Engineering and Services

Engineering expertise and field-tested services: System integrators, engineering and construction companies, and plant operators can improve their performance with Siemens expertise and services.

Function safety for the process industry

The topic of "functional safety" has been equated to the use of IEC 61508 compliant hardware and software by many system operators and engineers in recent years. However, certified components alone do not necessarily make a system safer.

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Maintenance for Greater Productivity

Designing, operating, and maintaining process plants involves huge volumes of data. The Comos software solution offers holistic data management for the entire plant lifecycle.

No Train, no Gain

An OTS is to a plant operator what a flight simulator is to a pilot. It helps establish expertise and best practices among operators, enhancing process understanding and quality compliance.

Destination: integration

At the Comos Software Conference 2011, Siemens presented future-oriented industry software solutions for the efficient planning and smooth operation of industrial plants and equipment units.

The Future Is Now

With efficient data management, precise information can be obtained to optimize process plants and improve quality. These are the results of a change to Comos software at Cognis.

“We Are Moving in the Right Direction”

“And it’s a good thing we’ve made a start,” says Dr. Thomas Tauchnitz, head of engineering of the Technology Process Group at the Frankfurt pharmaceuticals site of Sanofi-Aventis Germany, regarding the first pilot project for the integration of Comos and Simatic PCS 7. We spoke to him about results and his expectations.

Engineering Data under Control

By acquiring Comos Industry Solutions GmbH, Siemens has completed its portfolio of software solutions enabling integrated plant management across the entire life cycle of an industrial plant or machine.