5 Ways to Improve Power Distribution Design

The power generation and distribution industry is evolving to meet the current needs and they are focusing on smarter systems and smarter designs. Working with the industry giants has been a great experience, providing us with some insight as to how we can go about improving our design process.

Asking the right questions increases the chances of getting the right answer. So, what are the right questions?

1. How can I achieve greater design efficiency?

• Having a list of components that you use regularly can go a long way
• You can test the performance of the components and introduce some standardization. This in turn not only reduces the cost of design but also gives you more consistency in terms of quality.

2. How can I automate tasks ?

• Automating tasks requires you to have a good design tool. Tools like E3 help you automate different parts of the design process completely or partially as needed.
• Reports are a great area to automate as well. Particularly reports that can improve manufacturing, and in turn reduce the maintenance time and cost drastically.
• Intelligent systems like E3 help you produce these with a click of a button without errors.

3. How can I reuse parts of my design efficiently?

• Design reuse ensures quality and standardization.
•  Having the ability to reuse the same section in a project but keeping it unique with device numbering, wire numbering or just cable details can be difficult. E3 takes care of these things automatically, so you can reuse your protective circuits again and E3 will also ensure you don’t have 2 fuses called F1!!

4. How can I keep the information accurate throughout the project?

• Accuracy breeds quality. The more accurate and detailed your design is the better results you achieve with the product life cycle.
• This is a common challenge when you are working on a project that has multiple views of the same electrical information. Thankfully E3 understands this and keeps all the views of the component synced together so you don’t have to manually find the areas to make the changes.

5. How can I make changes without introducing errors?

• It can be difficult to keep track of changes in the design and make sure you replicate those changes in all parts of the design. However, it is essential to do so.
• You are on a slippery slope once errors are introduced into your design and go unnoticed; the problem is cimpounded every time you make changes.
• E3 provides multiple levels of design rule checks to maintain the integrity of your design. Additionally all aspects of your designs are automatically kept up to date drastically reducing the possibility of making errors.

Using the right tool for the right job is very important in maintaining efficiencies. If you want to compete in Formula 1 Racing — a bicycle is not the answer!!

Learn more – Join our webinar  “Electrical Design for Power Distribution and Generation”

Date:  Wednesday, February 22

Time: 10:00am to 11:00am EST

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