Siemens has upgraded the Simatic Maintenance Station software for the diagnosis and maintenance of plants and machinery, with new features focusing on diagnostic functionality and plant asset management.
Simatic Maintenance Station, a software option for the Simatic WinCC SCADA system, supports preventive, condition-based and reactive maintenance activities of a plant in a central system. It
now offers functions for the efficient planning and monitoring of maintenance operations and jobs. It also allows devices in the field to access the Simatic Maintenance Station via a web client for remote maintenance, for example, panel PCs with touch controls can be used to carry out diagnostic measures on-site.
The software visualises diagnostic and maintenance information – from a PC to network components, all the way to controllers, switching, protection and control units, as well as drives. The plant operator receives a uniform and clear status display. Using this, they can clearly identify components, systems and plant units, assess them individually, and, where appropriate, respond quickly to special situations. Based on the condition of the components, appropriate measures for machinery and plant maintenance can be undertaken at the right time to reduce or even avoid downtimes. This contributes directly to lower maintenance costs and higher productivity.
Simatic Maintenance Station passes on maintenance requests to other target systems, for example, a computer. All operations are message-based and are therefore easy to archive and understand. This results in an extensive database that can be analysed with WinCC.
The configuration of Maintenance Station is easy, because it uses Step 7 project data that is already available from the plant set-up phase. Components from other manufacturers are incorporated using standards-based procedures.
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