In addition to the key components, the Sinamics Selector app also provides brochures, product videos and application examples.
The Sinamics Selector app helps to select a suitable drive in just a few simple steps and also suggests alternative options.
The Sinamics Selector app from Siemens is a tool for the fast retrieval of information and product configuration within the Sinamics G120C, G120P, G120 and V20 low-voltage drives family.
Mobile apps have been spreading more and more across the industrial environment and have become a popular medium among users. One special feature in this field is the variable frequency drive app for the selection of all necessary components from the respective corporate portfolio. The online selection is always up-to-date, available in many different language versions.
Due to the special requirements in some cases, selecting the right drive is not always straightforward and can often waste valuable time. The fields of application and the requirements regarding operating behavior and costs are wide-ranging. Whether the drives are used to operate pumps, fans or compressors, or to drive conveyors, mixers or kneaders, it is important to find the appropriate drive for the required range of performance and voltage quickly and easily for each of these applications. And wherever possible, this must be done without the need for expert knowledge of drive technology.
Assembling Components by Smartphone
In order to simplify this sometimes complex process, Siemens, for example, has been offering its Sinamics Selector app free-of-charge. This is a solution that displays the entire collection of products from the portfolio of low-voltage frequency drives, Sinamics V20, G120C, G120 and G120P, on the most popular iOS and Android smartphones and can be used both online and offline. This offline capability is of particular importance in regions that do not have full cellphone coverage. Since the app's Version 4.0, not only has brochures, product videos and application examples been available to users and electrical distributors, but also more language versions.
Everything Up-to-Date
Katharina Roehrlein, Marketing Manager for Sinamics Drive Systems at the Siemens Digital Factory division, explained additional innovations: "With the latest update, Version 5.0, we have adopted the second generation of the Sinamics G120 modular Frame Size D-E, as well as the Sinamics V20 Power Extension up to 30 kW, into the app. In addition, we have integrated more technical values such as resistance, peak performance and continuous power ratings into the logic of the app."
When assembling the appropriate components, the Sinamics Selector app offers not only a product-specific, but also an application-specific approach. The app guides the user step-by-step to the right drive by asking for key parameters. The information held by the Sinamics Selector app is kept up-to-date at all times by the central storage of data and continuous updates. Bob Hendrickson, Applications Engineer at Wesco, one of the largest distributors in the United States, regards this as an advantage over conventional catalogs, especially when the app can save him a great deal of time in preparing a bid. "The Sinamics Selector app is very helpful as it lets me create a complete bill of materials for a customer offer very quickly. This option saves me a huge amount of time since I no longer have to create bills of materials by hand. The app also makes it easier for me to respond to queries arising from projects when I am on the road and don't have any catalogs or other documents to hand."
Bid Preparation
After choosing the required type of frequency inverter, the rated output, device options and accessories can then be selected and adapted individually, if necessary, also with the support of the respective Siemens contact, whose details are also stored in the app. Once the components have been selected, the user has the option of either saving or emailing them. To make it easier for end-users to get in touch later, the headers and footers of the email can be adapted individually, for example, with personal contact information. The overview includes actual part numbers for all of the selected components. This can be used as information for the customer, but also as the basis for ordering specific components or preparing an offer at the local dealer/distributor. Kevin Young, Application Engineer at electrical distributor C&E Sales Inc., in the U.S., also confirms this: "I really like the Sinamics Selector app. I copy the result into my bill of materials, which enables me to immediately present a bid to my customer."
Over 17,000 Downloads
"Since the introduction of the first version, the Sinamics Selector app has been installed 17,000 times on mobile devices worldwide and the number is still rising," said a spokesperson.
For more information contact:
For more information about the Sinamics Selector app, visit:
www.usa.siemens.com/sinamics-selector-pr. Quicklink to the Sinamics Selector app: http://ow.ly/WFRe5.
John Meyer, Manager, Marketing Communications
Siemens Industry, Inc.
Digital Factory
Motion Control - General Motion Control
390 Kent Avenue
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
847-640-1595
mc.us@siemens.com
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