At the beginning of the New Year, the 2024 Siemens Process Industry “Burning Engine Tour” · Beijing Station (2024 PAssion Tour) was recently held and successfully concluded. With digitization and low-carbon “two-wheel drive” as the main line, the event focused on cutting-edge technologies and products in chemical, pharmaceutical, water treatment, new energy, new materials and other process industries, as well as solutions and application cases covering multiple industries, gathering more than 800 industry guests to explore the future of sustainable development and ignite the new engine of digital economy.

TSXP572634METY In recent years, the digital economy is accelerating the deep evolution of industrial transformation through penetration and superposition process in all walks of life. Accelerating the digitization of the layout, in-depth implementation of low-carbon, and achieving sustainable development have become the meaning of helping the rapid development of the process industry. As a pioneer of digitalization, Siemens has never stopped exploring the digital upgrading of the process industry.

TSXP572634METY Technology is an important prerequisite for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Siemens offers cutting-edge digital technologies, complete solutions and products that help companies, especially process industry users, address the challenges of sustainable development, changing needs and competitive markets. Siemens will continue to provide effective technologies and solutions in the future, and combined with the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform, work with more ecological partners in the industry to create a greener and more efficient future.

At this event, Siemens showcased its bright results in the practice of digital industrial technology in 2023, helping different customers in different industries unlock the huge value behind the data:

TSXP572634METY In the design dimension, Siemens and Juhua Technology Center docking to carry out the “digital simulation auxiliary scientific research project”, the Siemens process digital twin software gPROMS is applied to the production of difficult and high-risk “stuck neck” special raw materials. Through digital mechanism modeling technology combined with some basic experimental data to develop digital twin technology, the safety and economy of the experiment or production process are significantly improved, and the output of the target product is optimized and increased by more than 12%.

In the implementation dimension, Siemens and Beijing Minhai Biology have carried out in-depth cooperation in the digital construction of production lines. Siemens provides complete landing solutions and engineering implementation services for industrial network and security, BMS-EMS, SCADA, MES, to help Minhai realize the digital traceability system of the entire production process, and optimize the production efficiency and quality of the pharmaceutical industry with digital technology.

In the optimization dimension, Siemens continues to help the efficient operation of Sinopec Qingdao Refining and Chemical Company with its superior digital means. Siemens helped Qingdao Refinery to complete the stable update of the entire DCS platform Simatic PCS 7 system, which realized the unity of the software platform of the whole plant and made data sharing and communication more convenient. And through COMOS, SiePA and other digital software, to help customers with information means to assist or guide the daily equipment transformation, the company has achieved 10 categories, more than 4,000 mobile equipment operating status monitoring, fault management, KPI analysis, energy efficiency of major energy-consuming equipment, automatic calculation of life of wearing parts, etc.

At the event, Siemens also demonstrated more products and solutions developed in response to market needs. For example, Siemens released a new radar level meter on the spot – 80GHz SITRANS LR500.

TSXP572634METY Using the latest 80GHZ technology and Siemens’ patented innovation – process intelligent echo processing technology, the product has a measuring range of 120 meters, the accuracy can be maintained between +/-1 mm, and has a wider operating temperature range (-196 ° C to 250 ° C) and higher working pressure (4 MPa), which can adapt to harsh working environments. It can meet the security needs of more industry users. This product is also a strong work of Siemens in product green design, to meet users’ requirements for low-carbon properties of products, to help achieve sustainable development.

Siemens Process Automation helps accelerate the digital transformation of the industry through three advantages: First, the “combination of soft and hard”, Siemens provides a full range of automation solutions and digital software support, which can fully tap and unlock the value behind production data. The second is the integration of IT and OT. Through PROFINET and future-oriented industrial 5G technology, Siemens opens up the data link between IT and OT at the communication level, eliminates silos, and realizes the rapid integration of IT and OT through edge systems. The third point is to help customers accelerate innovation, enhance sustainability and promote high-quality development of the entire industry through the integration of the real and virtual worlds. At the same time, the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform can provide lightweight services and products to help small and medium enterprises digital transformation implementation and practice.

Liu Likang

TSXP572634METY Siemens (China) Co., LTD. Digital Industry Group

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Process Automation

“Engine Tour” also set up a number of industry theme forums, covering the chemical, pharmaceutical, water and general industries, bringing together industry leaders, experts, scholars and business representatives to discuss the application and development trend of digital technology in different industries, with a view to providing new ideas and solutions for the sustainable development of the industry.

In the future, Siemens will continue to empower the development and transformation of the digital industry, work together with all partners to promote the sustainable development of the industry, achieve a more intelligent, efficient and green production mode, jointly build an intelligent ecology, open a new service era, and describe the future blueprint of the digital industry.