Digital Twin meets 3D-Coverage: Revolutionizing Signaling

Pfannenberg’s Digital Twin approach extends beyond conventional 3D-models by focusing on modeling and visualizing the primary function of a signaling device: ensuring safe signaling in a defined environment.

This digital model interacts with its intended environment, allowing for the early consideration of and compliance with regulatory requirements.

By incorporating legal and safety requirements early in the planning phase, facilities, systems, and machines can be designed to meet all relevant standards before implementation. This not only reduces risks and lowers costs but also builds confidence from the very beginning.

Pfannenberg offers more than just standard digital product data. Its 3D-Coverage technology ensures that the real-world performance of signaling devices is visualized in digital models.

This includes:

• Accurate representation of the audible and visual coverage of signaling devices in different environments

• Optimized placement through visual simulation in BIM and CAD environments.
• Prevention of planning errors with predefined, simulation-based coverage zones
• Compliance with safety regulations right from the beginning

With precise digital planning data, companies can optimize the number of signaling devices, reducing costs while maintaining safety standards.

Multi-CAD data is available in various formats for easy integration into design software such as SolidWorks, CATIA, Siemens NX, and Autodesk Inventor.

For almost all products, 2D and 3D CAD, E-CAD, and CAM formats can be downloaded from the “Multi-CAD Data” section on the respective product detail pages on the Pfannenberg website.

Detailed information about Multi-CAD data, including its availability, use, and integration, can be found here.

Create three-dimensional virtual building models along with their signaling coverage using Revit libraries. These libraries are available for selected signaling devices, allowing planners to verify during the early planning phase whether all required signaling areas are fully covered.

For more detailed information on BIM planning, including how to access and utilize Revit libraries, please click here.

The SISTEMA library enables seamless integration of Performance Level (PL)-classified products into safety-related control systems, ensuring compliance with EN ISO 13849-1.

For further information on SISTEMA and to download the library, please click here.

PSS is an intuitive tool for selecting the right signaling technology. It enables precise calculations, prevents over- or under-sizing, and enhances overall efficiency.

Click here for further information on PSS.

For all visual signaling devices certified for use in fire alarm systems under EN 54-23, Pfannenberg provides specialized planning and configuration tools. These tools simplify the process of determining the correct placement of each product type to ensure full area coverage for fire alarm signaling.

This applies to both wall-mounted and ceiling-mounted devices, allowing planners to ensure compliance with safety regulations and guarantee effective alarm coverage.

Downloads for these planning tools are available on the respective product pages.

Standardized tender specifications simplify procurement processes and ensure compliance with legal requirements. GAEB XML and GAEB 90 are commonly used for public and private tenders. Construction and engineering tenders rely on formats such as DATANORM 5 and ÖNORM. Custom documentation needs can be met flexibly using WORD, EXCEL, or PDF. Tender texts can be generated in the common formats and then downloaded.

Click here for further information on tender specifications.

Pre-configured EPLAN macros enable smooth integration into EPLAN projects, reducing errors and saving valuable time in electrical planning.

Downloads are available in the “Downloads” section on each product page.