SIMOCODE pro is often used for automated processes where plant downtimes are very expensive (e.g. chemical, oil/gas, water/wastewater, steel or cement industries) and where it is important to prevent them using detailed operational, service and diagnostics data and to localize faults very quickly when they occur.

SIMOCODE pro is modular and space-saving and suited especially for operation in motor control centers in the process industry and for power plant technology.

Applications

Protection and control of motors in hazardous areas for types of protection EEx e/d according to ATEX guideline 94/9/EC

• With heavy starting (paper, cement, metal and water industries)
• In high-availability plants (chemical, oil, raw material processing industries, power plants)

Use of SIMOCODE pro 3UF7 with IE3/IE4 motors

Note:

When using the SIMOCODE pro 3UF7 in conjunction with highly energy-efficient IE3/IE4 motors, please observe the information on dimensioning and configuring;
see Application Manual "SIRIUS Controls with IE3/IE4 motors",
https://support.industry.siemens.com/cs/ww/en/view/94770820 .

Safety technology for SIMOCODE pro

The safe disconnection of motors in the process industry is becoming increasingly important as the result of new and revised standards and requirements in the safety technology field.

With the DM-F Local and DM-F PROFIsafe fail-safe expansion modules it is easy to integrate functions for fail-safe disconnection into the SIMOCODE pro V motor management system while retaining service-proven concepts. The strict separation of safety functions and operational functions proves particularly advantageous for planning, configuring and construction. Seamless integration in the motor management system leads to greater transparency for diagnostics and during operation of the system.

Suitable components for this purpose are the DM-F Local and DM-F PROFIsafe fail-safe expansion modules, depending on the requirements:

• the DM-F Local failsafe digital module for when direct assignment between a failsafe hardware shutdown signal and a motor feeder is required, or
• the DM-F PROFIsafe failsafe digital module for when a failsafe controller (F-CPU) creates the signal for the disconnection and transmits it in a failsafe manner through PROFIBUS/PROFIsafe or PROFINET/PROFIsafe to the motor management system