At the refinery, we especially value reliability and process safety. It's important that the plants be able to operate safely and trouble-free. And in this regard, the SIMATIC PCS 7 control system makes an outstanding contribution. My impression is very positive. It's going extremely well. Our migration activities still haven't caused a single plant failure.
The I/O
upgrade to the SIMATIC ET 200SP HA allows for renewed compliance with the
maximum service life of fail-safe modules of 20 years. The customer commends
SIMATIC PCS 7 as a complete system of software and hardware components that
works together seamlessly. This ensures high availability and reliability in a
process plant. The SIMATIC ET 200SP HA has significant features required in the
process industry, such as expandability during operation, redundancy up to the
input and output cards, conformal coating, and the possibility of installation
in Ex Zone 2. Additionally, the SIMATIC ET 200SP HA is integrated into the
SIMATIC PCS 7 control system via PROFINET, enabling digitalization down to the
field level. Since the SIMATIC PCS 7 and SIMATIC PCS neo process control
systems share the same hardware platform, a potential future transition of the
refinery from SIMATIC PCS 7 to SIMATIC PCS neo is facilitated, and
investment costs can be kept lower.
