- Siemens and Audi are enabling virtual shop floor automation with Siemens Xcelerator to scale production processes
- New fail-safe virtual controllers and AI vision inspection empower Audi to improve production safety, flexibility, and efficiency
- Siemens’ virtual controllers and Industrial AI Suite run on the Industrial Edge system
Siemens and Audi are revolutionizing manufacturing processes with software-defined automation and artificial intelligence (AI). The long-standing partnership is accelerating innovation for the automotive industry by focusing on integrating virtual and hardware controllers, enhancing safety functions, and streamlining production processes. Audi has also implemented AI-driven automation for optical inspection based on the Siemens portfolio. The goal is to automate detection and removal of weld spatter on vehicle bodies using a customer-trained AI algorithm and high-resolution images. As a result, Audi has realized a higher car body quality and more efficient manufacturing processes.
- Redefining precision: The Siemens Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot offers up to 300 percent better path accuracy for demanding manufacturing processes
- Increased productivity and flexibility: Innovative control concepts enable productivity increases of up to 40 percent and reveal new application areas
- Strong partnerships: autonox and Danobat are the first partners to integrate the Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot into their high-precision robotic solutions
Siemens is bringing its
latest innovation in industrial robotics to the market: the Sinumerik Machine
Tool Robot (MTR). This groundbreaking technology is a significant advance in
the precision and productivity of robots that will open the door to new
applications in the manufacturing industry.
- Workstation provides with software-defined automation unprecedented control over factory automation and security
- At Automate 2024, Siemens highlights how co-creator Ford Motor Company will be the first customer to deploy and scale this technology in its manufacturing operations
Siemens, a leading
technology company, today announced a breakthrough in the longstanding
challenge of closely managing numerous hardware control points throughout the
factory. The solution is the new Siemens Simatic Automation
Workstation, which allows manufacturers to replace a hardware PLC, a
conventional HMI and an edge device with a single, software-based workstation.
This ushers in Information Technology (IT) workflows to Operational Technology
(OT) environments.
- Run MyVirtual Machine available for Sinumerik 828D
- Redesigned operating concept Sinumerik 828D MCP (Machine Control Panel)
- Better connectivity, greater sustainability, and higher cybersecurity
In
the spirit of its motto "Accelerate transformation for a sustainable
tomorrow," Siemens is presenting new hardware and software for the
Sinumerik 828D CNC controller at this year's AMB in Stuttgart. The Sinumerik
828D is specifically designed for the compact and mid-range machine market. The
new PPU271.5, PPU270.5, PPU290.5, and PU272.5 processor units and the
redesigned Sinumerik 828D MCP (Machine Control Panel) operating concept offer a
wide range of functions and options that increase the productivity, sustainability,
and efficiency of manufacturing processes.
- Leading technology company Siemens and ServiceNow, the AI platform for business transformation, announced a new collaboration at the ServiceNow World Forum in Munich, Germany
- The collaboration helps transform shopfloor security and operations with Siemens Xcelerator
- New offering combines Siemens’ Sinec Security Guard and the Siemens Industrial Copilot with ServiceNow’s workflow automation
Siemens and ServiceNow today announced a new collaboration, that debuted at the ServiceNow World Forum in Munich. The companies intend to enhance industrial cybersecurity and drive the integration of generative AI into shopfloor operations. This mutual cooperation leverages Siemens' Sinec Security Guard for industrial vulnerability management and the Siemens Industrial Copilot for generative AI-powered automation – with ServiceNow providing the workflow automation needed to streamline and enhance factory operations.
- The Simatic S7-1500V is the first virtual controller from Siemens
- Expands the Simatic portfolio and is part of Industrial Operations X
- Ensures greater flexibility and scalability, and simplifies collaboration between IT and OT users
- Enables central management via Industrial Edge and is compatible with Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) portfolio
Siemens will be presenting
a complete virtual programmable logic controller (PLC) for the first time at
Hannover Messe 2023. The Simatic S7-1500V expands the existing Simatic
portfolio and meets special market requirements such as virtual hosting of PLC
computing. In the future, that means the range will include both hardware
controllers and the virtual PLC. The new Simatic S7-1500V is part of Industrial
Operations X. This is a continuously growing, interoperable portfolio geared
towards production engineering, execution, and optimization which Siemens is
adding to its portfolios on Siemens Xcelerator – the open, digital business
platform. With Industrial Operations X, Siemens is consistently integrating IT
and software capabilities into the world of automation, thus speeding up the
transition from automated to highly adaptable production. After all, volatile
markets, the labor shortage, and an increasing scarcity of resources all mean
industrial firms have to structure their automated production more flexibly.
- New Industrial Edge partnerships enable easy integration of machine vision into Siemens automation technology
- Improves product quality control and addresses labor shortages
- Basler cameras combined with Siemens automation portfolio create a standardized infrastructure for visual inspection also for TIA
- MVTec app on Industrial Edge facilitates end-to-end anomaly detection
Two industry leaders in
machine vision and industrial image processing are independently joining forces
with Siemens. As a result of the new partnerships, customers will be able to integrate
machine vision applications directly into their existing automation technology.
By combining their respective strengths, portfolios, and experience, it will be
possible to offer plug-and-play machine vision solutions – aligned portfolio of
automation and machine vision components consisting of hardware and software.
- Sinumerik Ctrl-E in V6.22 with new functions for evaluating and reducing energy consumption
- Flexible HMI portfolio for multifunctional machine tools
- Perfect compatibility in use and programming for easy integration into the existing machine fleet
At this year's EMO, Siemens is expanding its range of products and services with the "Digital Native" CNC Sinumerik One. The new CNC generation from Siemens, which was launched on the market in 2019, comes with numerous innovations in software and hardware. With the new Sinumerik software version V6.22, there are new technology functions for the Sinumerik One that increase transparency in the machine, simplify operation, reduce machine wear, and increase performance. This leads to the optimal use of available resources, for example by reducing scrap and repairs. It also helps to increase machine productivity by minimizing idle and production times, for example.
- Siemens expands Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform with launch of Industrial Operations X
- Uniquely combining the real and digital worlds, Siemens continues to strengthen its technological leadership in automation and industrial software
- Production processes to become more efficient and highly adaptive
- Includes launch of first fully virtual controller
Siemens introduces
Industrial Operations X, an open and interoperable portfolio for automating and
operating industrial production. The new portfolio is part of Siemens Xcelerator,
the open digital business platform comprising a portfolio of software and
connected hardware, an ecosystem of partners, and a marketplace.
- Higher engineering efficiency thanks to more functionalities for team collaboration
- IT/OT integration thanks to extension with the IT-oriented approach of Simatic Automation Xpansion (Simatic AX)
- Advanced engineering of kinematics (5D/6D)
- Maximum availability in through R1 redundancy
At the SPS trade fair
in Nuremberg from November 8 to 10, Siemens will present Version 18 of its
engineering framework TIA Portal (Totally Integration Automation Portal). If
industrial companies are to shorten their time-to-market, counteract the lack
of skilled workers, and remain competitive, they need efficient automation
engineering that can be quickly modified to meet new requirements. That’s why
the new version of the TIA Portal once again boosts engineering efficiency and
offers optimized functionalities for multi-user engineering. This means that
users can now work in teams and in parallel on projects and build and manage
shared libraries. Access rights can be assigned either individually or
group-specifically, which makes collaboration more flexible.