Motor Management System facilitates motor programming.
Press Release Summary:
SIMOCODE pro replaces hardwired circuitry running to various motors across plant floor with one cable and one motor management tool, which provides protection, monitoring, and control functions for every motor feeder. Information such as motor current, motor direction, phase status, and overload status is visible on graphic display. Since SIMOCODE pro can execute its own logic internally, motor can be run locally if communication to PLC is disrupted.
Original Press Release:
Siemens Management Tool Makes Programming Motors Effortless
SIMOCODE pro Replaces Hardwired Circuitry and Boasts a Vast Range of Extra Features
ATLANTA, Oct. 06, 2005 - Siemens has launched a new flexible and modular motor management system for low-voltage motors called SIMOCODE pro. The system can be connected easily to higher level automation systems via PROFIBUS DP. SIMOCODE pro replaces hardwired circuitry running to the various motors across the plant floor with just one cable and one motor management tool, saving engineers a significant amount of time when programming the logic into the system locally. One compact tool provides the protection, monitoring and control functions for every motor feeder.
Unlike other distributed I/O solutions, the SIMOCODE pro provides a high degree of detail on the status and performance of each motor component. This information, which includes actual motor current, motor direction, phase status and overload status, is then able to be displayed on a simple-to-read graphic display. A built-in motor safety protection saves engineers from having to program safety features such as instant disabling of the starter, the ability to detect certain unsafe conditions, and automatic reversing protection.
In the event communication to the PLC is disrupted, the motor can be run locally due to SIMOCODE pro's ability to execute its own logic internally, making local control of the motors possible. This frees the user from the dependence on the PLC and offers a failsafe back-up solution. On board I/O allows direct connection and monitoring of local field devices. Failure of these devices can be detected immediately and reduce machine downtime.
By using SIMOCODE pro, up to 125 motors can be controlled over a PROFIBUS network. Additional motors can easily be added without making any major changes to the control system.
For further information: sea.siemens.com/controls
About Siemens
Siemens Energy and Automation Inc. is one of Siemens' operating companies in the U.S. Headquartered in the Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta, Ga., Siemens Energy & Automation manufactures and markets one of the world's broadest ranges of electrical and electronic products, systems and services to industrial and construction market customers. Its technologies range from circuit protection and energy management systems to process control, industrial software and totally integrated automation solutions. The company also has expertise in systems integration, technical services and turnkey industrial systems. For more information: www.sea.siemens.com.
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $91.5 billion in fiscal 2004. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $16.6 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 430,000 people in 192 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com.
