Specifications

System features

To be able to respond to the increasing international

competitive pressure, it is more important than ever to

consistently make full use of the potential for optimiza-

tion – over the complete lifecycle of a machine or

plant.

Optimized processes reduce the total cost of owner-

ship, shorten the time to market, and improve quality.

This perfect balance between quality, time, and costs is

now, more than ever, the decisive success factor in in-

dustry.

Totally Integrated Automation is optimally aligned to all

requirements and open for international standards and

third-party systems. With its six characteristic system

features, Totally Integrated Automation supports the

complete lifecycle of a machine or plant. The complete

system architecture offers holistic solutions for every

automation segment on the basis of a comprehensive

range of products.

SIMATIC: more efficient and systematic automation

SIMATIC, a core component of Totally Integrated Auto-

mation, includes a variety of standardized, flexible, and

scalable products – such as SIMATIC Panels presented

in this brochure.

SIMATIC is currently considered to be the global num-

ber one in automation. One of the decisive reasons for

this is that SIMATIC exhibits the six system features of

Totally Integrated Automation:

• Engineering

• Communication

• Diagnostics

• Safety

• Security

• Robustness

In addition, SIMATIC features two additional system

features:

• Technology

• High availability

You can find more about the system features and the

resulting advantages in the following chapter “System

features“.

Totally Integrated Automation

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