Platform concept cuts costs

With its new gen­er­a­tion of Simotics XP motors, Siemens is pro­vid­ing a tech­no­log­i­cal­ly inte­grat­ed plat­form con­cept encom­pass­ing all explo­sion-proof low-volt­age motors. Based on the proven mod­u­lar Simotics sys­tem, this future-proof plat­form cov­ers all types of pro­tec­tion – mak­ing it ide­al­ly suit­ed for use in poten­tial­ly explo­sive atmos­pheres in the process indus­tries. The use of stan­dard­ized selec­tion and engi­neer­ing tools as well as uni­form doc­u­men­ta­tion which can be flex­i­bly adjust­ed to indi­vid­ual require­ments makes for sim­pler and faster project pro­cess­ing. Togeth­er with short deliv­ery times, this can sub­stan­tial­ly cut project run times. The motor design has been opti­mized for the process indus­tries, and is avail­able across all pro­tec­tion types in effi­cien­cy class IE3. Life cycle costs are reduced despite improved motor avail­abil­i­ty and bet­ter main­te­nance con­di­tions. By dig­i­tal­ly map­ping the real plant togeth­er with all its com­po­nents to cre­ate a dig­i­tal twin, Simotics XP becomes a part of the dig­i­tal enter­prise. The knowl­edge gained as a result can be used across the entire life cycle, per­mit­ting fur­ther opti­miza­tion dur­ing the plan­ning, engi­neer­ing and com­mis­sion­ing phase, and also facil­i­tat­ing after­sales ser­vices and the stock­ing of spare parts. Typ­i­cal appli­ca­tions for the new Simotics XP gen­er­a­tion include pumps, fans, com­pres­sors, extrud­ers, mix­ers and agitators.
Due to the stan­dard­ized under­ly­ing design con­cept, the uni­ver­sal prin­ci­ples of the low-volt­age stan­dard motors also apply to the cer­ti­fied motor vari­ants, mean­ing that less effort is involved in plan­ning, inte­gra­tion, stor­age and spare part stock­ing as well as ser­vic­ing. Short deliv­ery times and the elim­i­na­tion of project-spe­cif­ic sys­tem tests for vari­able-speed oper­a­tion with fre­quen­cy con­vert­ers from the Sinam­ics fam­i­ly make for sub­stan­tial­ly faster project imple­men­ta­tion. In addi­tion, all the impor­tant glob­al, coun­try and indus­try-spe­cif­ic cer­tifi­cates are already avail­able. The con­sis­tent use of stan­dard tools and process­es for low-volt­age motors makes for far sim­pler plan­ning, engi­neer­ing, pro­cure­ment, inte­gra­tion, com­mis­sion­ing as well as ser­vic­ing and oper­a­tion. All the Simotics XP motors com­ply with the require­ments of effi­cien­cy class IE3, result­ing in excep­tion­al­ly low oper­at­ing costs. Due to the flex­i­ble mod­u­lar sys­tem used, the over­all plat­form pro­vides an ide­al solu­tion both for Orig­i­nal Equip­ment Man­u­fac­tur­ers (OEMs) and for project business.
The data matrix code applied to the motor, which is used to store indi­vid­ual tech­ni­cal data, cer­tifi­cates and spare parts lists for the rel­e­vant motor, allows the infor­ma­tion to be con­ve­nient­ly dis­played in full using the Simotics Dig­i­tal Data App. This sim­pli­fies both com­mis­sion­ing and spare part man­age­ment, as well as lend­ing the whole plant far greater transparency.
With its new gen­er­a­tion of Simotics XP motors, Siemens has pro­vid­ed a sim­pler and faster way to imple­ment projects and ensure opti­mum explo­sion protection.