Siemens BRAUMAT User Manual

Beer simply brewed better

BRAUMAT ™

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Exciting solutions. For the demands of the brewing industry.

Everyone knows the beer ingredients barley, hops, and malt. But the beer market has continued to develop since Germany’s beer standards were set in 1516, thanks to new types of grain, cultured yeasts, and hop flavors that delight beer drinkers. This has implications for master brewers and breweries in general: They need to adapt fast to the market while still consistently maintaining high quality, complying with international standards, and protecting themselves from attacks on their systems.

BRAUMAT builds on more than 40 years of experience to provide answers to these demands. The system is already setting the standard at research centers and among brewers worldwide. With this new version of the proven, future-oriented brewery automation system of choice, BRAUMAT goes a step further: Now it’s even safer and more flexible and efficient. That’s helped in part at the control level by the SIMATIC S7-1500, which is now fully supported in addition to the SIMATIC S7-400. So you benefit from efficient engineering in the TIA Portal and many new process control functions that fully support the brewing process – including combined operation with the SIMATIC S7-400. Safe, quick, flexible – and a safe investment for the long term.

BRAUMAT Highlights

Forward-looking investment

BRAUMAT supports the latest controller technology with SIMATIC S7-1500 and also combined operation using the SIMATIC S7-400 and S7-1500. This means that you can upgrade in stages and enjoy a secure investment.

Total transparency

Sophisticated functions and options for batch and quality reports and KPI calculations give you maximum transparency in your processes and production.

Easy handling

BRAUMAT is easy to master. Quick and easy engineering, training courses, support, and efficient configuration and ordering using the TIA Selection Tool all help make your project easier.

Perfect scalability

The system is fully scalable, making it perfect for both small craft breweries and large operations.

Fresh design. For intuitive control.

What’s most impressive about BRAUMAT is its intuitive operation and its powerful, ISA-S88.01-compliant graphic recipe system. It’s easy-to-follow graphic display lets you track the progress of production in close detail and control it at all times. You can check the status of all production areas, vessels, system sections, batch information, parameters for each stage, and much more whenever you want. If you need to adjust anything in the recipe – volumes, temperatures, or standing times – you can do it easily using the recipe editor.

The system not only offers you an overview of your current status, it also gives you a look back at what’s gone before: The newly incorporated Replay Mode records all relevant process data and displays it in a process image review. This means that you can rapidly identify and rectify any errors – either right on-site or via remote maintenance. Operators can also get additional support using the Route Control option, which SIMATIC S7-1500 now also fully supports. Route Control lets you transfer material fully automatically between the storage cellar and brewhouse. It works like a navigation system, recognizing blockages in the complex network of pipelines and selecting an alternative route if necessary. That saves time and energy, and makes production routes transparent.

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