Digitize quickly and easily with the TIA Use Cases

Continuous integration enables agile software development in the automation environment by continuously checking in software subprojects in a versioning environment, automatically merging and testing them into an overall project. It can then be optimized and further developed based on the feedback. This speeds up the software development process, increases software quality and reduces errors.

Central management of mechanical construction data, electrical plans, and automation data in Teamcenter for easy reuse of engineering across several machine variants. This way you can avoid failures, optimize maintenance and services, and work more efficiently.

Cloud-based access supports you with the right engineering version and license key during maintenance. This makes it possible to access the machine network remotely and remedy faults.

With STEP 7 and TIA Portal you’re able to simulate and validate controller functionalities with PLCSIM Advanced during projecting and engineering phases. Via an API interface it’s possible to use external controllers in context with a virtual machine, line, or plant.

Training with virtual machines and simulated operating devices or with a combination of virtual machines with real operating devices allows to reduce the training period for new machines and plants.

Collecting and visualizing relevant energy data from AC to DC directly at the machine in order to compare and analyze entire production lines becomes possible with SIMATIC Energy Suite. This way you can create a company-wide basis for decision-making.

Industrial Security provides comprehensive protection of automation components, communication, machines, and entire plants.

Monitoring and analyzing machines with the open, cloud-based IoT operating system MindSphere allows both machine builders and plant operators to benefit from optimal plant availability.

Thanks to monitoring all drive components with MindSphere you’re able to analyze operation data in order to avoid unnecessary maintenance. By analyzing different parameters you can derive trends and recommendations for action.

RFID readers and transponders enable parts and containers to communicate with each other and with machines and plants. This allows you to trace goods and containers along the entire value chain.

In addition to horizontal networking of machines and lines, TIA and OPC UA also enable the vertical connection to the company IT, optionally up to the cloud. This way you can use your data anytime and across all sites efficiently.

Create standards in TIA Portal and integrate TIA Portal into development processes by using the Openness interface. This makes possible to automate engineering tasks and HMI visualizations with SiVArc.

TIA provides standardized data interfaces like OPC UA that enable all machines in a line to behave identical and run synchronously, enabling a line controller to reliably control several lines. This facilitates operation and reduces communication load.

Program integration enables easy confiduration and programming of different kinematics with five and six axes in TIA Portal, enabling you to use one controller for all automation tasks.

The open, standardized exchange format based on AutomationML (Automation Markup Language) enables you to transfer plant data between hardware planning, electrical planning, and hardware engineering.

Automation Designer allows to work on mechanics, electrics, and automation in a structured and parallel way. Based on Teamcenter, the consistent data base enables all disciplines to work on a project in parallel as well as to perform virtual commissioning.

Digitalization is noticeably changing our world – and the world of industry. The data volume in modern industrial plants is growing continuously. That brings new challenges: Enormous data volumes must be managed and archived for the long term. At the same time, production processes must be monitored and controlled as reliable, efficient, and productive as possible and they must be constantly optimized. With its scalable, open system landscape for the vertical integration of data from the production to the MES/ERP level up to cloud solutions.

Electrical engineering is versatile and complex, and it often requires many individual steps to achieve complete and standard-compliant engineering in the end. Today we support you in almost all steps with intelligent software and functions to make your daily work more efficient. So you will remain competitive in the future as well.