- New online platform to accelerate growth of 3D printing for industrial use
- Network provides access to on-demand knowledge, expertise, digital tools and production capacity for additive manufacturing
- Online collaboration facilitates digital transactions for the sourcing of high-quality parts
- Early adopter program available now; multiple 3D printing technology leaders currently onboard
Siemens announced today the launch of Additive Manufacturing Network, a new online collaborative platform designed to bring on-demand design and engineering expertise, knowledge, digital tools, and production capacity for industrial 3D printing to the global manufacturing industry. First announced in concept at Hannover Messe 2017, and planned for rollout in mid-2018, the platform is launching today with an early adopter program for designers and engineers, manufacturing service providers, 3D printing machine OEMs, material vendors and software providers to join the new ecosystem. By accelerating the distribution of knowledge, as well as streamlining, monitoring and securing the transactions and commercial processes for sourcing high-quality functional prototypes and serial production parts, Siemens' Additive Manufacturing Network looks to reduce the overall adoption risk of additive manufacturing and create new business opportunities for all members of the global manufacturing community.
- Siemens Industrial Edge closes the gap between local and cloud computing and facilitates high-frequency data exchange at the field level
- Edge apps for intelligent data analysis and increased productivity
- Industrial Edge includes with Edge Management a backend, Edge Devices and Edge Apps
Siemens is introducing a digitalization platform to the market in the form of Siemens Industrial Edge: This extends automation devices by providing data processing at machine level and by bringing highly developed analysis technology and the intelligence of Edge Computing to the manufacturing area in a secure way. Siemens Industrial Edge offers users the possibility of executing a range of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytical applications. This allows cloud connectivity (data to cloud) to be used in combination with Edge Apps from Siemens, third party providers or end users themselves in an integrated hardware and software ecosystem (Edge App to Device) for automation components.
- TIA Portal V15.1: Practice-oriented functional expansions of the engineering framework along the entire value chain
- Spotlight on simulation and virtual commissioning
- Complete validation of machines with Simatic Machine Simulator V1.0 and NX Mechatronics Concept Designer
- Extended applications with redundant Simatic S7-1500R/H controllers and integration of the Sinamics S210 servo converter
With TIA Portal V15.1 (Totally Integrated Automation Portal) Siemens is enhancing its engineering framework with new practice-oriented functions for all phases, from planning to engineering to commissioning. Key topics in TIA Portal V15.1 include new simulation and virtual commissioning options which enable even better digital design of integrated work processes, as well as the expanded application focus with Simatic S7-1500R/H controllers, Sinamics S210 drive integration, Multiuser Engineering, software units and OPC UA functions.
- Simotics XP technologically integrated platform concept for all explosion-proof low-voltage motors
- Efficiency rating IE3, improved maintenance conditions plus higher motor availability make for lower life cycle costs
- Optimized planning, engineering and procurement due to short delivery times and accelerated project implementation
- Added scope for optimization using digital twins
With its new generation of Simotics XP motors, Siemens is providing a technologically integrated platform concept encompassing all explosion-proof low-voltage motors. Based on the proven modular Simotics system, this future-proof platform covers all types of protection – making it ideally suited for use in potentially explosive atmospheres in the process industries. The use of standardized selection and engineering tools as well as uniform documentation which can be flexibly adjusted to individual requirements makes for simpler and faster project processing. Together with short delivery times, this can substantially cut project run times. The motor design has been optimized for the process industries, and is available across all protection types in efficiency class IE3. Life cycle costs are reduced despite improved motor availability and better maintenance conditions. By digitally mapping the real plant together with all its components to create a digital twin, Simotics XP becomes a part of the digital enterprise. The knowledge gained as a result can be used across the entire life cycle, permitting further optimization during the planning, engineering and commissioning phase, and also facilitating aftersales services and the stocking of spare parts. Typical applications for the new Simotics XP generation include pumps, fans, compressors, extruders, mixers and agitators.
At this year's Hannover Messe, Siemens will present another medium-voltage switchgear that doesn't require sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) as the insulating gas: the 8DAB 12. The system uses clean air consisting only of the natural constituents of ambient air as the insulating gas. The switchgear is a new addition to the 8DA and 8DB product family and also works with the proven vacuum switching technology. A vacuum-interrupter unit handles switching and arc extinguishing, while the natural gas insulates the current-carrying conductors inside the housing of the metal-encapsulated gas-insulated switchgear (GIS). This type-tested system is used to switch high currents at the primary distribution level. The single-pole encapsulated 8DAB 12 is a SF6-free medium-voltage switchgear in the Siemens blue GIS portfolio. Switches and switchgear that use SF6 as the insulating, switching, and extinguishing gas remain an important part of the Siemens portfolio.
- Safeguarding the interfaces between office and automation networks
- Customized, industry-specific selection of protection levels
Siemens today announces its adoption of Palo Alto Networks® next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) to enhance the protection of industrial organizations in manufacturing and process industries against cyberattacks. The Palo Alto Networks NGFW aims to put in place a high level of protection to secure the increasingly complex interfaces between office and automation networks, as customers continuously seek to benefit from the advantages of digitalization. The NGFWs allow Siemens customers to select from a variety of security levels and adjust them in-line with their own specific needs. The additional firewall will complement Siemens'' Scalance S Industrial Security Appliances which protect devices and network segments.
- Siemens H-class gas turbines debut on the Mainland China market
- Most efficient power plant in China
Siemens secured its first H-class gas turbine order in Mainland China. The company will supply two H-class gas turbines, two steam turbines and four generators for a power plant project in Guangdong Province. The customer is Huadian Fuxin Energy Corporation Limited (Huadian Fuxin), a subsidiary of China Huadian Corporation Ltd (CHD), one of the five state-owned power producers in China. The components will be installed at the CHD Guangzhou Zengcheng combined cooling, heat and power plant (CCHP) project located in Zengcheng District of Guangzhou City. After completion the project will be the most efficient gas-fired power plant in China. Commercial operation is scheduled for the end of 2019.
- Improved mechanical and electrical design for Sinamics S120 Chassis-2
- Chassis with smaller standard footprint and up to 60 percent lower width
- Benefits of innovated Sinamics S120 Chassis-2 applied to type-tested ready-to-use cabinet solution Sinamics S120 Cabinet Modules-2
Siemens has adapted the electrical and mechanical design of the Sinamics S120 Chassis-2 to meet today’s and tomorrows market requirements. The new frequency converters are designed to meet the very highest demands with state-of-the-art components, an innovated cooling concept with speed controlled fan and is like always type and system tested to ensure the very highest reliability and availability.
- Sinamics G120 Smart Access Module for wireless commissioning of Sinamics G120 converter series
- Wireless commissioning, diagnostics and servicing using mobile devices
- Rapid installation with no need to download additional software
- Intuitive user interface and menu guidance simplify handling
Siemens has extended its Sinamics G120 converter series portfolio to include an option for wireless commissioning, diagnostics and servicing. The new Sinamics G120 Smart Access Module enables the wireless connection of mobile devices such as tablets, smartphones or laptops over WiFi to the Sinamics G120, Sinamics G120C and Sinamics G120P converter series, making for considerably simpler converter handling. The module is set up in a few simple steps using a conventional web browser and any standard operating system. The web server functionality eliminates the need to download any additional software. With its intuitively structured user interface and menu guidance, the module offers outstanding user convenience.
- 300 megawatts of emergency power can now be provided to San Francisco via the Trans Bay Cable system to restore power following a network event
Siemens announced this week at the IEEE T&D Conference in Denver that it has installed an upgraded control system for the Trans Bay Cable (TBC) project, a high- voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with voltage-sourced converter (VSC) technology realized in a modular multi-level converter (MMC) topology. The project includes a 53-mile HVDC cable that runs under the San Francisco Bay. The upgraded system will enable Trans Bay Cable, via their Pittsburg converter station, to restore electricity to the San Francisco peninsula after a severe network event and is the first project of its kind in the U.S.