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PCS 7 Overview

SIMATIC® PCS 7's innovation and flexible architecture permit the economical design and operation of a plant throughout its entire lifecycle: planning, engineering, commissioning, training, operation, maintenance, and expansions. PCS 7 allows manufacturers to maximize their return on investment by:

PCS 7 at a glance

  • Online configuration of all system components (Control and I/O, HMI/Historian, Batch)

  • Continuous and batch applications

  • Centralized, plant-wide engineering system

  • Easy integration of smart field devices and drives via PROFIBUS

  • Seamless, integrated, TÜV-certified safety system

  • Modular batch system SIMATIC BATCH, compliant with 21 CFR Part 11

  • Distributed client/server architecture

  • Scalable from small laboratory systems to large plants with up to 60,000 process objects (motors, valves, PID controller, etc.) >100,000 I/O

  • Simple and flexible licensing scheme

  • Increased availability through optional redundancy at all levels

  • Built with field-proven SIMATIC technology

"DCS in a Box"

SIMATIC PCS 7 BOX provides all the elements of a conventional process control system in the compact design of a single industrial PC, making it a "DCS in a Box". more...

 

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PCS 7 Training On seminar series

Siemens is proud to announce a new seminar series which will focus on minimizing lifecycle costs for process automation systems. These one and a half day seminars will be held across the US over the course of the year at many exciting venues. more...

PCS 7 Success Stories - Mississippi River Corporation

System Migration - Mississippi style

Mississippi River Corporation (MRC) operates a 400 ton/day re-pulping and de-inking facility in Natchez, MS. The company produces a recycled paper fiber called "wet lap" that is sold to local paper manufacturers. In the early '90s MRC purchased a Moore Products' APACS+ control system incorporating seven non-redundant ACMs, approximately 1,200 I/O's and a custom HMI package. The HMI encompassed three independent systems, with a total of six conventional CRTs, as well as a stand-alone data historian. more...