Specifying The Materials; Editing Materials - Siemens SIMATIC BATCH Operating Manual

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9.4

Specifying the materials

9.4.1

Editing materials

Purpose
At the start of batch planning, you must define the following in SIMATIC BATCH for materials
(products, by-products, waste products):
● The materials for input materials and output materials
● The quality of the main product
You define the materials in the list boxes displayed in the subsequent dialogs for recipe creation
and batch planning.
Materials and qualities must be assigned a unique alphanumeric code (for example an internal
company code) in the form of a string. This code can, for example, be used to specify a setpoint
and process value input at the interface blocks or SFC types to identify the material or product.
Note
Central material management
If you have a central material management department in your company, you can also write
the materials to the Batch data management (Batch CDV) using the user interface (API) of
SIMATIC BATCH.
Rules
● The material or quality can have a maximum of 255 characters.
● The material code is alphanumeric and can have a maximum of 16 characters.
● The quality code is numeric and be set in the range from 0 to 2147483647.
● Both the material name and the material code must be unique.
● The quality and the quality code must be unique within a material.
● When you delete a material, the system checks which recipes, libraries and formulas
contain use it. If this material is used there, it cannot be deleted.
How to create a new material
1. Select the "Materials" folder in BatchCC.
2. Select the menu item Edit > New.
Result: The dialog box "Properties of <materials>" opens.
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