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Siemens: SIMATIC Advanced Controllers (S7-300 Series)

Always the right Controller: for plant or machine building, for production or process technology, for stand-alone or highly complex applications. Siemens offers the perfect control solution for every application - PLC or PC-based.
The range of SIMATIC Controllers starts from logic modules to Basic, Advanced and Distributed Controllers all the way to Software Controllers.

SIMATIC controllers from Siemens – The intelligent choice for your automation task

SIMATIC controllers from Siemens provide you with controllers for cost-effective automation solutions on all performance levels – with consistent functionality and standardized interfaces, perfectly optimized for applications with requirements ranging from simple to complex.

In addition to best performance, the new controller generation provides the advantage of scalability and functional consistency thanks to the uniform engineering in the TIA Portal and best-in-class solutions in terms of security and safety.

SIMATIC Controller System Overview

SIMATIC controllers offer the intelligent choice for your automation task

Every machine or plant has individual requirements for system performance and application complexity. With its extensive range of controllers, Siemens offers the perfect control solution for each application.

The Basic Controllers S7-1200 for simple and stand-alone applications, the Advanced Controllers
S7-1500 for medium and complex applications, the Distributed Controllers ET 200SP for decentralized applications and the Software Controller S7-1500 for PC-based applications.

All Basic, Advanced and Distributed Controllers are also available as fail-safe versions for implementation of fail-safe applications.

SIMATIC Controllers and their Advantages

SIMATIC controllers are convincing due to their user-friendliness, scalability and functional consistency. The selection provides the optimum controller for each application.

User programs for SIMATIC controllers are largely identical in design and handling. Once written, they can be easily implemented–from small to large and vice versa.

Thanks to the consistent engineering in the TIA Portal, the wide-ranging software and hardware functions can efficiently solve any automation task.

The Advanced Controllers among the S7 controllers

The Advanced Controllers are especially suitable for medium-scale and complex applications.
The SIMATIC S7-1500 controller is the long-term successor to the SIMATIC S7-300 and SIMATIC
S7-400 controllers and the standard for the plants
of tomorrow – it convinces with its unique performance and innovative design and handling.
The SIMATIC S7 controllers are future-proof, modular expandable, vibration-proof, maintenance-free, scalable, and, of course, they can be configured in the TIA Portal. They are the ideal solution for every automation task.

Advanced Controllers – with the currently most powerful CPU worldwide

The highlight within the product series of Advanced Controllers is the SIMATIC S7-1500. It combines power and efficiency for medium to complex applications with high demands on communication, flexibility and technological functions. It guarantees high system performance and ease of use, and represents a safe investment in the future with its standard and fail-safe solution in a single controller.

In addition to the current standard of SIMATIC S7-1500 controllers, the SIMATIC S7-300 and SIMATIC S7-400 also belong to the group of Advanced Controllers.

SIMATIC S7-300: the modular universal controller for the manufacturing industry

The SIMATIC S7-300 universal controller is specially designed for innovative system solutions in manufacturing, specifically the automotive and packaging industries.
This modular controller serves as an ideal universal automation system for centralized and decentralized configurations. Safety technology and motion control can be integrated with standard automation into this universal controller.

Powerful, compact and cost-effective

The SIMATIC S7-300 universal controller saves on installation space and features a modular design.
A wide range of modules can be used to expand the system centrally or to create decentralized structures according to the task at hand, and facilitates a cost-effective stock of spare parts. With its impressive array of innovations, the SIMATIC S7-300 universal controller is an integrated system that will save you additional investment and maintenance costs.

S7-300 CPUs

CPUs for every application

Description

A graded CPU range with a wide performance range is available for configuring the controller.
The product range comprises 7 standard CPUs,
7 compact CPUs, 5 fail-safe CPUs and 3 technology CPUs.
The CPUs are available from a width of only 40 mm

SIMATIC S7-300 is within Totally Integrated Automation the most sold Controller.

Range of application

  • In the first instance SIMATIC S7-300 is used for innovative system solutions in manufacturing technology, especially for automobile industry, mechanical engineering in general and especially for special machine building and serial production of machines (OEM), at plastics processing, packaging industry, food and beverage industry and process engineering

  • As an all-purpose automation system is S7-300 the ideal solution for applications, which need a flexible concept for central as well as local configuration

  • For applications, which require a especial robustness because of surrounding conditions, we have the SIPLUS extreme devices


Particularly in the finishing technique the S7-300 is used in the following industries:

  • Automobile industry

  • General mechanical engineering

  • Building of special machines

  • Series mechanical engineering, OEM

  • Plastics processing

  • Packaging industry

  • Food and Beverage industry

  • Process engineering

  • Fast counting/fairs with direct access on the hardware counters

  • Simply positioning with direct control the MICROMASTER frequency static frequency changers

  • PID-Regulation with integrated functional module

Benefits

  • Thanks to their high processing speed, the CPUs enable short machine cycle times.

  • The S7-300's range of CPUs provides the right solution for every application, and customers only pay for the performance actually required for a specific task

  • The S7-300 can be set up in a modular configuration without the need for slot rules for I/O modules

  • There is a wide range of modules available both for the centralized and the distributed configuration with ET 200M.

  • Integral PROFINET interfaces enable simple networking of the controllers, and simple data exchange with the operations management level

  • The narrow module width results in a compact controller design or a small control cabinet.

  • The ability to integrate powerful CPUs with Industrial Ethernet/PROFINET interface, integrated technological functions, or fail-safe designs make additional investments unnecessary.

Design and function

Design

The S7-300 enables space-saving and modular configurations. In addition to the modules, only a DIN rail is required for hooking in the modules and screwing them into place.
This results in a rugged and EMC-compatible design.
The build-as-you-go backplane bus can be expanded by simply plugging in additional modules and bus connectors. The varied range of the S7-300 can also be used for central expansions or the construction of distributed structures with ET 200M; thereby producing very cost-effective spare parts handling.

Expansion options

If the automation task requires more than 8 modules, the central controller (CC) of the S7-300 can be expanded using expansion units (EUs) Up to 32 modules can be used in the central rack and up to 8 per expansion unit. Interface modules(IMs) handle communication between the individual racks autonomously. In the case of plants covering wide areas, CCs/EUs can also be installed at greater distances from each other (up to 10 m).

In a single-tiered configuration, this results in a maximum configuration of 256 I/O, and in multi-tiered configurations up to 1024 I/O. In distributed configurations with PROFIBUS DP,65536 I/O connections are possible (up to 125 stations, such as ET 200M via IM 153). The slots are freely addressable, that is, there are no slot rules.

The extensive range of S7-300 modules is also used in distributed automation solutions.
The ET 200M I/O system that has the same construction as the S7-300 can be connected via Interface modules not only to PROFIBUS but also to PROFINET.


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