- Consortium of Siemens and Škoda Transportation commissioned
- Cars combine efficiency with enhanced passenger experience
- Order volume around half a billion EUR
The national carrier Czech Railways (České dráhy – ČD) continues to modernize its fleet serving long-distance domestic and international lines. The consortium of Siemens Mobility and Škoda Transportation has won the tender for 20 Viaggio Comfort nine-car non-traction units including control cars, designed for a maximum operating speed of 230 km/h. The cars will be delivered from 2024 to 2026 and the order is valued at around half a billion EUR.
- Simotics S-1FS2 in stainless steel housing with specific features for use in the pharmaceutical and F&B industries
- Servo planetary gearmotors Simotics S-1FK2 for optimum adjustment of speed, torque and mass inertia
- Simotics S-1FT2 in protection class IP67 with 26 bit encoder, higher rated speed and other selectable features
Siemens is adding new servo motors to its proven Sinamics S210 single-cable servo drive system, thereby expanding its range of applications. Specifically, for use in the pharmaceutical and food industries, the company is launching the Simotics S-1FS2, a motor version with a stainless-steel housing, the highest degree of protection IP67/IP69, and high-resolution 22-bit absolute multiturn encoders. The servo motor thus meets all hygienic conditions and can be used for mixing and stirring, air conditioning and ventilating, dosing and filling, as well as conveying, packaging and storing a wide variety of end products in the food and beverage sector and in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Siemens supports BioNTech in converting to vaccine production at the Marburg plant
- Key parts of the new Manufacturing Execution System ready to use after only two and a half months
- Digitalization enables paperless documentation of production
The BioNTech SE biotechnology company based in Mainz has converted an existing facility in Marburg for the production of the Covid-19 vaccine in a record time with assistance from Siemens. The production plant has been producing the active substance since February and the vaccine BNT162b2 (also known as COMIRNATY®) since the end of March. BioNTech acquired a production facility for this in the fall of 2020 that was already equipped with capabilities for producing biotechnological substances. Through collaboration with Siemens and the team of experts on site in Marburg, the project timeline for converting the existing facility for the production of mRNA-vaccine was cut from around one year down to five months, whereby the implementation of key parts of the new Manufacturing Execution System (MES) was reduced to two and half months. The new system and end-to-end digitalization of production enable conversion to “paperless documentation of production”, which can immediately fulfill all documentation requirements.
To support their goal of manufacturing quality parts, Toyota Industries Corporation
and Siemens have cooperated to develop artificial intelligence (AI) that can predict
product abnormalities in aluminum die casting, a key process in automotive air
conditioning compressor production.
- Access Points and the first industrial Wi-Fi 6 Client Module available on the market
- Reliable and high-performance wireless connectivity with maximum data transmission rates
- Devices available with high protection class and industry-specific approvals
With a view to the increasing demands posed by digitalization, Siemens is expanding its offerings for network components for industrial WLAN solutions: The new Scalance WUM766-1 Client Module is the first industrial client module on the market that satisfies the latest Wireless LAN Standard IEEE 802.11ax (“Wi-Fi 6”), enabling reliable and high-performance wireless connectivity. By combining the Client Module with the new Scalance WAM766-1 Access Points, users can now implement demanding Industry 4.0 applications such as augmented reality or remote-controlled cranes. At gross data transmission rates of 1201 Mbit/s, the Access Points can link a large number of mobile devices in confined spaces, for example shuttle systems in intra-logistics.
- Dr. Xiao Song appointed Chairman,
President and CEO Siemens Ltd., China, and President and CEO Siemens Greater China,
effective May 1, 2021
- Lothar Herrmann to end his tenure at Siemens
China on April 30, 2021, and return to Germany
Effective May 1, 2021, Dr. Xiao Song has
been appointed the new Chairman, President and CEO of Siemens China,
succeeding Lothar Herrmann, whose delegation is ending after more than seven
years at the company’s helm. As CEO, Dr. Xiao Song will assume all his predecessor’s responsibilities.
Clarissa Haller, Head of Global Communications at Siemens AG, is leaving the company by mutual agreement.
- Climate-neutral insulating medium “Clean Air” consists exclusively of components of ambient air
- Innovative load-break switch enables F-gas-free power distribution on the secondary distribution level, up to 24 kilovolts
- Same compact dimensions, consistent handling enable simple, future-proof transition to sustainable power distribution
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has introduced the 8DJH 24 switchgear, a ring main unit (RMU) for line voltages up to 24 kilovolts (kV), completely free of fluorinated gases. This medium-voltage switchgear for secondary electrical distribution has the same compact dimensions as the variant with sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) but uses the climate-neutral insulation medium “Clean Air”, which consists exclusively of natural components from ambient air. The core of the unit is a three-position load-break switch with vacuum interrupter in the auxiliary path (blue switch). This new technological development from Siemens eliminates SF6 as an insulating medium, as well as any gas mixture based on fluorine (F-gases). As a result, the new switchgear also reduces the CO2 footprint of grid operators. Other benefits include easy and safe handling of the switchgear and effortless recycling at the end of its service life. In addition to the high level of environmental compatibility, digital applications make the new switchgear future-proof and cost-efficient for the grid of tomorrow. The new unit has been in use since fall 2020 in a local substation in the Oberallgäu region of Germany as part of a development cooperation with German distribution grid operator Netze BW.
- New Sinamics DriveSim Basic software solution for fast and easy simulation of drive constellations
- Seamless integration of models into commercially available simulation programs
- Validated function units accelerate development phase
With Sinamics DriveSim Basic, Siemens presents a new software solution with which for the first-time drive constellations and their behavior in machines and plants can be simulated, adapted, and optimized. With the new solution, Siemens offers a quick and easy entry into the simulation of drive technology and enables machine and plant manufacturers to accelerate their own development phase.
- Italian start-up On launches new integrated e-mobility service
- 120 Sicharge AC22 charging stations to be installed to charge various e-vehicles in the city
- Siemens provides cloud-based platform for charging infrastructure management
Siemens Smart Infrastructure is delivering charging stations as well as a cloud-based software for charging infrastructure management to On in Italy. The solutions provide the basis for a new electric vehicle sharing service in the city of Rome developed by the Italian start-up. The first 23 charging stations have already been installed in the center of Rome; the rest will follow during the year.