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S7-400 is the most powerful PLC in the SIMATIC Controller
family; the range that enables successful automation solutions
with Totally Integrated Automation. The S7-400 is an automation
platform for system solutions in the manufacturing and process
industries, and is distinguished above all by its modularity
and performance reserves.
Application
- Automotive industry (e.g. assembly lines)
- Machine building, including special machine building
- Paper and printing industry
- Food and beverages industry
- Woodworking
- Chemical industry and petrochemicals
- Process engineering, e.g. water supply, waste water treatment
- Steel industry
- Power generation and distribution and more
The S7-300 CPU spectrum covers following
CPU variant:
Installation
An S7-400 system consists basically of a backplane, a power
supply, and a CPU. The system is modular and can be set up
easily without the need to observe slot rules. The S7-400
is characterized by rugged fan-free operation with hot swapping
of signal modules.
A diverse range of modules can be used both for centralized
expansions and for easy setup of distributed structures with
the ET 200; this results in extremely low-cost spare parts
inventory.
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