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Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machineProducts: SIMATIC IPC427C Bundle with SIMATIC WinAC, PROFINET, ET200S, MP277 Branch: Foaming industry, OEM

The Customer: The Albrecht Baeumer GmbH & Co. KG has been a leading

manufacturer of machines and plants for the foamingindustry for more than 60 years

The company offers special machinery for the cutting,converting and transport of polyurethane foams andsimilar materials

The Challenge: Need of an automation system with high performance and

control accuracy to ensure cuts of a foam blockwith highest cutting quality (plane, consistent)

Synchronized coordination of many individual components(among others drives, preasure roller, cutting tools)

And cut!Cuts of high quality foam material

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Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machineProducts: SIMATIC IPC427C Bundle with SIMATIC WinAC, PROFINET, ET200S, MP277 Branch: Foaming industry, OEM

The Solution: Compact and rugged PC-based automation solution as

base of all-automatic horizontal cutting machine BSV-S

Ready to run embedded bundle Microbox PC composed ofSIMATIC IPC427C and software controller SIMATICWinAC RTX

Connection to the company‘s network and remote accessfor maintenance thanks to existing Ethernet-interface

PROFINET as efficient network with connection to thedistributed I/Os SIMATIC ET200S and frequency converter

Data visualization via Simatic WinCC flexible softwarewith SIMATIC HMI MP277

And cut!Cuts of high quality foam material

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Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machineProducts: SIMATIC IPC427C Bundle with SIMATIC WinAC, PROFINET, ET200S, MP277 Branch: Foaming industry, OEM

The Customer Benefit: Increased performance by 80 percent leads to

increased cutting quality and saving of materialsand failures thanks to an efficient, flexible andreliable PC-based solution

High degree of machine availability thanks to therugged embedded system and a comfortablediagnosis

Strong service support thanks to a direct access to the machines via VPN and a worldwide presence of Siemens

Optimal interaction of the Siemens components

And cut!Cuts of high quality foam material