SIMATIC PCS 7 system and technology components

With the rugged, high-performance SIMATIC PCS 7 system components from Catalog ST PCS 7, you already have a versatile platform for cost-effective implementation and economical operation of your process control systems. Perfect interplay of these system components makes it possible for you to sustain high-quality production and to establish new products significantly faster on the market.

With SIMATIC PCS 7 technology components from Catalog ST PCS 7 T that can be seamlessly integrated into the process control system, you can expand the functional scope of the system components in a carefully targeted manner for specific automation tasks.

This covers a wide spectrum, for example:

• Telecontrol for monitoring and controlling remote plant units
• Automation technology for electrical low-voltage or medium-voltage switchgear
• Industry-specific automation systems for the cement and mining industries, as well as for laboratory and training facilities
• Graphical objects for task-oriented optimization of process visualization
• Block libraries for technological functions, package unit and panel integration, monitoring and analyzing mechanical assets, as well as for building automation systems (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning – FMCS/HVAC)
• Editors and function blocks for the efficient configuration of small or medium-sized automation systems with simple parameter control and materials management
• Process analytical technology for quality assurance through optimization of development and production processes based on up-to-date measurements, and critical quality and performance attributes
• Simulation system for testing and commissioning of plant-specific application software
• Flexible, high-performance Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• System expansion for operator systems for the integration of third-party controllers, programmable logic controllers and package units
• Products for migration of the process control systems APACS+/QUADLOG or Bailey INFI 90/NET 90 with SIMATIC PCS 7

SIMATIC PCS 7 technology components have been released for all versions and service packs of SIMATIC PCS 7 system components. The development and testing of SIMATIC PCS 7 technology components are dependent on the corresponding SIMATIC PCS 7 system components, so versioning and release is normally offset by approximately 3 to 6 months.

Additional functionality can be integrated using add-on products

Modularity, flexibility, scalability, and the openness of SIMATIC PCS 7 offer optimal prerequisites for integrating supplementary components and solutions in the process control system in an applicative manner and thus extend and round off its functionality.

Many supplementary add-on products for SIMATIC PCS 7 have been developed by Siemens as well as by external partners (see Catalog ST PCS 7, Add-ons for the SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Control System). These software packages and hardware components authorized by the system manufacturer enable cost-effective implementation of SIMATIC PCS 7 for special automation tasks.