System overview
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Field of application
SINAMICS is the family of drives from Siemens designed for machine and plant engineering
applications. SINAMICS offers solutions for all drive tasks:
● Simple pump and fan applications in the process industry.
● Complex single drives in centrifuges, presses, extruders, elevators, as well as conveyor
and transport systems
● Drive line-ups in textile, plastic film, and paper machines, as well as in rolling mill plants.
● High-precision servo drives in the manufacture of wind turbines
● Highly dynamic servo drives for machine tools, as well as packaging and printing
machines.
Figure 2-1
SINAMICS applications
SINAMICS S120M Distributed Drive Technology
Manual, (GH12), 12/2014, 6SL3097-4AW00-0BP3
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