SIMATIC-based solutions for the process and manufacturing industry
Besides the high level of automation, a key feature of the process and manufacturing industry is a very high power consumption. It is only natural, therefore, to integrate an energy management system in the existing systems.
The add-on SIMATIC powerrate for WinCC and PCS 7 makes it possible to provide transparency and control in power distribution and energy costs.
Integration of switching, safety and measuring devices
For complete integration of low-voltage power distribution components in process and SCADA systems, PROFIBUS DP interfaces and function block libraries are available, e. g. the PAC3200 function block library for SIMATIC WinCC and PCS 7. The software add-ons can therefore be used to display all the data supplied from the devices without major engineering work.
PROFINET and PROFIenergy
An increasing number of devices in automation technology offer PROFINET. There is also a Switched Ethernet PROFINET module for the 7KM PAC3200 and PAC4200 measuring device.
PROFIenergy is a "Common Application Profile" from the PNO. Thanks to PROFIenergy it is possible to assemble an energy management system with standardized device interfaces.
SIMATIC powerrate
The SIMATIC powerrate software is at the heart of the SIMATIC-based power management system and
- is an add-on to PCS 7 and WinCC which throws light on power consumption from the infeed to the load.
- continuously collects, archives and processes power data
- creates a load profile and works out potential savings based on exact knowledge of the load profile.
- monitors the contractually agreed power limit.
- enables the exact recording and evaluation of power consumption per batch through batch-related consumption recording.
- enables the monitoring or indication of switch status and, with suitable authorization, remote switching.
- shows selected measurements online and messages from the 7KM PAC3200 and PAC4200 measuring devices
- collects archived data, which can be exported to Excel and presented in various reports.