Emergency One puts out the fire with Zuken’s E³.series

December 17, 2009 – Munich, Germany and Westford, MA, USA – Specialist fire rescue and emergency vehicle manufacturer Emergency One UK Ltd has selected Zuken’s E³.series software for its electrical harness design. This will enable the company to produce wire harnesses to standardize and reap the cost and reliability benefits, while also delivering flexibility through modular based customization to aid the manufacturing process and enable straightforward retrofit options.

Emergency One UK has grown rapidly over the last few years. In recent months a bottleneck had arisen in the factory, caused by lengthy electrical installation times; which was leading to a delay in the completion of vehicles. There were three main reasons; the extent of customization involved in each vehicle, not being able to test and verify the electrical system on screen at the design phase, and a low supply of specialist electricians who could perform the installations. This called for a solution that would give them the power to design-out errors up front early in the product development process and deliver high quality detailed schematics that would take out the requirement for highly specialist vehicle electrical installers.

Quality and control through design, while delivering the flexibility to manage the customization process, was the driving force behind the move to E³.series.

"Every fire and rescue service wants a highly customized vehicle - from individual features and functions down to the colour of the red used. Documentation wise, this was an absolute nightmare. We had to create a new schematic every time. We wanted to introduce a new design control system that would allow us to standardize harness set-up, and make the vehicles more plug and play to allow for future retro-fit upgrades." commented Graeme Shields, Design Manager at Emergency One UK Ltd.

E³.series is a Windows® based solution for the design and documentation of complex electrical and electronic systems. Emergency One UK Ltd is using the core module, E³.schematic, the specialist design documentation suite E³.cable for the wiring, cable and wire harness creation, and E³.formboard for the creation of nailboard displays. E³.formboard was a very important part of the solution package. The add-on will allow them to send professional documentation to their harness manufacturers and is excellent for fault finding. The documentation output from E³.series will also enable Emergency One UK Ltd to provide full detailed schematics in the owner’s manual, to support the total life time of the vehicle.

E³.series is available direct from Zuken or through the distributor network. In this case, Emergency One UK Ltd turned to UK distributor High Peak Systems to deliver a complete solution to their problems, for further details about High Peak Systems visit www.highpeaksystems.com  For more information about E³.series visit the Zuken product web pages www.zuken.com/e3.series

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About E³.series

E³.series is Zuken’s Windows® based modular, scalable and intuitive system for the engineering of electrotechnical, pneumatics and hydraulics applications; electronic components cabling and wiring harnesses. The sharing of a singular core object-orientated architecture that supports the entire engineering flow from concept creation through to manufacturing eliminates the need for data transfer between the different modules. This reduces errors, increases quality and allows engineering changes to be completed much more efficiently. E³.series can also be smoothly integrated with existing applications and processes through standard and customizable, bi-directional programmable interfaces.

About Zuken

Zuken works globally with leading companies to optimize their electrical and electronic engineering design and related manufacturing processes through the provision of leading-edge software and consulting services. The company’s unique combination of proven experience, technological expertise and agility creates best in class solutions. Zuken’s transparent working practices and belief in integrity in all aspects of business produce long lasting and successful customer partnerships.

Zuken’s robust market position is reinforced by an established position in the industry with over 30 years experience, and solid financial foundations. As a stable multinational company, listed on Tier 1 of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Zuken is able to remain focused on being a long-term innovation and growth partner. The security of an investment by partnering with Zuken is further reinforced by the company’s people - the foundation of Zuken’s success. Coming from a wide range of industry sectors, specializing in many different disciplines and advanced technologies, Zuken’s people are able to relate to and understand each company’s unique requirements.

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