| Migration Solutions with the SIMATIC PCS 7 Process Control System |
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| Globalization and permanently increasing competitive pressures are forcing companies to continuously increase productivity and shorten market launch times. To this end, it is necessary to continuously optimize engineering procedures and the process, and to simultaneously consider new industrial requirements and directives. |
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| Many systems and plants must now be expanded and modernized to ensure that companies can continue to provide products complying with market requirements. However, since the installed basis of hardware, application software and know-how of the operating and maintenance engineers represents an enormous value, the safeguarding of investments for companies operating the plants is always assigned a high priority during all modernization plans. |
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| Experience has shown that the success of migration is decisively determined by the provision of a technical solution optimally matched to customer requirements and the respective plant. Minimization of the technical and financial risks together with safeguarding of investments for as long a period as possible are always fundamental aspects. The different lifecycles of the various system components must also be considered, which currently vary from 5 years for PC-based workstations, 15 years for controllers, up to 25 years or more for input/output components and wiring. Therefore Siemens does not consider its task to simply be the complete replacement of an existing system, but in the close elaboration together with customers and their system integrators of an individual, future-oriented solution based on the state-of-the-art SIMATIC PCS 7 process control system - always under the directives: |
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Step-by-step system innovation |
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Adaptable to the specific conditions of the plant |
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Flexible according to production requirements |
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