page 1 July 2011 Industry Sector / IA AS SM MPSIMATIC PC-based Automation s Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machine Products: SIMATIC IPC427C Bundle with SIMATIC WinAC, PROFINET, ET200S, MP277 Branch:Foaming industry, OEM The Customer:  The Albrecht Baeumer GmbH & Co. KG has been a leading manufacturer of machines and plants for the foaming industry for more than 60 years  The company offers special machinery for the cutting, converting and transport of polyurethane foams and similar materials The Challenge:  Need of an automation system with high performance and control accuracy to ensure cuts of a foam block with highest cutting quality (plane, consistent)  Synchronized coordination of many individual components (among others drives, preasure roller, cutting tools) And cut! Cuts of high quality foam material

page 2 July 2011 Industry Sector / IA AS SM MPSIMATIC PC-based Automation s Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machine Products: SIMATIC IPC427C Bundle with SIMATIC WinAC, PROFINET, ET200S, MP277 Branch:Foaming industry, OEM The Solution:  Compact and rugged PC-based automation solution as base of all-automatic horizontal cutting machine BSV-S  Ready to run embedded bundle Microbox PC composed of SIMATIC IPC427C and software controller SIMATIC WinAC RTX  Connection to the company‘s network and remote access for maintenance thanks to existing Ethernet-interface  PROFINET as efficient network with connection to the distributed I/Os SIMATIC ET200S and frequency converter  Data visualization via Simatic WinCC flexible software with SIMATIC HMI MP277 And cut! Cuts of high quality foam material

page 3 July 2011 Industry Sector / IA AS SM MPSIMATIC PC-based Automation s Soltuion: Rugged PC-based solution for a fully automated cutting machine Products: SIMATIC IPC427C Bundle with SIMATIC WinAC, PROFINET, ET200S, MP277 Branch:Foaming industry, OEM The Customer Benefit:  Increased performance by 80 percent leads to increased cutting quality and saving of materials and failures thanks to an efficient, flexible and reliable PC-based solution  High degree of machine availability thanks to the rugged embedded system and a comfortable diagnosis  Strong service support thanks to a direct access to the machines via VPN and a worldwide presence of Siemens  Optimal interaction of the Siemens components And cut! Cuts of high quality foam material