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Product Information
Overview
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In the process industry, discontinuous processes – so-called batch processes – are of great significance. Shorter and shorter product life cycles as well as the versatility required by consumers are two of the reasons for this.
Product quality that stays the same even in the umpteenth batch, quick response to changed market conditions, traceability for production (FDA compliance), fulfillment of legal standards, as well as the economic and technical necessity to utilize production plants flexibly and optimally – all of this places high demands on plant automation.
With the PCS neo Batch software package, the SIMATIC PCS neo process control system offers the right solution for low-cost and effective automation of batch processes.
PCS neo Batch is completely integrated in PCS neo, both in the visualization and in the engineering system. Thanks to the modular design and the flexible scaling, it can be used in small test centers as well as in production plants of any size.
Design
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Communication with the automation systems
PCS neo Batch communicates with the automation systems via the M&C system. In PCS neo V5.0, Batch can only be operated in the MTP environment.
The instances of the MTP services and their parameters are used as Batch interface between M&C and its lower automation level.
Scalability
PCS neo Batch is configured as a single station system or as a client-server system and can be used in plants of any size due to its modular architecture and scalability in cumulative UNITs (sets of 1, 10 and 50 plant unit instances).
Single station system for small applications
For small batch applications, PCS neo Batch can be installed together with the M&C software on a single station system.
Client-server configuration
However, a characteristic feature of the automation of batch processes using PCS neo Batch is client/server architectures in which one Batch server and multiple Batch clients together process a plant project.
The Batch server software provided for configuration of a Batch server usually runs on dedicated server hardware. Depending on the load of the M&C system, the M&C server and Batch server software can also be run on shared server hardware.
Integration in SIMATIC PCS neo
PCS neo Batch is fully integrated in SIMATIC PCS neo. The plant data can be configured entirely in the engineering view. Configuration changes made in the engineering view can be transferred to the Batch server.
Recipe creation is performed in the master data view.
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Recipe creation in master data view
PCS neo Batch supports the operator control and monitoring of batch processes by means of standard operating screens in the M&C view.
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Batch operation in M&C view
