Plant Components And Automation Levels - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual

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Plant components and automation levels

Plant components and automation levels
SIMATIC Drive Controller are used in particular in production automation and Motion Control
applications for smaller to high-end machines. The combination of SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU
and integrated SINAMICS S120 automatic speed control offers powerful and flexible
automation solutions that cover all ranges of Motion Control applications:
● The process signals are connected to the central master computer via fieldbus.
● The SIMATIC Drive Controller is integrated consistently in the various automation levels
through communication standards.
● The SIMATIC Drive Controller controls SINAMICS Integrated over the integrated drive
and the axis group over the comprehensive range of SINAMICS S120 power units (Line
Modules and Motor Modules).
● Motors with a DRIVE-CLiQ interface facilitate commissioning and diagnostics.
● You connect motors without a DRIVE-CLiQ interface, for example external motors or
motors for retrofit applications, over Sensor Modules Cabinet-Mounted (SMC) or Sensor
Modules External (SME). Terminal Modules (TM) are terminal expansions over DRIVE-
CLiQ – for example for drive digital or analog inputs and outputs.
● The F-CPU integrated in the SIMATIC Drive Controller ensure failsafe processes.
● Technology I/Os are already integrated in the SIMATIC Drive Controller . If required, you
can expand the SIMATIC Drive Controller with technology modules in the ET 200MP and
ET 200SP distributed I/O systems.
● SIMATIC Drive Controller are intended for installation in a control cabinet with IP20
degree of protection
SIMATIC Drive Controller
System Manual, 11/2019, A5E46600094-AA
3.1 What is the SIMATIC Drive Controller?
System overview
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