Bring IT and OT closer together: SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering introduces proven methods & mechanisms from software development to the world of industrial production. Benefit from modular engineering workflows to empower IT-savvy automation engineers with a versatile and adaptable toolchain, tailored to their requirements: working together, from anywhere and in the way that suits them.
Streamline automation collaboration with SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering using Git version control, package management, unit testing, and CI pipelines to support scalable, organized, and high‑quality distributed projects.
Empower your team to work anywhere with a cloud‑native or local engineering environment. Connect remotely to SIMATIC PLCs to streamline processes, boost productivity, and monitor, debug, deploy, and access key shop‑floor data.
Customize your automation setup with SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering. Use extensions, packages and scripts to adapt workflows, boost flexibility and create or share solutions freely for truly versatile, innovative automation.
Use SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering to load your program to the PLC. You can choose between engineering the entire machine in a software minded way or by bringing IT and OT closer together by combined use of SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering and TIA Portal.
Left: IT-like PLC Engineering
IT-like PLC engineering enables automation at the speed of software development. Complete entire engineering tasks in SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering. Make use of methods and principles from software development for hardware configuration.
Right: IT-oriented PLC Engineering with TIA Portal
Take advantage of the best of both OT and IT. Configure your technology objects and hardware in the TIA Portal once. This allows for the development of motion applications in SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering with a direct (delta) download to the PLC.
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Biesse S.p.A., Italy, a global leader in advanced integrated manufacturing systems, drives future‑ready automation with IT‑inspired engineering and partners with SIMATIC AX to support flexible work and open innovation.
MTS provides comprehensive automation solutions and advanced manufacturing components, focusing on enhancing production processes by leveraging cutting-edge technologies like SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering.
Contiweb produces innovative solutions for automation in the printing and converting industry. The demanding machines are migrated from SIMOTION to SIMATIC S7-1500, and SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering is being introduced.
Brisq Automation, an industrial automation company, is pioneering the use of new technology. They develop an application using SIMATIC AX Logic Control Engineering.
Barmag produces textile machines across approx. 20 different winding head variants. They needed a modern, IT-like engineering environment that supports object-oriented programming, modular code reuse, and robust version control.
SCK CEN relies on SIMATIC AX to engineer the Siemens PLCs used for cooling and creating the vacuum in their accelerator. They needed to automate workflows and required an engineering tool that could support them effortlessly.
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