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Paradigm Shift in the Mechanical Equipment Manufacturing Industry

SIMOTION is a completely new Siemens Motion Control System. SIMOTION integrated the motion control, logic control and technical control which offers the best solution for the Production Machine, and it is the first product in the world that is designed for the Production Machines.

Many sectors of the mechanical equipment manufacturing industry produce machines that have one principal item in common. Specifically, these machines rely on motion control tasks, involving increasingly complex motion and greater speed and precision.

SIMOTION the Motion Control System:

• ONE system for ALL motion control tasks
  
• For machinery with many moving parts

The SIMOTION system has three components:

• Engineering system
  The engineering system enables motion control, logic, and technology tasks to be solved in a single integrated system, and also provides all of the necessary tools, ranging form programming and parameter assignment to testing and commissioning to diagnostics.
  
• Runtime software modules
  These modules provide the various motion control and technology functions the relevant modules can be selected, providing the flexibility to customize system functionality to a particular machine.
  
• Hardware platforms
  The hardware platforms are the basis of the SIMOTION motion control system. The application that was developed using the engineering system and the associated runtime software modules can be used on different hardware platforms, enabling selection of the most suitable platform for the machine.

SIMOTION can connect with three different platforms:

• SIMOTION D - Compact and Integrated into the Drive
  SIMOTION D functionality is integrated directly into the control module of the new SINAMICS S 120 multiple-axis drive system. The result is an extremely compact overall system comprised of a controller and a drive. The direct integration of motion control and drive functionality makes the system extremely responsive.

  - Typical areas of application: Due to its compact design and integration the drive, SIMOTION D is particularly well suitable for use with

  1. Compact machinery
     
  2. Distributed automation concepts, such as for machines with many axes
     
  3. Modular machines, which can also be used as a supplement to SIMOTION P or SIMOTION C
     
  4. Applications with time-critical requirements for axis couplings
  
  
• SIMOTION C - Modular and Flexible
  The SIMOTION C230-2 controller is packaged in an S7-300 system. It comes with four analog drive interfaces and several "onboard" digital inputs and outputs. In addition, the C230-2 can be expanded to include I/O modules and function modules from the SIMATIC S7-300 product range, at additional interfaces, the C230-2 has two isochronous PROFIBUS connections and one Ethernet connection, thus providing many communication options.

  - Typical areas of application Due to its modular design, the C2302- is extremely flexible and can be used to satisfy many requirements, in particular:

  1. Highest level of freedom for drive selection
     
  2. Extremely board range of process signals
  
  
• SIMOTION P - Open for Additional Tasks
  SIMOTION P350 is a PC-based motion control system. It uses the Windows NT and, in future, the Windows XP operating system with a real-time enhancement for SIMOTION.
  Thus, in addition to the SIMOTION, machine application, other PC applications can be executed at any time, for example, an operator control application, a process data evaluation, standard PC applications, etc.

  - Typical area of application
  Due to its open, industrial PC-based technology, the P350 is particularly well suited for;

  1. Requirements of openness in the PC environment
     
  2. Requirements for control and display on hardware
     
  3. Comprehensive data management, evaluation, and reporting
     
  4. High-level requirements for remote diagnostics and remote operator control

Thus, each hardware platform has advantages for particular areas of application. Different platforms can also be combined for especially complex requirements. These different hardware platforms always have the same system properties, however. That is, the functionality and engineering are always identical - regardless of which platform is used.

SIMOTION, completely new, completely different, completely simple.