Features:
- Converts load-cell signals into verified weight and batching data inside a SIWAREX M module.
- Exchanges configuration, command, weight, and status information through separate data records.
- Performs time-critical proportioning locally while integrating with SIMATIC S7-300 or ET 200M.
Adjustment and scale parameters are stored separately from current process values and command records.
RS 232C, TTY, digital I/O, and analog-output paths connect service, control, and weighing functions around the module.
The included bus connector places the module on the supported SIMATIC station for program-level data exchange.
The Siemens 7MH4553-1AA41 SIWAREX M Weighing and Batching Module may still be available for purchase and support from Apter Power beyond End-Of-Life (EOL) by the manufacturer (OEM).
Siemens 7MH4553-1AA41 SIWAREX M Weighing and Batching Module Manuals,Datasheets,Link
Important Notice: Other accessories, manuals, cables, calibration data, software, etc. are not included with this equipment unless listed in the above stock item description. All prices are shown in USD.
From load cell to stable weight value
- Sensor input: The load-cell signal enters the weighing electronics before scale adjustment and filtering are applied.
- Adjustment data: Stored adjustment values define the relationship between the electrical load-cell signal and the calculated weight.
- Digital filtering: Configured filtering acts on the measured value before the live weight is made available to the control system.
- Weight output: Current weight and status are exposed through process records rather than mixed with the persistent calibration records.
Separating settings, commands, and process values
- Persistent settings: Adjustment, scale, proportioning, serial, digital-I/O, and analog-output parameters occupy distinct data records.
- Command path: Command records let the automation program trigger module functions without rewriting the scale definition.
- Process path: Setpoint, proportioning, tare, weight, and status records move current operating data through the S7 interface.
- Access rules: Each record is defined for read, write, or read/write access according to the role of its data.
Why dosing functions execute on the module
- Local timing: Time-critical proportioning actions run in the weighing module instead of waiting for the automation-system scan.
- Stored setpoints: Batch setpoints and switch-off information remain with the module's proportioning records.
- Program exchange: The S7 function interface transfers commands and results while the module handles the weighing sequence.
- Status return: Weight and status information are read back so the automation program can follow completion and operating conditions.
Documented weighing use for the SIWAREX M
- Batching: The module measures material against stored setpoints and proportioning parameters during a batch sequence.
- Filling: Filling control uses the live weight together with switch-off and wait information held by the module.
- Verified weighing: Verification capability and the included EC conformity certificate support the documented legal-for-trade configuration.
- SIMATIC station: The weighing function is integrated in an S7-300 or ET 200M station so process commands and results enter the automation program.