturers. ipf electronic has been offering via 1,200 product macros on this portal for more than two years, all of which comply with the EPLAN Data Standard (EDS) introduced at the end of 2019. This standard describes for manufacturers which component data should be made available on the Data Portal and in what form, and shows applications that the selected components contain a complete data set in accordance with EDS.

"We were one of the first companies to provide data on the EPLAN Data Portal in accordance with the EDS quality requirements. As we have a wide range of solutions, especially for enclosure peripherals, and our digital data management met all the requirements for quick implementation in the product selection tool on the portal, we were an instant participant. This makes it even easier for users to access our range of products," says Christian Fiebach, Managing Director of ipf electronic.