SIMATIC second generation Mobile Panels offer performance, flexibility, convenience, and quality. Recent improvements include compact connection options, unique safety features, USB interfaces, simplified connections, and engineering elegance. Their deployment in the field or in the factory makes mobile operation and monitoring even safer and more efficient. Available with either a 4-, 7-, or 9-inch display […]
HMI PRO Extension Facilitates Customer Customization
Siemens just expanded the portfolio of system components for SIMATIC HMI PRO devices with the Extension Unit box, which can now be ordered in sizes ranging from 12 inches to 22 inches. The Extension Unit box is there to facilitate customer customization. It consists of an empty enclosure into which customer-specific components can be installed. […]
Siemens Automation and Controls Bring Big Savings to Automotive Supplier
Name just about any large auto manufacturer on the plant and the likelihood is that BWI Group supplies them with chassis, suspension, and brake products. With headquarters in Beijing, China, the company has more than 5,000 employees, 16 technical centers and factories worldwide, and annual sales approaching $1 billion. But expansion meant the company had […]
New Failsafe Module for SIMATIC ET 200eco PN
The Siemens SIMATIC ET 200eco PN is a compact block IO with PROFINET connection with IP 65/67 degree of protection for cabinet-free installation directly on the machine. A fully-sealed zinc die-cast housing makes it mechanically rugged and resistant to vibrations, dust, oil, or humidity. The ET 200eco PN is ideal for applications that demand a […]
New Extension Card Equips IPC or PC with High Performance PROFINET IRT Controller Interface
The CP1625 is a PCIe extension card for SIMATIC IPCs or a standard PC. It allows the user to equip the IPC/PC with a high performance PROFINET IRT controller interface e.g. for motion control. There is also a developer version available (CP1625Dev) which allows the CP1625 to operate as a stand-alone embedded PROFINET IRT controller. […]
TIA Portal V15.1 Engineering Platform Enhanced for Digitalization, IIoT
With TIA Portal V15.1 (Totally Integrated Automation Portal) Siemens is enhancing its engineering framework with enhancements across all components positioned for digitalization, IIOT, from planning and engineering to commissioning. Key topics in TIA Portal V15.1 include extended simulation and virtual commissioning options which enable even better digital design of integrated work processes, as well as […]
New PC-based Controller Now in a Modular Controller Design
Every machine or system makes individual demands in terms of performance and application complexity. To handle this requirement, Siemens offers a range of controllers to match every application. To achieve this Siemens has blended its line of modular S7-1500 advanced controllers seamlessly into its PC-based SIMATIC S7-1500S controllers for those applications that need the functionality […]
SIMATIC Controller and PC Combo
Operators often complain about having to do one task in a controller and another on a PC. The resulting screen hopping not only consumes valuable time, it can be inconvenient to the workforce. In some cases, protective clothing such as gloves must be removed (and put back on) due to the transition. Having everything on […]
Better Panels for Food and Pharma
There are many challenging conditions to be faced in the workplace. The food and beverage industry, for example, often uses high-pressure washers. Equipment in such areas must be rated for IP69/ IP69K protection. Similarly, the pharmaceutical industry must uphold the highest standards of cleanliness. Hence computers, HMIs and other devices must be resistant to disinfectants. […]
More Screen, More Resolution with the SIMATIC HMI TP1000F Mobile
Personnel on the factory floor, conducting inspections, or involved in field service often have to work in conditions that are far from ideal. Lighting can either be too bright, too dull, or completely absent. Temperatures can either be uncomfortably high or frigid. The presence of particulate matter or smoke in the air can greatly impair […]
