Linking automation and cloud technology Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016, Phoenix Contact The Profinet communications protocol continues to gain importance in automation technology and is being further developed by the members of the Profibus & Profinet International (PI) user organisation. ...
Locally developed M2M solutions Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016, Adroit Technologies The Adroit M2M Platform was created with a view to making it easy to build individual monitoring and control applications.
Moore’s integrated solutions find favour in various application across the globe August 2016, Moore Process Controls What began as a local representative arm for the Moore DCS brand has in 32 years grown into a company supported by 70 certified technical/engineering personnel in six branches situated in Midrand, Secunda, ...
Preparing today for the grid of tomorrow Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016 National Grid UK, the transmission system operator for nearly 20 million people in the United Kingdom, is deploying an advanced, upgradable grid measurement system to provide better operational data for ...
Remote wellhead surveillance and data acquisition Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016, RJ Connect On a recent project, Terra Ferma, a Colorado-based systems integrator specialising in portable communications systems for harsh and remote environments, was challenged to design a system for video surveillance ...
Smart machines Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016, Omron Electronics Machine automation concepts to enable innovation for digitised manufacturing.
Developing smart tools for the Airbus factory of the future Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016 Today’s aerospace factory floor is nothing like the hectic, noisy production facility of the past. The latest techniques, designs and equipment make modern manufacturing efficient, organised and structured. ...
Honeywell launches IIoT-ready gas measurement Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016 New technology and software helps improve billing accuracy, equipment uptime and operator efficiency.
Successful control system cutover at Saudi Aramco processing plant July 2016, Emerson Automation Solutions For a complex of this size, an involuntary shutdown would mean great losses in production, which would negatively affect the company. In 2008, Abqaiq Plants team recognised potential challenges were on ...
Some things change, some stay the same July 2016, Iritron Alwyn Rautenbach shares his thoughts on Iritron and the evolution of the system integrator business in South Africa.
Rockwell Automation supplies control system for Umgeni Water July 2016, Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation has supplied the control system that will automate one of the largest bulk potable water infrastructure projects in KwaZulu-Natal: Lower Thukela Bulk Water Supply Scheme, constructed ...
EtherCAT-Master CPUs for the Simatic world July 2016, Yaskawa Southern Africa “VIPA always thinks in terms of its customers and seeks solutions that did not exist before”. This statement is particularly true for the new EtherCAT CPUs. With completion of the development work on ...
PCS Global: Building an extensive footprint through differentiation July 2016, PCS Global PCS Global’s team has a combined engineering experience of 100 years, dating back to 1986. In 2012, the company was formed from a merger of ACS and Controllec, both operational since 2009. The company’s ...
Abacus monitors remote sites July 2016, Abacus Automation Abacus Automation was approached by a natural gas supplier to provide a solution that would allow remote monitoring of end customer sites. Prior to the implementation of this solution, the customer relied ...
Control system upgrade at RBCT stabilises plant-critical operations June 2016 The company equipment includes 5 tipplers, 10 stacker-reclaimers, 4 ship loaders and a number of high-speed conveyors. However, the existing terminal control system (TCS) no longer aligned with RBCT’s ...