Automation Task; Introduction - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Getting Started

Automation task

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Introduction

Introduction
In the following section, you will become familiar with the automation task.
You can find out more about the application example, the hardware configuration and the
components of the sample project.
Application example
The application example for this Getting Started is a color mixing plant for mixing and filling a
previously selected color recipe.
There are four color components for the recipe, cyan, magenta, yellow and black, which
means the colors of the CMYK color space.
Filling takes place in four steps.
● Selection of the color mixture using the HMI recipe function.
● Filling the recipe components or the four basic colors by opening the respective tank
● Mixing the colors.
● Filling the finished color mixture into tins and transportation by a conveyor belt.
S7-1500
Getting Started, 05/2014, A5E03981761-AC
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