Zuken

Zuken

is a Japanese multinational corporation, specializing in software and consulting services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of CAD systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing...

’s E³.series is a software for the creation of electrical and fluid designs, for wiring, harnesses, cable assemblies, control panels, hydraulics

Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a topic in applied science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. In fluid power, hydraulics is used for the generation, control,...

 and pneumatics

Pneumatics

Pneumatics is a branch of technology, which deals with the study and application of use of pressurized gas to effect mechanical motion.Pneumatic systems are extensively used in industry, where factories are commonly plumbed with compressed air or compressed inert gases...

. It is ideal for designing interdependent systems (i.e. electrical and fluid) in one project environment. Founded in 1987 as CIM-Team GmbH, the Ulm-based company has continually expanded its skills in electrical and fluid CAD software amongst others by the acquisition of the product rights to ABB-CADE’s CADES-G, CoCreate’s DDS-C and TCS’s VARCAD/promis. In the year 2001, CIM-Team brought its electrical CAD software E³.series to market maturity . In 2006, Zuken

Zuken

is a Japanese multinational corporation, specializing in software and consulting services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of CAD systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing...

 obtained a controlling interest in CIM Team . The renaming of the company to Zuken E3 GmbH took place in 2009.

E³.series is at home in many industrial segments: machinery and plant engineering, rail technology, aeronautics

Aeronautics

Aeronautics is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of airflight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft and rocketry within the atmosphere...

 and space industry

Space industry

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. Owing to the prominence of the satellite-related activities, some sources use the term satellite industry interchangeably...

, automotive and vehicle developers of all kinds such as construction machines, excavators, mobile cranes, ambulances, fire-fighting vehicles, racing cars and many more. More than 1,700 customers worldwide use E³.series within their engineering departments.

Product portfolio

• E³.series is a modular, Windows-based software suite that offers comprehensive solutions for numerous industries (among others machinery and plant engineering, equipment cabling, automotive, railways, special vehicles). E³.series is available in 10 interface languages. The object-oriented working method enables consistent project data and documentation throughout the whole development process.
• E³.schematic is the E³.series basic module. It is for the creation of multilingual circuit diagrams for electrical and fluid systems.
• E³.cable enables development, design and documentation of electrical and fluid systems with advanced techniques such as hierarchical design.
• E³.formboard provides all necessary functions to create scaled 1:1 drawings for wiring, harness, and cable assembly production.
• E³.panel is an integrated 3D panel layout module for cabinet configuration and automatic wiring. It offers complete documentation for production and enables control of automatic drilling- and milling machines, wiring machines, automatic cutting machines and inscription machines.
• The multi-user solution E³.enterprise allows different development groups to work in parallel on the same project. In doing so, individual settings for users are supported to ensure efficient collaboration on large projects.
• E³.e-PLM is a PLM (Product Lifecycle Management
  Product lifecycle management
  In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...
  
  ) solution for electrical and fluid projects. It enables complete data management and data flows within the product lifecycle.
• Additional E³.series modules complete the product portfolio. Among others, they allow automatic generation of schematic/wiring diagrams (E³.Wiring Diagram Generator), integration into mechanical design (E³.3D Routing Bridge) and compare and document changes between projects (E³.Revision Management).

See also

• Electrical CAD
  Electrical CAD
  Electrical CAD refers to software packages that allow an electrical engineer to create and manage electrical schematics. Advanced packages will not only manage electrical schematics, but also integrate functionalities such as cabinet and panel lay-outs and terminal management.The benefit of using...
  
  
• Electrical Engineering
  Electrical engineering
  Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
  
  
• Product Lifecycle Management
  Product lifecycle management
  In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...
  
  
• Zuken
  Zuken
  is a Japanese multinational corporation, specializing in software and consulting services for end-to-end electrical and electronic engineering. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of CAD systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing...