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.

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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.

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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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Crystal-clear analysis.
For consistent high beer quality.

BRAUMAT provides new batch and cellar logs with a simple
selection of process parameters. The BRAUMAT reporting
system is Excel-based and contains previously supplied
parameter lists for the brewhouse, cold block, and filtration
brewing areas. The new version and the WinCC add-on
PM-QUALITY* now provide higher-level reporting using SQL
Express. For long-term archiving, SQL Server 2016 is also
required.

Your benefits:

• Process optimization through direct analysis and evaluation

For the first time, the PM-QUALITY add-on also supports
graphic calculation methods – for example, to determine
key performance indicators (KPIs) – which makes it easy
to show important factors like downtime and productivity.
And by using the new batch reports in conjunction with
PM-QUALITY, brewers can create ad-hoc reports themselves
while the system is running. Your benefit: easy report
parameterization without having to rely on programming
by IT specialists.

PM-QUALITY reports can also be uploaded to the MindSphere
cloud using the PM-MINDCONNECT option. The free PM­REPORT BROWSER MindSphere app gives you immediate
read access to these reports at any time, anywhere in the
world.

• Rapid creation of ad-hoc reports with parameters flexibly
compiled on the fly

• Tracking and tracing with automated change logging

• PM-QUALITY reports available in Mindsphere at any time,
anywhere in the world

*

PM-QUALITY, PM-LOGON and PM-MINDCONNECT are some of the PM

add-ons from the Siemens AG WinCC Competence Center in Mannheim.

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A fine mixture.
For consistently good taste.

With the new version of BRAUMAT, dosing and mixing are
more efficient and exact than ever before: Warehouse
management is integrated into the recipe system along with
dosage management. Mixing processes are automatic: The
system automatically adapts recipes to warehouse assign­ment and quantity specifications. The smart SIWAREX
weighing technology is also incorporated into the recipe
system, providing fully automatic, highly accurate weighing
of single and multiple components, which can be combined
with various parameters like coarse flows, fine flows, filter
grades, and tare settings.

Your benefits:

• Precise dosing means you can accurately
reproduce tastes – and reduce costs

• Automated weighing means faster pro­duction time

• Efficient, plant-wide engineering with no
need for downtime

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Appetizing digital solutions.
For the brewery of the future.

Digitalization will also lead to changes in the brewing
industry. As a traditional brewer, you’ll be wondering how
you can seamlessly integrate digital solutions into your
production systems – and above all, what the benefits
are for you. It goes without saying that BRAUMAT can be
connected to MES/MOM and higher-level ERP systems,
which gives you the foundation for digitally analyzing
and evaluating your plant data.

Siemens adopts a comprehensive approach with its Digital
Enterprise. Our digital solutions offer specific benefits that
cover the entire value chain. Maximum data transparency
and process simulations give you new insights into all
production sequences, so you can derive optimization
measures and leverage potential savings. The result: You
save costs and improve efficiency.

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BRAUMAT
Overview of benefits

Forward-looking investment

• Future-oriented SIMATIC S7-1500 and SIMATIC S7-400
multi-platform, also in combined operation

• Unique upgrade and update function to easily modernize
your system with no breaks in production

• Support for all engineering service providers

• World-leading partner program with qualified
BRAUMAT experts

• Standard software with defined product lifecycle

• Standard training in just five days

Easy handling

• ISA 88-compliant graphic recipe/batch control

• Highly user-friendly and intuitive process operation

• Simplified configuration of process parameters

• Easy order management (no MES necessary)

• Optimized material transfers with plausibility checking:
for example, CIP

• Automatic dosing and weighing with SIWAREX

• Quick and easy order configuration using the
TIA Selection Tool

Total transparency

• Integrated ad-hoc reports and flexible batch logs

• Integrated production logs

• Rapid fault analysis thanks to process data recording

• Display and operation across all units

• Reports covering multiple production areas with
PM-QUALITY

• Expanded long-term archiving

• Product documentation available online at any time,
free of charge

• Log in using RFID readers with PM-LOGON

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Perfect scalability

• Everything from the Lean Edition to the Full Version

• Very low-cost entry and easy upgrades to any level

• Integrated safety functions with
SIMATIC S7-1516F/1518F

• Optional connection to SIMATIC Opcenter for fully
developed MES/MOM solutions

• Connection to the Mindsphere cloud
via PM-Mindconnect

• Perfect virtualization (with SIVaaS service)

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Refreshing service approach.
From an experienced partner.

Service

Whether you need requirements analyses or services to fix
urgent problems, Siemens has a global network that’s
available 24/7. Unique throughout the world: There’s no
need for a service contract, and the first hour of consulting
using our service hotline is free. You can also get the rele­vant software documentation and the BRAUMAT manual for
free, with online access at any time:

siemens.com/operator-manual-braumat-sistar

Training

Want to get up to speed fast on the functions and options
BRAUMAT offers? We offer a five-day basic training course
on all key functions and individual training sessions on
request. Talk to us, or find out more online:

siemens.com/training-braumat-sistar
siemens.com/trial-download-braumat-sistar

PLM

BRAUMAT is a standard Siemens automation technology
software product. That means you can rely on a product
that complies with all regulations on quality, testing, and
documentation.

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Subject to changes and errors. The information given in this document
only contains general descriptions and/or performance features which
may not always specifically reflect those described, or which may
undergo modification in the course of further development of the
products. The requested performance features are binding only when
they are expressly agreed upon in the concluded contract.