The industrial production index in Catalonia experienced a year-on-year decrease of 6,5% in January compared to 2012 data, according to the National Institute of Statistics. This data places the Autonomous Community with a better percentage than that obtained by the whole of the Spanish territory (-8,5%). The improvement of these numbers involves implementing the systems and installing technological innovations that manage to maximize efficiency and save time as well as costs for the sector.
As a result of years of development and continuous improvement, Siemens presents its main innovations for the industry as the new version of the industrial software platform TIA Portal v.12 (Totally Integrated Automation Portal) and automation controller SIMATIC S7-1500. Innovations based on intuitive handling, easy to learn and use, easy to integrate into existing installations, safe and, above all, efficient, generating time and cost savings of up to 30%.
In this sense, during the months of April and May, Siemens will carry out the Power+Efficiency Tour 2013, a tour of 14 cities in Spain to present these innovations to clients from different industrial sectors, in an innovative, dynamic way and with a format never seen before in the Industry environment.
The new innovations in industrial software and hardware allow any type of Industry to increase its productivity, flexibility and efficiency in order to compete more and better in different markets. Technological development makes it possible to optimize the joint operation of individual processes, from the design and development of a product to its engineering, through the start-up of production and associated services.
Siemens' leadership in the industrial field is due to its investment effort in innovation and its closeness to the customer, which gives it unique knowledge of the sector's needs. Siemens is the best technological partner for sustainable and efficient industrial development thanks to comprehensive automation solutions, industrial software, energy efficiency solutions and extensive knowledge of industrial sectors.
With TIA Portal (Totally Integrated Automation) Siemens puts into practice its vision of offering a common engineering framework that enables automation solutions to be implemented in all industrial sectors of the world. An innovative software platform and framework to integrate all automation tasks in an industrial process in a plant.
For the first time, users can design, commission, operate and maintain all automation components and drives in a plant using a common engineering framework, saving time and costs by up to 30%. .
The main utility that TIA Portal offers is the possibility of integrating different industrial software applications for production processes in the same interface, which greatly facilitates learning, interconnection and operation. It doesn't matter if it involves programming a controller, configuring an HMI screen or parameterizing drives: With this new software architecture, both new and experienced users work intuitively and effectively as there is no they need to operate a wide variety of systems from different origins.
It is a modular application to which new functionalities can be added according to the specific needs of each industrial sector.
The integration in a single platform of the different elements of industrial software, allows savings of up to 30% during the useful life of the production cycle thanks to simplified engineering, rapid start-up, detection of programming errors and a reduction in costs. plant downtime. Errors can be managed online, which reduces production downtime and increases plant availability.
Before its launch on the market, this application has been tested in harsh conditions to analyze its weaknesses and solve them. This means a significant increase in the return on investment and, consequently, an improvement in the competitiveness of its users. TIA Portal enables scalability across all product platforms and easy migration with existing systems.
TIA Portal arises as the continuation of the development of the Totally Integrated Automation concept, in which Siemens has been researching for almost 15 years in collaboration with its main customers.
Productivity and efficiency in drive technology
The integration of completely new industrial software with enormous increases in hardware performance enables significant advances in automation and drive technology.
Siemens presents a new generation of programmable and interconnected control systems, which improve productivity and open the door to the control of large plants.
The new controller SIMATIC S7-1500 It sets new standards of high productivity and performance thanks to its various innovations, which allow it to be installed, connected and commissioned more quickly and easily, with minimal response times and maximum control. Its perfect integration in the TIA Portal It provides the system with maximum engineering efficiency that reduces project costs and development times.
industry renaissance
Economic and social changes are causing a repositioning and renaissance of the industry around the world. In this sense, the different industrial sectors are considered a guarantee for the growth of the economy, employment and, therefore, a factor of stability for society. Likewise, the image of the industry is changing thanks to efficient production systems, respectful of the environment and highly qualified professionals.
In a global market, industrial companies have to increase their competitiveness in order to compete in international markets. The industry, regardless of its size or activity, is in the situation of updating its manufacturing plants and processes.
Within an environment of variable demand, industrial companies need to make their production more flexible, make it more efficient, reduce manufacturing and marketing times for new products, increase quality, and all of this in an efficient and sustainable manner.
The total integration of information technologies in the industrial environment makes it possible to increase the competitiveness of the industry through greater flexibility in production and maximum efficiency and performance in processes.
