Simple integration into the automation level

With our SIMATIC Ident portfolio we can offer you the right solution: Using communication modules and convenient function blocks, it is easy to connect SIMATIC Ident systems to PLCs, such as SIMATIC, or embed them in the IT landscape. This ensures that you have a system-wide, uniform software architecture and saves considerable outlay and costs in engineering, commissioning and maintenance.

Integration in Totally Integrated Automation

Connection to third-party systems

A wide range of communication modules, function blocks, as well as high-performance drivers and function libraries permits easy and quick integration into the application.

And best of all: SIMATIC RF is part of Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) and can be integrated easily and cost-effectively into the SIMATIC world.

For more details on the connection possibilities, see the section "Communication Modules".

Production control

All over the world, consumers want more and more individual products. Versatile production and material flow control with industrial identification handles these requirements for growing product variety throughout the manufacturing process. This makes reliable, efficient and cost-effective make-to-order production processes possible.

Example configuration of a small assembly line with SIMATIC RF200

Example configuration of a small assembly line with SIMATIC RF600, SCALANCE W and SCALANCE X

Asset management

Example configuration of asset management with the SIMATIC RF350M handheld terminal

Assets such as tools, plant parts, or containers are essential for production and logistics. Industrial identification ensures they are used efficiently. The inventory can be acquired in real time and the status determined precisely. This means that the utilization of assets can be monitored perfectly at any time and optimized specifically for stock quantity, capacity and maintenance.

Supply chain management

Competitive production on an industrial scale requires global supply chains for individual parts and components. Industrial identification makes these supply chains transparent and predictable, and facilitate optimum planning. This avoids delivery bottlenecks and downtimes, optimizes warehouse stocks and improves profit margins.

Example configuration of a logistics portal with SIMATIC RF600 and SCALANCE W

SIMATIC Ident Configuration Guide

Here is a compact configuration tool for setting up RFID systems:

http://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/67384964