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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Adroit Technologies lead in the M2M space
June 2016, Adroit Technologies
Locally developed Mind2Machine solutions awarded MTN Best of Breed Award.

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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 ...

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Synchronising industrial Ethernet networks
June 2016
This article examines two different approaches to industrial Ethernet network synchronisation.

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Process optimisation through integrated condition monitoring
June 2016, Beckhoff Automation
In addition to the design and implementation of new systems, as well as modernisation of existing production machines, TAR develops system solutions in the areas of motion control and condition monitoring. ...

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SA Gauge
June 2016, SA Gauge
Quality instrumentation increases accuracy and reliability for OEMs.

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Scada Review 2016
June 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), SCADA/HMI
The subject projects of this year’s scada review are each a worthy reflection of the effort put in by the respondent end-users, SIs and vendors. It is encouraging to see that even in these times of depressed ...

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InfoU from LS Industrial Systems
June 2016, Ana-Digi Systems
A scada designed to give information when and where it is needed.

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ABB Instrumentation for bleaching of pulp suspensions
May 2016, ABB South Africa
Unbleached pulp has a brown colour due to the remaining lignin of the mechanical pulp. As a result, the pulp requires bleaching to achieve the required quality for producing white paper. Bleaching is ...

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Control loop: Case History 148 - Discussion on a crazy control strategy
May 2016, Michael Brown Control Engineering
I have received some comments from Saul Mtakula, a control engineer originally from Zimbabwe but now residing in Canada, about one of my Case History articles, No. 126, published in 2012 under the heading ...

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Counter engineered for simplicity and reliability
May 2016, Countapulse Controls
Suitable for a wide range of applications such as time control, position indication, control of rotation speed and batch counting, the Hengstler Tico 772 multifunctional counter is extremely easy to use. ...

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Addressing water issues through portable treatment plants
April 2016, Festo South Africa
Can skid mounted water treatment plants help South Africa address its water scarcity challenges?

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Ease your vacuum generation
April 2016, SMC Corporation South Africa
In response to increasing demand for integrated vacuum generation systems, SMC has launched its new Series ZHP vacuum pad with ejector. An energy-efficient single compact unit, the ZHP can be easily mounted ...

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Robust I/O system classified for shipbuilding
April 2016, Phoenix Contact
Thanks to low noise emission in compliance with EMC Class B and its mechanical robustness, the Axioline F I/O system from Phoenix Contact fulfils the stringent requirements for automation in shipbuilding. ...

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Process indicator for precision digital display
Technews Industry Guide - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2016, Loadtech Load Cells
The LT1200 panel mount process indicator is a precision digital indicator for interfacing to and measuring most process variables. The LT1200 is capable of measuring and processing variables such as mA, ...

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Control loop: Case History 147 - Why base-layer feedback control is needed
April 2016, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice
A friend of mine was appointed to start an advanced control and optimisation group in a very large chemical plant and he hired a group of academically highly qualified young APC (advanced process control) ...

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Strategic thinking grows SAM into a major market SI
April 2016, SAM Systems Automation & Management
From small beginnings in his garage, Claudio Agostinetto quickly grew Systems Automation & Management (SAM) into a multi-branch company that now occupies several buildings in Johannesburg, Durban, Saldanha, ...

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Keep safe what is yours
March 2016
Extreme Automation Projects’ cable reticulation monitoring and control system.

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