Webinars & E-Learning

The economical alternative to conventional cable glands – up to 80% time saving when inserting a wide variety of cables! With the membrane based gland plates cables, pneumatic and hydraulic hoses or optical fibres can be quickly and space-saving routed into control cabinets, panels or machines and be sealed with certified protection class up to IP68 (acc. to EN 60529) and UL type 4X (acc. to UL50 E). icotek gland plates are cost, space and time saving alternatives to traditional cable glands.

OT cyberattacks are getting more frequent and more destructive. As companies discover new uses for plant floor data, interconnectivity of industrial control systems continues to grow. Luckily, strategies such as Defense-in-Depth and OT specific standards like IEC 62443 can greatly improve overall system security. When used in combination with Siemens secure networking equipment – a strong security posture can be attained. In this webinar we review cybersecurity methodologies and the various Siemens networking solutions you can use to secure your OT networks and harden individual automation cells against cyber-threats.

Are you looking for ways to reduce the time it takes to engineer, wire and assemble your control panel? One way to do this is by adding communication to the control panel, which provides added benefits for both panel builders and end-users. For the end user, communication allows for system level diagnostics that can help avoid costly downtime. For panel builders, adding communication in the control panel can mean a significant reduction in engineering, wiring and assembly time. In this webinar, we will explore technologies such as IO-Link and Industrial Ethernet (PROFINET) enabled pilot devices that add communication in the control panel while reducing overall engineering, wiring and assembly time.

Remember the saying, “work smarter, not harder”? When it comes to programming PLCs following this advice can save you time, effort, and costs. Join Siemens for a 90-minute guided, live introduction to reducing, reusing, and recycling PLC code and HMI objects from one project to the next, without the need to reengineer. New and experienced users to Siemens automation products, will learn a basic, best practices approach to integrating, deploying, and versioning code libraries inside the Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal.

Benefits of attending:
*Learn how engineering your code to be reusable from the start can save valuable engineering time and make machine diagnostics and troubleshooting easier
*Understand how leveraging versioned TIA Portal libraries can help drive PLC and HMI code standards across your organization
*Discover how HMI Faceplates can enforce a common look and feel for all your machine designs
*Explore the extensive, open-source libraries that have already been created by Siemens and our eco-system partners that are readily available for your immediate use

The SITOP UPS 1600 presentation provides a brief overview about available UPS solutions in the market and focuses on our battery based 24VDC UPS1600. The presentation explains how to configure a DC UPS by selecting the correct power supply, DC UPS module and rechargeable battery based on the back-up time and back-up current the application requires. It describes in depth the operating states and monitoring options on the unit itself, via Profinet, SITOP manager and gives an insight into the different parameterization options

The optimal use of data is becoming increasingly important for industry. Seeking a competitive advantage, companies are exploring cutting-edge technologies like Edge Computing that are bringing a renaissance to the shop floor.

Join us for a 45-minute webinar where you will learn how end users and machine builders make better use of their machine data in order to increase the performance and optimization potential of existing automation platforms and production facilities.

Benefits of attending:

• Understand how Edge Computing brings local intelligence for real-time information close to manufacturing
• Learn how to acquire and process data directly at the machine with no latency
• Explore how you can optimize existing automation platforms and production facilities while reducing centralized resources allocated to data processing and management
• Find out why industrial edge improves flexibility and scalability while adhering to typical IT standards that are industry compliant
• Realize how you can increase security as machine data can be analyzed in the field without transmission to other locations

Tired of carrying inventory of three different IO systems to support different field bus controller connections? Discover just one that will take care of that for you.

Join us for a 45-minute educational webinar to learn how you can reduce costs with inventory, ordering, engineering and dealing with many vendors for your IO needs.

Benefits of attending:
• Configuring the interface module to support three different protocols ie Profinet, Etherent IP & Modbus TCP
• One field bus drop that can support a range of IO including a module for weighing applications and more
• Two controllers with different protocols sharing one device at the same time including failsafe IO