Automation with LOGO! and SIMATIC S7-1200

1 GO! Automation with LOGO! and SIMATIC S7-1200 Number 1 | April 2013 | small control systemSimatic S7-1200 demonstrates its full performance range in the manufacture of sound attenuators2GO! 1/2013 | ContentsCover Story16 Powerful small control systemSimatic S7-1200 in series machines for manufacturing sound attenuatorsAgriculture4 Mobile hensLOGO!-controlled mobile henhouses fill a market niche in organic poultry farmingControl Cabinet Construction7 Heading to new shoresItalian control cabinet builder taps new market segments with LOGO! Building Automation8 Harmonious exchangeKNX and LOGO! interact harmoniously in a new hotel in Europa Park10 Sun protection made easyLOGO! controls shading in the Bielefeld office complex The Cube12 Naturally comfortableLOGO!

2 Ensures ease of use and comfort in a Black Forest vacation homeMechanical Engineering14 Affordable high precisionManufacturer of metal fabrics reduces configuration time and costs with TIA PortalVentilation Technology18 Clean solutionSimatic S7-1200 provides for extraction system innovationRides20 Fun guaranteed At Tripsdrill Adventure Park, SIMATIC S7-1200 provides for pure driving fun in a soapbox racing rideProducts22 Perfect interactionCommunication module bridges the gap to AS-Interface23 Smart appLOGO! app for tablet PCs and smartphonesPowerful small control systemCover photo: Publicis, G. F rstenberger163 Editorial | GO! 1/2013 After a facelift, our magazine for Automation with LOGO! and S7-1200 appears with a new design.

3 We look forward to continuing to report on a broad range of applications with LOGO! and SIMATIC ! applications in a vacation home, hotel, and office complex demonstrate the possibilities of microautomation. A completely different application is addressed in our report on a resourceful farmer and entre-preneur who is using LOGO! to serve a market niche in the area of organic poultry users have repeatedly confirmed that a new era of Automation solutions was ushered in with the SIMATIC S7-1200 and its inclusion in the TIA Portal engineering framework. The capabilities of the SIMATIC S7-1200 are demonstrated by an example of a duct system on page microsystems are of great interest because of their performance and communication capabilities in complex networked Automation environ-ments.

4 With the CM 1243-2 communication module, we are introducing an element of the SIMATIC S7-1200 system that forms a bridge to the lowest field , I would like to recommend to you our new LOGO! app for smartphones and tablet PCs, which can become a window to your logic module if required. Have fun trying it out!Warm regards,Heinz Eisenbeiss Head of Marketing and Promotion,Industrial Automation SystemsNew design for GO!4GO! 1/2013 | AgricultureStallbau Iris WeilandMobile hensWith mobile henhouses, Stallbau Iris Weiland e. K. of Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Germany, has established itself as an innovator in the market for organic poultry farming. The various processes of the mobile henhouses (H hnermobil) are reliably controlled with LOGO!

5 As a central element of the switch cabinet, LOGO! operates and controls all operations in the H hnermobil (mobile henhouse)5 Agriculture | GO! 1/2013 Twelve years ago, when Maximilian Weiland was looking for a humane alternative to stationary chicken farming, he was surprised to find that no system on the market met his requirements. Since the farmer wanted to run a truly free-range opera-tion and offer the animals as much chance to roam and as much fresh green as possible, he only consid-ered a mobile henhouse system he could move about with a tractor. The portable solutions on offer al-lowed only stationary use once the destination was reached; moving them would have required too much peck and scratch all day.

6 Since the ani-mals have the habit of staying near their coops, the surrounding area is quickly worn bare. After four weeks, only loose ground and droppings are left creating a perfect breeding ground for germs. Under such conditions, the chickens fall ill quickly and their egg production declines greatly. Many poultry farm-ers see keeping their animals indoors constantly as the only option. This reduces the risk of infection, but the quality of the eggs and poultry is also is the mother of invention, and Weiland decided to build himself a mobile henhouse. Some-thing that was originally planned only for his own use rapidly evolved into a highly successful business model. Other poultry farmers concern with the well-being of their animals and the increasing trend toward healthy and tasty food, coupled with media reports about organic poultry farming, contributed to the business success of the henhouse for humane livestock farmingInitially, Weiland; his wife, Iris; and two other employ-ees were responsible for the manufacture and sale of the mobile henhouses along with the agricultural op-eration.

7 Now, 20 employees handle design, procure-ment, production, management, and sales. Karl-Georg Froebe, technical director of the company, puts it in a nutshell: The mobile henhouse is a prod-uct that requires explanation and does not sell itself. That s why the company s sales personnel advise farmers in detail before the purchase decision. Froebe continues: Mobile henhouse buyers are pri-marily direct marketers with their own farm shops, who often begin with a small coop. They often order another system after a few months because they can no longer keep up with the product demand. Word of the quality of the eggs and meat spreads quickly among consumers. Customers are even willing to drive long distances and pay higher prices.

8 Thus far the company has delivered 180 mobile henhouses, which are built in three sizes, for 225, 800, and 1,200 laying hens. The control system of the various functions consists of LOGO! units from the 0BA7 series in 12/24 V DC technology. The pro-cesses in the large henhouses are controlled entirely electrically, while the small ones are only partially au-tomated. For example, the feed in the mobile hen-house for 225 hens is manually added and the ma-nure is removed with a manually operated conveyor belt, while these functions are controlled electroni-cally in the larger systems. In all models, the doors to let the chickens out are automatically opened in the morning and automatically closed in the evening.

9 LOGO! switches the lighting on and off as well as closing and opening the switch controls feeding times Hens need a certain amount of light per day in order for them to accept food and deliver the required egg production, continues Froebe. For this reason, the henhouse interior is artificially illuminated several hours a day. When the LED is turned on in the morn-ing, the doors are also released. As dusk sets in, the chickens return to their coops and the outer doors close. Feeding begins and is repeated at two-hour in-tervals. The food is taken out of the storage silo with a motor-driven chain or a screw conveyor and fed to Stallbau Iris WeilandWith the new H hnchenmobil (mobile chickenhouse), LOGO! also controls the lighting, the doors for letting out the chickens, and feeding6GO!

10 1/2013 | AgricultureINFO ANd chickens. The timer function of the logic module controls and regulates the amount of feed and the feeding times. In the search for an efficient and cost-effective solution for the various Automation tasks, the deci-sive information came from a master electrician, says Froebe. He recommended LOGO! because it was tailored to our needs as well as easier to use and program than the relay circuit we had previously used. A factor in the decision was that SD memory cards enabled very fast program changes, without expensive components having to be sent by mail or transported in person to the customer. Froebe con-tinues: We take care of the changes and e-mail the updated version to the poultry farmer.