- This year’s trade fair slogan: "Digital Enterprise – Thinking industry further!"
- Next level of digital transformation will be achieved through cutting-edge technologies such as Edge and cloud computing
- This leads to increased productivity, flexibility and efficiency
- Data can be evaluated and used more comprehensively and in greater depth. Data sovereignty always remains with the data owner
At “SPS– Smart Production Solutions” 2019, Siemens is presenting industry-specific applications and future technologies for the digital transformation in the manufacturing and process industries under the slogan “Digital Enterprise – Thinking industry further!”. At the heart of the over 4000 square meter booth are products, solutions and services from the Digital Enterprise portfolio, which help customers to reduce their time-to-market and to increase productivity, flexibility and efficiency.
- Simatic WinCC Unified: Completely new developed visualization system based on native Web technologies
- Fully scalable in hardware and software - from machine-level applications to the distributed SCADA solution
- Open programming interfaces and option packages enable the implementation of industry-specific requirements
- Tried-and-tested engineering in the TIA Portal
At the "SPS – Smart Production Solutions" 2019, Siemens will present a completely new overall system for industrial operator control and monitoring. The web-based visualization system consists initially the Simatic WinCC Unified visualization software as well as the new generation of HMI panels, Simatic HMI Unified Comfort Panels. The new system provides the user with a solution for HMI and SCADA applications, and in the future also for Industrial Edge, Cloud and Augmented Reality scenarios.
- Partnership based on complementary portfolios and competences will support our customers when implementing intelligent solutions
- Cooperation to tackle global water challenges: increase energy efficiency and reduce water consumption
- Focused on three main areas: water and wastewater applications, industrial automation and building technology
Siemens and Grundfos have today signed a digital partnership framework for strategic cooperation between the two companies. The new partnership focuses on the complementary products and solutions provided by both parties in three main areas: water and wastewater applications, industrial automation and building technology.
- Turnkey construction of two 90 MW power plant units
- Production of process steam and district heat
- Annual savings of up to 1 million metric tons of CO2
Siemens will build a highly efficient combined cycle power plant as a turnkey project at the Marl Chemical Park in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The order was placed by the specialty chemical group Evonik Industries. The new industrial power plant will consist of two units, each with an electrical capacity of 90 megawatts, and produce both electricity and process steam for the chemical park. The site’s integrated steam network will also supply district heat for about 2,000 homes in the future. The plant’s fuel efficiency will thus exceed 90 percent. With this combined cycle power plant, Evonik will replace its last coal-fired plant at the Marl Chemical Park. Because the plant will produce environmentally friendly electricity, process steam, and district heat from natural gas, the company will be able to cut CO2 emissions by one million metric tons per year. The plant thus makes an important contribution to decarbonization. Construction is scheduled to begin later in 2019, and the power plant is expected to go into operation in 2022. Siemens Financial Services (SFS), Siemens’ financing arm, developed a leasing financing solution specifically for Evonik in collaboration with Siemens Gas and Power. Together with the KfW IPEX Bank and LBBW, SFS will handle refinancing of the leasing agreement. The project volume is in the lower triple-digit million euro range.
- Successful collaboration in both software and hardware for additive manufacturing further extended
- New CNC Sinumerik One to be integrated successively into the entire machine fleet
BeAM, a leading machine manufacturer in the field of DED (Directed Energy Deposition) technology for additive manufacturing, and the global technology company Siemens announced at EMO 2019 their plans to further intensify their already successful collaboration. This is based on the successful piloting of Sinumerik One, the new CNC generation from Siemens. As a "digital native", the new controller features software for the creation of digital twins, which supports the seamless integration of hardware and software. BeAM is the first machine builder to equip an additive manufacturing machine - Modulo 250 - with a Sinumerik One. At EMO 2019, the world's first AM machine equipped with a Sinumerik One will be presented to the public at the Siemens booth in Hall 9, Booth H50. Visitors to EMO can see how the program simulation is operated on the machine using the Digital Twin of Production in the NX Virtual Machine software. „We are very excited to close the loop in the additive digital chain by bridging virtual simulation and actual deposition on our new Modulo 250 thanks to the integration of the new Sinumerik One. It opens up new possibilities for our industrial customers willing to integrate further DED in their value chain and optimize its usage “, explains BeAM’s CEO Vincent Gillet.
- Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center (ABTIC) is initiated jointly by Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage and Siemens to develop advanced battery technologies and help bring them to volume production
- ABTIC aims to develop and provide digital solutions for production chains and innovation chains on next generation batteries
Announced today, Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (TIES), a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center. The Innovation Center, to be located at the 500 million-yuan, 51,000 square meter facility in Liyang, China, will be dedicated to transforming and upgrading the advanced battery industry, including nurturing advanced battery technology research and development, and the development and introduction of high-end talents in this growing area.
- New Edge applications for workpiece and process quality, machine availability and process optimization
- Analyze MyWorkpiece /Vision and Optimize MyMachining /Magazine based on artificial intelligence
- Manage MySinumerik Edge for the central control and condition monitoring of Edge devices
Siemens has extended its Industrial Edge offerings for the machine-oriented Sinumerik Edge to include more new applications. With the new software, the company is helping machine tool users to improve workpiece and process quality, increase machine availability, and further optimize machine processes. With Edge Computing, large volumes of data can be processed locally on the machine tool. This also reduces storage and transmission costs for users, as large data volumes can be preprocessed and only the relevant data then transferred to a cloud or IT infrastructure.
- Global cutting-edge software provider for advanced process modelling
- Siemens extends its integrated digitalization portfolio for the process industry
- gPROMS platform is technology leader for digital R&D, design and operations
- Seamless use of process models throughout the entire process lifecycle
Siemens is planning to acquire Process Systems Enterprise (PSE), a technology- leading global supplier of software and services for advanced process modelling. Advanced models are used within digital R&D, design and operations in the process industries to help make fast, safe and more efficient decisions through rapid and effective exploration of the decision space. PSE offers model-based solutions that span the entire process lifecycle via a unified and integrated set of tools. This provides a wide range of state-of-the-art model-based solutions that strongly complement the Siemens portfolio in the process industry sector and will also further strengthen Siemens' position as a leading provider in comprehensive plant management over the entire lifecycle.
- Facilities in Baiji will power Iraq’s biggest refinery and deliver
electricity to thousands of homes in liberated areas
- Siemens equipment includes E-class gas turbines, substations and
generators
- Project is start of Phase 2 of Siemens’ Roadmap for Iraq and will be
completed 28 months after financial closing by Iraq’s government
Siemens
and Orascom Construction signed an agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of
Electricity to rebuild Baiji 1 and Baiji 2 power plants in northern Iraq. The
plants will have a combined generation capacity of 1.6 gigawatts (GW) when
completed and are a major step in Siemens’ roadmap for rebuilding Iraq's power
sector that has already added more than 700 megawatts to Iraq’s grid.
- Reaching the next level of digital transformation involves cutting-edge technologies such as Edge and cloud computing as well as artificial intelligence
- These technologies can be used to analyze data more comprehensively and in more depth than was previously the case. The owner of this data retains control over it at all times.
- Targeted patent strategies help the midmarket sector protect its innovations in the area of Industry 4.0 and tap new sales opportunities.
Cutting-edge technologies and the protection of intellectual property are a vital lever for advancing competitiveness and for opening up new business opportunities for medium-sized companies in the process and manufacturing industries. This was the message given by Klaus Helmrich, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Siemens Digital Industries, as he addressed the "Forum of German SME" ("Forum Deutscher Mittelstand") in Stuttgart, southern Germany. The Forum was attended by 500 representatives from numerous well-known German companies in mechanical and plant engineering in order to debate digital strategies and future technologies for small and medium-sized companies. "The midmarket sector has always been characterized by its innovative force. We now need to protect these innovations with new approaches to patenting software and applications, for example," Klaus Helmrich explained.