- Higher reading rates and reading reliability
- Additional Gigabit Ethernet interface for diagnostic and service purposes
- Easy connection to cloud applications via Simatic S7-1500 and CP 1545-1
- Powerful, flexible accessories and easy handling
Siemens has introduced the Simatic MV550, the second optical reader in its new high-end Simatic MV500 series. The device is characterized by higher computing power, which allows a fast reading process and increased reading reliability – even under difficult conditions. It has an additional Gigabit Ethernet interface for diagnostic and service purposes. The Simatic MV500 can be easily and securely connected to cloud applications. This enables users to optimize production processes and supply chains, and to increase the efficiency and quality of production, logistics and asset management.
- New CP 1545-1 communications processor for use with Simatic S7 1500
- New Simatic CloudConnect 7 Industrial IoT Gateway for existing systems
- Event-driven communication reduces network load and costsStandardized MQTT protocol enables transmission to various cloud platforms
The Siemens CloudConnect portfolio simplifies data transfer within the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) to cloud-based solutions. To this end, Siemens is offering the new Simatic CP 1545-1 communications processor, designed for use with Simatic S7-1500 in modern automation environments. For the cloud connection of existing systems, Siemens is now also offering the new Simatic CloudConnect 7 Industrial IoT Gateway. With CloudConnect, it is even easier for users to benefit from cloud-based data analyses. They can enhance machine availability by evaluating data for predictive maintenance purposes, for example, or machine manufacturers can offer new marketing models such as pay-per-use.
- Real-time data analysis from 29 gas turbines across multiple locations will increase availability, reduce forced outages and enable proactive, prescriptive maintenance
- Digitalization to improve availability, efficiency, productivity and flexibility
Siemens will install state-of-the-art Remote Diagnostic Services (RDS) for GAIL (India) Limited covering 29 gas turbines operating across the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline and the Vijaipur C2/C3 Plant. The scope includes the supply of RDS hardware, site installation and commissioning including remote Operational Service Desk (OSD) and helpdesk services. The OSD will be accessible 24/7, equipped with machine learning tools and manned by technical experts to provide faster, high quality troubleshooting and guidance for problem resolution.
- 61 Vectron MS locomotives
- Deliveries beginning in March 2020
Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has ordered 61 Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility. With this order, ÖBB is calling a further option from the framework contract signed in January 2017 for the delivery of up to 200 Vectron locomotives. This now brings the total number of locomotives ordered to date to 108. The locomotives will be operated by the Rail Cargo Group, the freight division of ÖBB, and are planned for cross-border freight service in several European countries. The locomotives will be built at Siemens Mobility's factory in Munich-Allach, and deliveries will begin in March 2020.
- New firmware V5.2 for even easier operation of Sinamics S120 drive systems
- Integration of the web server with new, responsive design and no special commissioning tools for diagnostics, maintenance and servicing
- Parallel connection of Active Line Modules (ALM) provides an extended performance range for booksize versions
- Users benefit from increased rated power without additional chassis unit and energy exchange in the DC link
Siemens offers new features in the firmware and hardware for the Sinamics S120 drive system. Operation is made much easier in firmware V5.2 through the integration of the web server. The web server in version V5.2 has a new, responsive design, which reacts via standard web browsers regardless of the end device used (notebook, PC, tablet or smartphone). For commissioning typical diagnostics and maintenance functions or servicing, no special tools are required. The web pages are available in six standard languages and feature error indicators and warning messages including meaningful help texts and suggestions for possible solutions. Users can intuitively create, manage and delete parameter lists - even across axes - and can perform firmware updates and system restores with the old firmware version. Backups of parameter settings can be stored on the clients using the web server and browser, and reloaded in the Sinamics converter using the Restore function. In order to test functions that are subject to license, it is possible to activate a temporary trial mode. In addition, a complete overview of all functions that are subject to license is clearly displayed in the web server. For optimum display on any Internet-capable end device, the best browsers are Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Navigation is via menu or breadcrumbs.
- Company awards free shares worth nearly €68 million
- High number of employee shareholders – 300,000 – constant since last year
- For the first time, Siemens employees worldwide donate share dividends to social projects
Today is "Share Day" in Germany, and Siemens is marking the occasion by highlighting its firmly anchored ownership culture: some 300,000 of the company's 379,000 employees worldwide are also Siemens shareholders. This means that nearly 80 percent of all Siemens employees are simultaneously co-owners of their company. The number of employee shareholders at Siemens has remained constant since last year. No comparable company can point to such a high number of employee shareholders.
- Initial call for four Smartron locomotives includesmaintenance contract with Siemens Mobility
- Deliveries to begin in October 2019
Siemens Mobility and Paribus Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a Hamburg-based investment and asset management firm for rail rolling stock and real estate, have signed a framework agreement for the delivery of 25 Smartron locomotives. The deal was arranged and structured by Paribus for Paris-based RIVE Private Investment. The asset management of the locomotives will be handled by northrail GmbH, the rail asset management subsidiary of Paribus. Four locomotives valued at €2.5 million each have already been ordered. Three of these will be leased by northrail GmbH to TX Logistik AG. The locomotives are intended for freight transport in Germany. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in October 2019. Siemens Mobility will also be responsible for maintenance of the locomotives for a period of eight years.
- 76 km rail line now in operation
- Project connects Gebze in Asia and Halkali in Europe with commuter, intercity and high speed trains as well as a freight link
- Project features Signaling and Control, Communications and SCADA systems as well as CBTC and ERTMS technology
Turkish State Railways has inaugurated revenue service for main phase of the Marmaray project, an initiative to connect the Asia-Europe corridor. As part of the joint venture, constructing this line, Siemens Mobility installed and commissioned the Signaling and Control system, the Communication systems as well as the SCADA system. The line connects 62 km, including 43 km on the Asian-side of the peninsula and 19 km on the European-side, to the 14 km of tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait. The line will have an overall length of 76 kilometers and allows a mixed commuter, intercity and freight service for the metropolitan area of Istanbul as well as the integration of the Gebze-Halkali section in the Ankara-Istanbul high-speed corridor, providing greater availability to those crossing continents. More than 75,000 passengers per hour at a two-minute interval during peak travel times are finding their commutes more efficient.
- No. 1 in the European Patent Office's application rankings for 2018
- More than 25 percent of patent applications in the area of digitalization
- 7,300 inventions worldwide in fiscal 2018 – 33 inventions per day
Siemens submitted more patent applications than any other company in Europe in 2018, thus advancing to first place in the European Patent Office's application rankings. With 2,493 patent applications, Siemens relegated last year's leader, Huawei, to second place, followed by Samsung and LG. In 2017, Siemens had taken second place. The last time the company was ranked No. 1 in Europe was in 2011. More than 25 percent of the patents are in the areas of Industry 4.0 and digitalization, where Siemens submitted considerably more applications for intellectual property rights than in the prior year. The company also reported a substantial increase in the areas of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.