Siemens: New automated equipment for railway applications

Siemens, specialist in an electrification and automation system, launches the new automated equipment designed for automation in the field of the rail transports.

The new automated equipment SIPLUS extreme Rail, dedicated for railway applications have been developed from the latest generation of Simatic S7, and have been designed to operate in extreme conditions. This new generation of the automated equipment includes the SIPLUS extreme Rail S7-1500, S7-1200 in version Advanced , Basic and Distributed , they were equipped with the peripheral station ET 200SP and the control console SIPLUS HMI KP300 Basic which ensuring the monitoring and control system.

The new automated equipment have the certifications and approvals necessary to be used in the railway sector (EN 15121, 45545, 50124, 50125 and 50155), either as an electronic equipment boarded a train or as a wayside equipment. They are able to provide various automation functions, whether it would be the control and regulation of heating, ventilation and climate (CVC) on trains, or the signs, control of the landing doors of the platform, lighting and sanding in the depository.

The new automated equipment SIPLUS extreme Rail can operate in the very difficult conditions such as humidity, dust, fog the living room, corrosive gases or electromagnetic interference. They are also designed to meet high requirements in railway environment, especially when using "mobile" on trains.