System overview
3.1
Field of application
SINAMICS is the family of drives from Siemens designed for machine and plant engineering
applications. SINAMICS offers solutions for all drive tasks:
• Simple pump and fan applications in the process industry
• Complex single drives in centrifuges, presses, extruders, elevators, as well as conveyor and
transport systems
• Drive line-ups in textile, plastic film, and paper machines as well as in rolling mill plants
• High-precision servo drives in the manufacture of wind turbines
• Highly dynamic servo drives for machine tools, as well as packaging and printing machines
Figure 3-1
SINAMICS applications
Control Units and additional system components
Equipment Manual, 06/2020, 6SL3097-5AH00-0BP2
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