TPi July 2008

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Extended range of automation products for water and wastewater installations

A free library for applications in the water and wastewater industry now exists for the Simatic PCS 7 process control system. The Simatic Water Library, from the Siemens Industry Automation Division, supplements the PCS 7 engineering system with over 100 modules for automation and operator control. The library also contains matching project documents, ranging from specifications to test procedures. Also new is a free Consultant DVD with an efficient toolbox that effectively supports engineering offices, system integrators and plant operators in all phases of planning for water management installations. Specifications of work and services, for example, can be drawn up with little effort. The Simatic Water Library, with standardised modules and typical applications, facilitates the engineering

The Simatic Water Library supplements the PCS 7 engineering system with over 100 S S modules for automation and operator control

The Consultant DVD contains the information needed for all relevant electrical/electronic product groups in the planning process. This information is provided in the form of around 1,400 bid-invitation text modules, application manuals, product information documents (such as catalogues, data sheets and brochures), notes on design and configuration tools, including project files. Also featured are typical applications, along with automation and power distribution configurations. Products and systems from the areas of drive technologies, electrical installation technology, low-voltage controls and distribution, process instrumentation and analytics, communication, process automation and power supply are also taken into account. In addition, numerous specimen applications for medium-sized and large-scale sewage plants, as well as for medium-sized waterworks, are available. Examples for waterworks, pump stations and reverse- osmosis installations are in preparation.

and commissioning of automation solutions in the water industry. The library contains automation functions and graphic user windows, ie the ‘faceplates’ required by the water industry. Examples of additional functions provided by the library are multiple- maintenance concepts with local panels and controllers. This makes it possible to set up hierarchical plant structures efficiently, with a main control centre, subordinate control centres and various stations. In addition, communication modules for simplified integration of standard Simatic S7 400 controllers are provided, supplemented with product modules for Simocode motor management and the Sinamics G120 and Micromaster MM440 drives. The Water Library is also suitable for smaller plants where the Simatic WinCC Scada system and S7 300 controllers are used. On the basis of S7 300 controllers, subsystems with local control such as dosing stations, blower stations or cogeneration plants can easily be integrated in the higher-level process control system.

Siemens AG – Germany www.siemens.com/water

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