Digitalization also offers an important impetus for the process industry. You can benefit from even more flexibility and easier handling coupled with maximum availability.

With our new approach to field device connection, the SIMATIC Compact Field Unit (CFU) makes it possible for you to transfer your conventional system concept into the digital world.

Field device connection currently poses the following challenges:

• High overheads for device integration and replacement
• Time-consuming, error-susceptible wiring and marshalling across multiple levels, resulting in complex hardware FAT
• Miles of copper cabling and thousands of terminal points
• High planning and documentation costs
• Multiple individual control cabinets
• Large numbers of different components and protocols necessitate costly spare parts inventories and training sessions

The SIMATIC CFU has the answer to these challenges:

• Plug-and-produce simplicity
• Greater flexibility thanks to consistent decentralization