Siemens SIWAREX FTA Series Monitoring Module for Use with S7-300 Series, Analogue, Analogue

SIWAREX FTA Weighing Module

The SIWAREX FTA (Flexible Technology, Automatic Weighing Instrument) from Siemens is a versatile and flexible weighing module. It can be used wherever a scale needs to work automatically according to a defined plan.
The module can be used on its own, however it has been designed for use with SIMATIC.
The functionality of the scale includes, non-automatic, automatic for balancing, automatic for catch weighing and automatic for discontinuous totalising.

Features and Benefits

• Uniform structure and universal communication
• Uniform project planning with SIMATIC
• Direct application in SIMATIC automation system
• Application in the decentralised system concept by connecting to PROFIBUS DP/PROFINET through ET 200M
• Weight measurement or force to resolutions of 16 million parts
• Precision of 3 x 6000 d, calibratable (0.5 μV per e)
• Calibratable display with SIMATIC HMI standard operator panels
• Several dosage speeds
• Smooth or step controlled dosage control
• Parameter definable inputs and outputs
• Standalone operation possible
• Extensive diagnostic functions

Product Application Information

Typical fields of application are:
• Liquid filling
• Bagging in a packaging system
• Weighing catch levels, level decrease and fill weighing
• Catch level testing
• Material loading with totalising

Where weighing technology requires high speed and precision, the SIWAREX FTA is the optimal solution. The high-resolution scales can be built to work precisely over broad areas.

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