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WearCheck brings predictive maintenance expertise to Mining Indaba
Wearcheck, News
WearCheck showcased a broad mix of condition monitoring solutions at the 2026 Investing in Africa Mining Indaba.
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Vision meets reality at the Africa Automation Indaba
News
At the Africa Automation Indaba 2026, the panel ‘Automation for Africa – Opportunities, Challenges and Next Steps’ will feature a rare, high-level exchange where technology, ethics, entrepreneurship and data-driven reality shape what comes next for the continent.
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Coke drum integrity project at Canadian oil sands site
Motion Control & Drives
Mammoet supported a leading Canadian energy provider in Alberta’s oil sands with replacing its original eight coke drums.
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Generation surface drill rig
Motion Control & Drives
Epiroc is launching a new and improved PowerROC T45. This new generation surface drill rig offers increased fuel efficiency and high availability, and is a welcome addition to the PowerROC family.
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Securing South Africa’s digital future
IT in Manufacturing
South Africa is currently undergoing a rapid digital transformation. But with every new digital service comes a new vulnerability, and cybercriminals are evolving just as fast.
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Data centres in an AI-driven future
Schneider Electric South Africa, IT in Manufacturing
A profound transformation will begin to take hold in 2026 as AI becomes ever more ingrained in every aspect of life, and the focus shifts from LLMs to AI inferencing.
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Smart weaving machines
Siemens South Africa, IT in Manufacturing
Siemens has announced that Picanol, a global leader in high-tech weaving machines, is using software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio to streamline development cycles and accelerate innovation in the design and production of its next generation weaving machine platforms.
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Remote water monitoring
Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists, Industrial Wireless
Remote monitoring specialist, Omniflex has helped New South Wales Ports improve its ability to track water usage by installing remote monitoring to 38 water meters at its Port Kembla site, sending the data to the NSWPorts web portal.
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Hybrid connectors for distributed automation
Beckhoff Automation, Enclosures, Cabling & Connectors
Beckhoff’s ECP and ENP connector series combine power with signal and data communication by means of One Cable Automation (OCA) and thus significantly reduce cabling work.
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How to protect your industrial network
RJ Connect, Editor's Choice, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
Network security is no longer a matter of preventing hacking or data breaches. Traditional defence mechanisms for perimeter protection may not fully address internal threats or device-level vulnerabilities alone.
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Ultra-compact industrial PCs exploit advances in CPU technology
Beckhoff Automation, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
Beckhoff’s C60xx scalable series of ultra-compact industrial PCs combines high computing power in an extremely compact format with a wide range of options for installation in the control cabinet.
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Hydraulic system upgrades to boost performance and save money
CT Hydraulics (Nqoba) , Pneumatics & Hydraulics
Those working with hydraulic or pneumatic systems know that keeping your machinery running at peak performance balances productivity and cost. As systems age, they often become less efficient, requiring more energy and more frequent repairs. The good news is that you don’t always need to invest in an entirely new machine to solve these problems.
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Press technology enhances performance and product quality at tissue machines
Valmet South Africa, Motion Control & Drives
Valmet has been selected to replace five existing tissue machine shoe presses with its state-of-the-art Advantage ViscoNip press technology for Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing in China.
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HC Series hand controller
SCADA/HMI
The HC Series hand controller is a pre-qualified solution for demanding environments, and ensures safe and intuitive command where standard controls fail.
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New dual head safety pull switches with expanded cable span
Electrical Power & Protection
Referro Systems has added the latest Dual Head range of Allen-Bradley’s safety pull switches to its portfolio. It is ideal for protecting long stretches of equipment where quick access to a safety pull switch and emergency stop is vital.
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Powerful test controller
Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration
XJTAG is launching the XJLink-PF20, brings the same dependability and robustness to a new 4-TAP two-port configuration, and offering both functional and JTAG boundary scan testing with the XJTAG testing suite’s long-established power and control.
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SF6-free pure-air medium voltage switchgear
Schneider Electric South Africa, Electrical Power & Protection
As South Africa intensifies its move towards cleaner, smarter energy systems, solutions like Schneider Electric’s globally recognised SF6-free GM AirSeT pure-air medium voltage switchgear is taking the country one step closer to achieving its decarbonisation goals.
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Polymer bearings contribute to heavy lifting success
igus , Motion Control & Drives
Leading dock-levelling and materials-handling specialist, REV Designs & Installations designs and manufactures a wide range of loading, docking and lifting equipment including some of the largest scissor lifts ever produced in the country. A key engineering decision was to move away from greased steel bearings and fully adopt igus high-performance polymer bearings across the key pivot points of the new lifts.
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