ALSTOM Transport, Modernization of regional railways testing area (TIA Portal)
Industry - Railway Technology, Germany
ALSTOM Transport, Modernization of regional railways testing area (TIA Portal)
Transportation
ALSTOM Transport Deutschland GmbH
Salzgitter Germany
Due to the presence of potential hazards, the testing area in the static commissioning hall (A100) was to be brought up to the state of the art.
An efficient and safe concept was created, which is both robust and meets the latest safety requirements. In addition, workflows were visualized and presented (shunting capability of the vehicles).
Safe disconnection of the 15 kV test voltage when entering the safety area during a testing operation
The concept was implemented in two stages.
Hardware and software used: TIA Portal: S7 1500F
Siemens ASi technology for the distributed I/O (door contact monitoring, door tumblers, signal evaluation)
TIA Portal WinCC RT Professional including Web server on SIMATIC IPCs
Used Products:
WinCC Runtime Professional
Fail-safe CPUs
SIMATIC IPC547E
SIMATIC IPC477D
SIMATIC WinCC (TIA Portal)
SIMATIC Industrial PC
"The most secure door is the one you can leave unlocked."
Harald Schaper, programmer at GHS Prozessautomation GmbH
Increased safety during testing operations.
Safe disconnection of the 15 kV test voltage when entering the safety area.
Integrated monitoring of all workflows (e.g. shunting capability of vehicles) in one central test system for the test bay manager.
Flexible and easy adaptation of the number of testing stations Scalability of testing areas as standard for further test systems.
GHS Prozessautomation GmbH
sites in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt and Bad Harzburg, 11 employees
GHS provides all-round solutions for automation and drives in all sectors of industry
