Examples of applications
3.8 Crane carriage control for a high-bay warehouse
Industrial Ethernet
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3.8 Crane carriage control for a high-bay warehouse
Task
An existing SIMATIC S5 controller of a case picking high-bay warehouse system needs to be
modernized. The customer also aims to reduce plant costs by using modern and future-proof
components.
Solution
â‘ The controller of the high-bay warehouse can be reached via the factory network and it is
also be configured via this path.
To protect against unauthorized access, the entire crane system is protected by a
SCALANCE SC646-2C
â‘¡.
Starting from a SCALANCE XC206-2SFP
â‘¢, the individual components form a star
topology that includes not only four KP1200 panels as operator control and monitoring
stations
④ but also the controllers for the crane carriage ⑤.