Improved engineering of the process control system for the cement industry and associated branches sectors
The Siemens Industry Automation Division has equipped version 7.1 of its Cemat process control system for the cement industry and associated sectors with multiple new functions. An enhanced signaling and diagnostics concept is designed to reduce plant downtimes as well as operating and maintenance costs, thus increasing plant availability and productivity.
Cemat is based on the current version 7.1 of Simatic PCS 7 and offers all the
performance features and functions of the process control system, such as APC (Advanced
Process Library) and Alarm Control. Alarm Control is a freely-configurable
signaling system integrated in the operator system for effective message display
and processing. Interrupts can be individually filtered, for example, or they
can be exported for better analysis of critical plant states. Of the new
maintenance functions, it is the web-client diagnostic information via Web
Server for the easy transmission of maintenance data via LAN, SMS or email which
takes center stage.
Other new functions of the Cemat version 7.1 include the listing of by-passed
process signals, the display of corresponding groups and routes for all process
objects and object-granular alarm acknowledgement. In addition, the faceplates
and trend views have been reworked. Another new feature is the tracking of
signals and signal state values across block boundaries, which allows the
operator to react quickly to potential errors. The latest Cemat version is
compatible with all previous Cemat versions since version 1.8 going back to the
year 1978.
Further information can be found on the Internet at:
www.siemens.com/cemat
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