Industry
Processes in industries and municipal utilities must be controlled at the highest possible precision level. Reactions within fractions of seconds as well as multiple parallel processes demand sophisticated control systems with optimal adaption to the specific requirements.
Sprecher Automation provides a wide range of technologies for optimal and secure process automation as well as power supply for various branches.
For certain branches, Sprecher Automation offers specifically developed automation packages, hardware components as well as application software for swift realisations.
Control Level
Control level
For the various industrial areas, Sprecher Automation provides control centers for control systems which are based on Sprecher products or on products of other manufactureres (system integration).
Sprecher control centers range from stand-alone systems to redundant and distributed client-server solutions with connection to the existing IT system (i.e. ERP)
Components of process control systems are operating and monitoring systems, indication and registration systems as well as alarming and production data acquisition systems.
With decades of industrial project experience, Sprecher Automation provides customer-oriented and optimised automation solutions clearly structured and focused user interfaces (GUI) by taking into account different possible approaches.
Sprecher process control systems are based on either Windows® or LINUX®.
Process control systems
Sprecher Automation applies the following process control systems:
- SPRECON®-V (Sprecher Automation)
- WinCC® (Flexible), WinCC® Open Architecture (former PVSS II)
- RSView®
- InTouch®
- SIMATIC® PCS7
Modernisation (retrofit) of process control systems
Beside other features, modern control systems provide comprehensive functionalities and comfortable engineering and maintenance tools in consideration of ergonomic aspects.
The integrated operator control and monitoring systems (HMI) of former installed process control technology do not meet these demands anymore.
Whereas I/O hardware in process environment is still acceptable and also available at the market, hardware and software modules have a short life cycle.
Consequently, modernisations of the process control levels can mostly be achieved by replacement of the complete process control system only. Usually, this also involves the replacement of the I/O hardware in process environment which may still be sound.
The highly developed process control systems of Sprecher Automation allow the replacement of older process visualisation systems by maintaining the existing control hardware.
Process level
Process level
Sprecher Automation develops, applies and delivers all required process-related control systems for various branches as central or distributed solutions — from machine control to highly available and sound process control solutions, based on:
- SPRECON® (Sprecher Automation)
- SIMATIC® S5/S7
- Allen Bradley® SLC-500, PLC-5, ControlLogix®, MicroLogix®
- B&R® control systems
Power supply
Power supply
Sprecher Automation provides complete power supply solutions (turnkey or partial) for industries which cover high, medium and low voltage (SPREPOWER) as well as secondary systems (SPRECON automation systems and SPRECON protection systems).
Documentation is customer-oriented and may be created with one of the following systems:
- ACAD®
- ELCAD®
- EPLAN® 5.7, EPLAN® P8
- RUPLAN®
- ECSCAD®, etc.
Products
Engineering Center
Process visualisation
Automation devices
Sensor & scanner systems for the wood industry
Application Examples
Automation systems, scanner systems and power supply (Sawmill Paskov, Mayr-Melnhof)
Automation and power supply for a cut-to-length line (Steel Service Center, voestalpine)
Process control and visualisation (Industrie Du Bois Vielsalm)
PLCs, 24000 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via Ethernet
PLCs, 128 inputs and outputs, process visualisation with Ethernet network
PLCs, 1000 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via Ethernet and Profibus-DP
PLCs, 17 servo drives, visualisation, communication via Profibus-DP
PLC, 500 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via Controlnet and Ethernet
PLCs, 600 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via Profibus-DP, MPI and Ethernet
PLCs, 250 inputs and outputs, visualisation
Automation technology and scanner systems (Sawmill Arapoti, International Paper)
3D-Log scanner system for a high-performance saw line (Sägewerk Insjön, Bergkvist)
PLCs, visualisation, communication via Ethernet
PLCs, visualisation, communication via Profibus-DP
PLCs and visualisation
PLCs, 300 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via Profibus-DP, MPI and Ethernet
PLCs, 300 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via Profibus-DP, MPI and Ethernet
PLCs, visualisation, communication via Ethernet
Modern operating control and monitoring systems (Power plant Timelkam, Energie AG)
PLCs, 200 inputs and outputs, visualisation, communication via WLAN