COVER ARTICLE FEATURES: • Analytical instrumentation • Control systems+ automation • Earthing+ lightning protection • Cables+ cable accessories • Pressure+ levelmeasurement • Energy+ enviroFiciency E+COctober 2015 cover.indd 1 2015/09/28 03:20:29PM T o implement tasks of increasing complexity - at less risk and with less outlay - you require hardware and software that is both innovative and guaranteed to remain available over the long term. For over two decades, Siemens has offered reliable industrial PCs for this purpose assembled in their own factories in Germany with mainboards developed in house – standardised, flexible and scalable. This benefits machine and plant builders, system integrators and end customers alike. SIMATIC IPCs offer you flexible options for compact designs with greater performance and functionality. ‘The More Industrial PC’ Advantages of ‘the more industrial PC’: • Reliable industrial PCs with main-boards developed in house • Assembly in Germany to the highest standards of quality to ensure high system availability and greater productivity • Compact, innovative design in various construction types with higher performance and greater functionality • Uniform front panels with widescreen displays for harmonized design of machines and plants • Ready-to-use bundles and software packages • Customised automation for individual products, systems, turnkey and industry-specific solutions ‘Made in Germany’ In 1983, Siemens was the first supplier to offer standard PC technology with industrial characteristics. More milestones since then: • 2006 – The first industrial PC family with Intel Core2 Duo proces- sors • 2009 – The first and, until now, only supplier of a software control- ler with safety functions that has been certified by the German Technical Inspectorate (TÜV) • 2010 – The first manufacturer of an integrated, high-end industrial PC family with new-generation i7/i5/i3 Intel Core processors • 2011 – The first manufacturer of an embedded industrial PC family with new-generation Intel Atom processors (presented with the iF product design award in 2011 and 2012) • 2012 – The first supplier of HMI/IPC devices with widescreen fronts (presented with the iF product design award in 2012) SIEMENS SIMATIC IPC The more industrial PC Siemens has more than doubled the number of PC based systems in the field over the past nine years to over a million devices. Siemens is the global market leader in industrial PCs and therefore the leading systems supplier of PC-based automation. SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller The SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller offers the advantages of the SIMATIC S7-1500 standard controller on industrial PCs. As a result, you will benefit from maximum user friendliness and scalability in performance as well as efficient engineering due to the Totally Inte- grated Automation (TIA) Portal. As with all SIMATIC controllers, messages pertaining to system diagnostics can be called up via a click. Easy-to-use motion functions are already integrated. Analogous to the SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller, PC-based automation comes with maximum system availability:The software controller operates absolutely independently of theWindows system – this ensures the controller's continued operation during restart or even in case of Windows failure. SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller • Flexible controller for special machines with high requirements in terms of performance and functions • Complies with industry-standard SIMATIC IPCs • Complies with sector- and customer-specific requirements • It has increased system availability • Engineering efficiency • Security integrated Enquiries: Kruben Bennie.Tel: +27 (0)11 652 7762. Mobile: +27 (0)82 562 9423 or email: kruben.bennie@siemens.com 25 October ‘15 Electricity+Control