General Information - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Series Function Manual

General information

2.1 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 2-1 SINAMICS applications
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