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| Siemens presents electrical installation systems for boosting plant availability and energy efficiency, and for cross-sector solutions |
| "As one of the world's leading vendors of electrical installation systems, we have a broad, integrated portfolio of products and systems for electrical installation and building infrastructure," said Godehardt Schneider, CEO of the Siemens Business Unit Electrical Installation Technology. "At this year's Light + Building, we will present our innovations from the product families Alpha distribution boards, Beta Low-Voltage Circuit Protection, Gamma building management systems, and Delta switches and socket outlets." On the infrastructure market, Siemens is focusing on increasing energy efficiency and will present its integrated range of products and services. 
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| New lighting components for industrial image processing |
|  Siemens Industry Automation division is adding a new series of lighting components to its product range for industrial image processing. The Nerlite LT430 backlights deliver high contrast for representing the contours of a component, detecting edges, or inspecting openings in, for example, drill holes.
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| High-performance PC communication for Industrial Ethernet and Profibus |
|  The Siemens Industry Automation Division has developed two new PC communication boards. The CP 1623 is used to connect a PC to Industrial Ethernet and the CP 5621 is used to connect a PC to Profibus.
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| Radar level transmitter for virtually any solid medium |
|  Sitrans LR260 is the new 2-wire radar continuous level transmitter from Siemens Industry Automation division. Featuring Process Intelligence echo processing and 25 gigahertz pulse technology, the new device is easy to install and configure. Sitrans LR260 is particularly suitable for level measurement of virtually any solid medium, including cement powder, fly-ash, coal, gypsum, flour, grain, aggregates and plastics. The new transmitter reliably measures up to a distance of 30 metres (98 feet) even in environments with extreme dust load and high temperatures up to 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit).
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| Seven new cameras transmit brilliant images at high speed over Profinet |
|  Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has added a Profinet connection to its new Simatic VS720A camera series for industrial image processing. The seven new cameras for monochrome and color image processing possess improved image recording features for brilliant pictures, a larger memory to accommodate more inspection programs and data, and a new processor architecture for shorter inspection times.
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| New guided wave radar level transmitters from Siemens |
|  Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) introduces a new line of guided wave radar level transmitters for liquids, slurries, interface, and bulk solids.
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| Rugged and scalable image processing for extremely high-speed applications |
|  Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) is adding the Simatic HawkEye 1600T industry-standard camera and the Visionscape 0800 CameraLink frame grabber to its product range for industrial image processing. The new version 3.7 of the Simatic Visionscape image processing software offers expanded functions for image analysis and processing. Users can solve tasks of the most varied complexity and speed with the Visionscape family and just one image processing software package.
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| Compact and powerful programming device in notebook format for mobile use |
|  The new Simatic Field PG M2 programming device from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) stands out for its wireless technology, powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor, large 15" display in XGA or SXGA+ resolution, and integral data backup. The new device also has a long rechargeable battery life, high-speed RAM, and all the usual interfaces for industrial applications. The Simatic Field PG M2 in notebook format is used for configuring, start-up, service and maintenance of automation installations. The rugged, die-cast magnesium housing withstands the harshest of day-to-day environments in the automation industry.
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| Tailor-made automation for small and large breweries |
| At this year´s Brau Beviale brewery show from November 14 to 16, 2007 in Nuremberg, Germany, the Braumat Packages for the Simatic PCS 7 process control system will be the focal point for Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). Braumat Compact is suitable for first-time users and smaller brewery projects. Braumat Plus has integral plant asset management and is designed for large-scale brewery projects. The package contains flexible components for batch and route control and for efficient production control. The expanded Braumat Classic secures user investment and upgrades installed automation systems to the state-of-the-art.
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| High-availability, safe and fault-tolerant controller |
|  A new controller for high-availability, safe and fault-tolerant applications in the process industry has been developed by Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D).
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| Powerful and highly flexible Box PC |
|  The new rugged industrial Simatic Box PC 827B, part of the Box PC range from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D), is designed for 24-hour continuous operation at ambient temperatures up to 55 degrees Celsius. It is available with powerful and energy-saving Intel Core2 Duo or Celeron M processors. The Box PC 827B has one PCIe(x4) slot and four PCI slots for expansion cards to handle demanding image processing applications, for example. The new PC is suitable for high-speed measuring and control tasks, or human machine interfacing applications. The Intel GMA 950 Graphics Media Accelerator has been integrated for high-speed display generation.
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| Process control system expanded from hardware to engineering tools |
|  Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has added additional functionality to its Simatic PCS 7 process control system and equipped it with a host of new features. The latest version of Simatic PCS 7 Version 7 encompass innovations which deliver benefits in all phases of a plants operation - from engineering, through installation, commissioning and asset management and plant operation. On the hardware side, the processing performance of the controllers has been improved by 40 percent. In addition, the range has been supplemented by a new soft controller for Simatic PCS 7 Box, the control system for smaller applications, pilot systems and laboratories.
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| Efficient panel PC for standard industry applications |
|  With its powerful 1.86 gigahertz Intel Mobile processor, the new Simatic Panel PC 577B from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) provides outstanding computing power for industrial applications.
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| Productivity boost for the plastics industry |
|  Automation solutions for injection molding, blow molding, thermoforming, extrusion and handling of plastics parts play a central role in the Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) exhibition at the K 2007 trade fair in Düsseldorf. Modular software and engineering tools reduce the time to market for machine manufacturers and offer users a high level of investment security. Services offered by Siemens A&D such as Mechatronic Support help to shorten the prototype phase of a machine and thus save costs.
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| Optical proximity switches for small objects (short and long distances) |
|  The Simatic PXO830 GL forked light sensor, the Simatic PXO840 LV70 fiber optic sensor and the Simatic PXO650 L90L laser distance sensor extend the range of optical sensors from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). The devices offer a high degree of detection accuracy and reliability. They are also easy to install and offer a number of connection options. The spectrum of the new photoelectric sensors ranges from the detection of the smallest objects to the detection of larger objects from a distance of up to 30 meters. The proximity switches are suitable for activities such as monitoring, testing, detection or positioning.
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| Tracking airport baggage with RFID |
|  Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) will present its new system for efficient baggage identification using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology in the UHF band for the first time at the inter airport Europe 2007 trade show. Simatic RBS (RFID Baggage System) is specially tailored to baggage recognition in airport baggage handling. It offers more efficiency in baggage management and is easily integrated. For example, the reading rate is significantly higher than that of conventional barcode systems, reducing the amount of wrongly directed baggage and cutting baggage handling costs.
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| Integrated automation and building systems - an efficient process from laboratory to production |
| For the first time, Siemens is participating as an exhibitor at Ilmac in Basel, Switzerland, an international industrial trade fair for research and development, environmental and process technology in pharmaceuticals, chemicals and biotechnology. At this years Ilmac, from September 25 to 28, the Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D), Nuremberg, Germany, and the Siemens Building Technologies Group (SBT), Zug/Switzerland, are exhibiting their integrated portfolio for improving efficiency in laboratory management and in process development.
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| Expanded multiprocessor automation system for large plants in process engineering, power generation and drives |
|  Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has refurbished and added new functions to its Simatic TDC multiprocessor system for automating large plants.
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| Handheld terminal for simple mobile RFID data acquisition |
|  A mobile handheld terminal now supplements the Simatic RF300 RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D). The new Simatic RF310M is used to read and write data to all RF300 tags. The main areas of application include commissioning, maintenance and service in manufacturing and logistics plants, for example in baggage handling systems at airports. The rugged handheld terminal in degree of protection IP 54 is protected against splashwater and is designed for use in harsh environments. The backlit display can also be read in poor lighting conditions.
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| Sinumerik as the communications center of the machine tool |
|  At this year's EMO show, Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) will present the Sinumerik 840D sl - the Profinet connection for machine tool control. As a Profinet controller, the Sinumerik in the machine also controls the distributed I/Os or the Sinamics S120 system as a positioning drive. Both cable-based connection and W-LAN communication can be used for this purpose.
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