Known as a powerful PLC System, the SIEMENS S7-400 is demanded widely to find several automation solutions with Totally Integrated Automation. Distinguished by the modularity and performance reserves, the S7-400 is extensively demanded by several manufacturing and processing industries.
Applications
- Automotive industry for assembly lines
- Machine building, including special machine building
- Paper and printing industry
- Food and beverages industry
- Woodworking
- Chemical industry and petrochemicals
- Process engineering, e.g. water supply, waste water treatment
- Steel industry
- Power generation
The S7-300 CPU spectrum covers following CPU variant
- CPU412-1/412-2/414-2/414-3
- CPU 416-2/416-3/417-4
- CPU 414-H/417-H Failsafe CPU
Installation
- S7-400 system consists of a backplane, a power supply, and a CPU
- The system is modular and can be set up easily without the need to observe slot rules
- The S7-400 is characterized by rugged fan-free operation with hot swapping of signal modules
- A diverse range of modules can be used both for centralized expansions and for easy setup of distributed structures with the ET 200; this results in extremely low-cost spare parts inventory
