SIMATIC PC-based

Rack PCs from Siemens – perfect for industrial applications

SIMATIC Rack PCs offer you the right system performance even for demanding applications. They can be quickly and flexibly extended and thanks to a sophisticated industrial design and integrated diagnostics and message functions, they are highly available and easy to maintain. PC options for industrial server applications offer higher performance, availability, and data security.

Compact industrial PCs from Siemens – for installation close to the process

Our rugged, compact SIMATIC Box PCs offer you high performance in a small space. They are rugged and designed for an extended temperature range, allowing them to be installed directly in the control cabinet – the ideal solution for process and machine-level data processing or visualization.

A rugged, powerful combination of industrial PC and operator panel

SIMATIC Panel PCs are ideal for visualization tasks directly on the machine or in the plant. They combine an industrial PC and an operator panel and meet a variety of requirements thanks to a large device family. All SIMATIC Panel PCs are impressive with their ruggedness, performance, and brilliant display.

SIMATIC Panel PCs at a glance

Reliable and extremely robust LCD monitors from Siemens

There are numerous areas of application for industrial monitors and thin clients: whether as a desktop device for maintenance, as a built-in unit for control consoles, or as a PC-based visualization and control solution requiring a spatially separated setup of the operator panel and the industrial PC or server. SIMATIC Industrial Monitors and Thin Clients always offer you the optimal solution – as a standalone product or also with several control stations.

- SIMATIC Industrial Monitors and Thin Clients at a glance

The tablet for your daily industrial routine

The SIMATIC ITP1000 Tablet PC offers the performance of SIMATIC industrial PCs in a tablet format. With this tablet, you will always be accompanied by a powerful assistant that is ready to meet any daily challenges. With many practical functionalities and high CPU performance comparable to the level of many notebooks, it makes your work faster and more flexible.

PC-based devices for special requirements from Siemens

SIMATIC PC-based products also meet special requirements for ruggedness, safety, hygiene and mobility: Ex-protected, with stainless steel fronts for the food and beverage industry, fully dust-proof and splash-proof with a stable aluminum enclosure for installation outside a control cabinet, or for mobile use in industry.

Devices for special requirements at a glance

The intelligent gateway for industrial IoT solutions

With the SIMATIC Industrial IoT Gateway, you can easily implement future-oriented production concepts in existing plants with machines from different manufacturers or on different technological levels. The intelligent gateway harmonizes and analyzes communication between the various data sources and forwards the data to the corresponding recipients.

Software Controllers – be open and independent

SIMATIC Software Controllers offer you maximum precision and speed combined with PC-based automation – for example, for special machines with high requirements in terms of performance and functionality. The PC-based controller is fully independent of the operating system and thus increases system availability.

Brochure: SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller

Software tools, packages, and system components for SIMATIC PC-based

The expansion components for SIMATIC PC-based products support you in the configuration, diagnosis, and visualization of your PC-based automation. With our perfectly coordinated software tools, packages, and system components, you maintain constant control over the process, can promptly detect potential failures, and effectively minimize plant downtimes.

IPC Software at a glance

Keyvisual SIMATIC IPC 6/8 E series high-end industrial PCs

Made for digital dimensions

Your new high-end industrial PCs:

SIMATIC IPC 6/8 E series – for top performance and flexibility

Take off into the dimensions of the future with the new SIMATIC high-end IPCs for the digital factory! Higher performance. More flexibility. More future-readiness. Industrial PCs in the SIMATIC IPC 6/8 E series always offer you the system performance you need, even for demanding applications. If your needs change, the IPCs can be quickly and flexibly expanded.

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Application options In manufacturing and production, linking information across all corporate levels increases the demands placed on computing power, functions and availability. With SIMATIC PC-based, you can already prepare your machines and plants for the challenges of the digital factory today.

1 | Perfect interaction with SCADA software

Faster arrival at the finished solution

The system-tested components of SIMATIC PC-based reduce testing, validation, and integration overhead and shorten the time to market, as well as supporting you in operation.

Redundancy (hard disks, servers, and integrated UPSs) guarantee high system and data availability
Intelligent diagnostics reduce downtime and permit preventive maintenance
Attractive package reduces the total cost of ownership

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2 | SIMATIC IPC and S7-1500 Software Controller for innovative control solutions

Be open and independent

The SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller combines the benefits of SIMATIC controllers with the benefits of PC-based automation. You can easily implement interfaces to PC applications and integrate real-time-capable, high-level language code into your solution – and can use the same tools for engineering as you do with SIMATIC S7-1500 Advanced Controllers.

Fail-safe control thanks to Safety Integrated
High level of security thanks to know-how protection and access protection with Security Integrated
User-friendly engineering in the TIA Portal

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3 | Industrial Tablet PC for mobile applications

Handy assistant in the factory

The SIMATIC ITP1000 Tablet PC offers the performance of SIMATIC PC-based in a tablet format. This powerful mobile device supports you in your daily production and manufacturing tasks and is rugged and durable.

Ideal platform for acquiring, processing and transferring data in accordance with specific commercial requirements
Supports sequences in production, warehousing, plant maintenance, and field service
High availability thanks to Remote Manager and integrated diagnostics

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4 | SIMATIC WinCC Runtime Advanced visualization software

The right information in the right place

Flexible, scalable, powerful visualization with SIMATIC WinCC makes your production sequences transparent. It helps you to optimize processes and boost the availability of your machines and production plants.

PC-based control and monitoring solution for standalone systems at the machine level
Basic package for visualization, reporting, and logging and user management, flexibly expandable through VB scripts
Expanded service concepts with remote operation, diagnosis and administration via intranet and Internet in combination with e-mail communication

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SIMATIC WinCC

5 | Industrial image processing for optimal processes

SIMATIC IPC647D & IPC847D – Rack PCs for sophisticated automation tasks

Performance for intelligent automation

With flexible production concepts in the digital factory, the range of digital image processing tasks also grows. SIMATIC industrial PCs are the ideal platform for fast and accurate industrial image processing.

Powerful, reliable hardware
High-performance quality inspection, machine operation, parts identification, process control, and code reading
Flexible expansion options

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6 | Networking production with the digital world

With their compact design and energy-saving Intel Quark processor, SIMATIC Industrial IoT Gateways are the ideal platform for the reliable connection of production to the cloud.

SIMATIC IPC277E Nanobox – versatile applications in manufacturing and beyond

Transform data into information

With SIMATIC IPCs and SIMATIC IOT2000, you easily and securely connect your existing plants with the cloud or your IT and thus integrate them into the digital factory.

Open platform for acquiring, processing, and transferring production data to the cloud or in-house IT
Rugged, maintenance-free gateways
Reliable industrial servers

Further information

Whitepaper:The role of the industrial PC in digitalization

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Made for Industry

Product diversity

SIMATIC PC-based products are available in a variety of configurations and performance ranges. Thanks to their scalability and device versions for special environmental conditions, they can be easily integrated into new and existing automation concepts.

Performance

SIMATIC PC-based products offer the latest PC technology with maximum computing power.

They seamlessly process enormous amounts of data and are suited to the most sophisticated visualization tasks.

Long-term availability

SIMATIC PC-based products provide a future-oriented planning basis.

Every plant can count on availability of up to six years with an additional five years of repair and spare parts service.

Ruggedness and system availability

SIMATIC PC-based products are developed and manufactured for industrial use.

Even under harsh environmental conditions or extreme temperatures, they guarantee maximum system and data availability.

Industrial PCs for the digital factory – Higher performance, quality, and sustainability with SIMATIC IPC

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In focus At Siemens, PC-based automation comprises a wide and numerous range of innovative products for a variety of applications and fields.

SIMATIC IPC 6/8 E series – for higher performance and more flexibility

The new generation of SIMATIC high-end IPCs always offers you the system performance you need – even for demanding applications. Altogether, these devices provide up to 100 percent higher performance than their predecessors. If your needs change, the IPCs can be quickly and flexibly expanded. They’re also fault tolerant and simple to maintain.

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SIMATIC ITP1000 Tablet PC – the tablet for your daily industrial routine

The rugged and user-friendly SIMATIC ITP1000 Tablet PC offers maximum mobile performance, every day – in both the industrial and logistics environment. Its numerous practical functions and high CPU and battery power – on a level with many notebooks – make it a powerful assistant for meeting all your daily challenges.

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SIMATIC HMI PRO – all-round protected, no compromises

Do you have special protection requirements for the devices in your production plant? Whether you need to protect against dust, humidity, or dirt, the control units and monitoring devices of the SIMATIC HMI PRO system give you scalable, configurable solutions in protection class IP65. A wide range of extensions means that the panels and industrial PCs can be adapted to suit your requirements.

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TIA Selection Tool

Select, configure, and order products, quickly and easily

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TIA Portal

Totally Integrated Automation Portal – your gateway to automation in the Digital Enterprise

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References SIMATIC Industrial PCs: examples of concrete applications

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Korsch AG

Germany

Pharmaceuticals

Usability – a question of design

Future-proof thanks to long-term availability of the devices and simple changeover to new innovative products
Low operation and training effort thanks to simple, operator-oriented design of the production process
Innovative operator concepts by taking into consideration well-known interaction concepts, such as with tablets and smartphones

Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe

Germany

Control system optimizes productivity

SIMATIC WinCC V7 has improved the performance and process safety of Hot Dip Galvanizing Plant 2 at Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe
Data availability in the Process Historian and the link to the ERP-System enable detailed long-term analyses that are used to optimize the plant
Operation, maintenance and service are supported through secure network access to the plant at all times and from any location

Kostad

Austria

Electromobility

Ready for the technology of tomorrow

Innovative charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
Pioneers in technology are working on the charging infrastructure of the future
Combining innovative solutions in one product

News SIMATIC PC-based combines continuity with innovation. We are constantly developing our offering for you so that you can optimally participate in technological progress – and continually informing you of new products, updates, and interesting applications.