System overview
1.6 Customer benefits
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1.6 Customer benefits
Customer benefits
SIRIUS offers benefits in the following areas:
● Assembly and handling
● Planning and configuration
● Connection to the automation level
● System monitoring
Table 1- 8 Customer benefits
Area Technical highlights Customer benefits
Proven and optimized modularity and
functional diversity in the SIRIUS
modular system
Maximum flexibility for
application-oriented solutions
Performance increase with unchanged
size, functions which are already
integrated, and "all-in-one" solution with
compact starters
Space savings in the control
cabinet
Reduced variance, e.g. thanks to size-
independent accessories and wide
voltage and wide setting ranges
Reduced storage costs as well
as planning and ordering
expenditure
Assembly and handling
Integrated spring-loaded connection
system
Assembly of starters with plug-in
connection system
Corresponding infeed systems and
integrated functionalities
Reduced wiring expenditure
and fault avoidance in terms of
assembly and handling
System monitoring
Monitoring relays and function
modules for extremely simple
application monitoring
End-of-lifetime detection for 3RA6
compact starter
Comprehensive diagnostics
messages
Operational reliability and
system availability
Connection to the
automation level
Easy connection to AS-i or IO-Link Optimum integration in the
automation environment (TIA)
Planning and
configuration
Comprehensive planning and
configuration tools
Numerous approvals
Numerous combination tests for
SIRIUS
Simplified system planning
and documentation
Global applicability