s And cut Cuts of high quality foam

s And cut! Cuts of high quality foam material Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machine Products: SIMATIC IPC 427 C Bundle with SIMATIC Win. AC, PROFINET, ET 200 S, MP 277 Branch: Foaming industry, OEM The Customer: § The Albrecht Baeumer Gmb. H & Co. KG has been a leading manufacturer of machines and plants for the foaming industry for more than 60 years § The company offers special machinery for the cutting, converting and transport of polyurethane foams and similar materials The Challenge: § Need of an automation system with high performance and control accuracy to ensure cuts of a foam block with highest cutting quality (plane, consistent) § Synchronized coordination of many individual components (among others drives, preasure roller, cutting tools) page 1 July 2011 SIMATIC PC-based Automation Industry Sector / IA AS SM MP

s And cut! Cuts of high quality foam material Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machine Products: SIMATIC IPC 427 C Bundle with SIMATIC Win. AC, PROFINET, ET 200 S, MP 277 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 of SIMATIC IPC 427 C and software controller SIMATIC Win. AC RTX § Connection to the company‘s network and remote access for maintenance thanks to existing Ethernet-interface § PROFINET as efficient network with connection to the distributed I/Os SIMATIC ET 200 S and frequency converter § Data visualization via Simatic Win. CC flexible software with SIMATIC HMI MP 277 page 2 July 2011 SIMATIC PC-based Automation Industry Sector / IA AS SM MP

s And cut! Cuts of high quality foam material Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machine Products: SIMATIC IPC 427 C Bundle with SIMATIC Win. AC, PROFINET, ET 200 S, MP 277 Branch: Foaming industry, OEM The Customer Benefit: § Increased performance by 80 percent leads to increased cutting quality and saving of materials and failures thanks to an efficient, flexible and reliable PC-based solution § High degree of machine availability thanks to the rugged embedded system and a comfortable diagnosis § 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 page 3 July 2011 SIMATIC PC-based Automation Industry Sector / IA AS SM MP