New Modicon IIoT-ready controller September 2020, Schneider Electric South Africa The Modicon M262 is IIoT-ready, designed and delivered with intuitive direct cloud connectivity and no gateways are required for OEMs to design solutions for performance demanding applications.
Modular mid-range PLC series June 2020, ElectroMechanica The Delta compact modular mid-range AS series PLCs, available locally from ElectroMechanica (EM), is a high-performance, multi-purpose controller designed for all kinds of automated equipment. The series ...
Fishery relies on Siemens process management December 2019 The fishery in Steinach, Switzerland, breeds fish species which are under threat so that they can be released into domestic waterways in the canton of St. Gallen. The quality and temperature of the water, ...
Meet the Future: Edge Programmable Industrial Controllers November 2019, Opto Africa Holdings All controls engineers are familiar with PLCs and PACs (programmable automation controllers). Both have been used and improved over many years, incorporating capabilities that used to be found only in ...
Precise control in joining applications October 2019 Digiforce is the trusted name when comprehensive monitoring of press-fit, joining, riveting and caulking processes is needed. The models 9306 and 9310 are being successfully used in innumerable applications ...
The powerful Festo modular control system CPX-E Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Festo South Africa Designed as an EtherCAT master and motion controller with protection to IP20, the powerful automation system CPX-E for factory and process automation with NE21-specific certifications is becoming the ...
Rockwell strengthens industrial control system security July 2019, Rockwell Automation Communications between industrial control devices have minimal protection today. This leaves them vulnerable to threats like malicious tampering and incidental system changes that can stop production ...
Siemens extends the Simine portfolio June 2019, Siemens South Africa Siemens has extended the Simine portfolio for high-pressure grinding mills (HPGR) to include a new controller. Plug-and-play functionality makes the load share controller available for immediate use. ...
Schneider Electric announces a new era of control June 2019, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric’s new high-end Modicon M580 Ethernet programmable automation controller (ePAC) features redundant processors, native Ethernet, and cybersecurity embedded into its core. It combines ...
Selecting the right PLC June 2019 Automation projects, big or small, start with a specification. Here are five factors to consider when choosing a PLC vendor. Broad range of devices
The selected brand must have a complete product ...
Industrial automation equipment Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Anytech Anytech is an industrial automation equipment supplier that has been providing high tech solutions to a wide variety of customers in various industries throughout southern Africa since 1999. High tech ...
Multi-function PLC, HMI and I/O in a single 7” unit Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Vision Automation This multi-function UniStream PLC with an integrated, high-quality HMI touchscreen is available in a range of built-in I/O configurations. Showcased at Stand C04, the highly compact hardware profile with ...
PLCs and HMIs Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Ana-Digi Systems Among the new state-of-the-art products on show at Stand E07 are Ana-Digi’s PLC range, which offers down to 8,5nS processing speeds and caters for systems up to 132 000 I/O, with full redundancy in processing ...
Programmable HMIs with PLC May 2019, Turck Banner Southern Africa The new generation of the TX700 HMI/PLC series can control and visualise even more complex processes and applications than before. Thanks to several interfaces and an integrated OPC UA server, this device ...
Multi-function PLC, HMI and I/O in a single 5” unit 1 May 2019, Vision Automation On show at Stand C04 are the UniStream 5” and UniStream 5” Pro, which both support SNMP, VNC, FTP, SMS and email. The Pro version also offers a built-in webserver and SQL. Various built-in I/O configurations ...
Wireless controller April 2019, Turck Banner Southern Africa With three times faster processing speed and eight times more memory than previous models of the DXM controller, the new DXM700 provides expanded ScriptBasic programming capabilities and faster script ...
ABB unveils latest DCS upgrade February 2019, ABB South Africa Originally launched in 1994, Freelance is ABB’s DCS solution for process industries. It combines the advantages of a DCS with the PLC, and is characterised by ease-of-use, scalability, flexibility and ...
RS Components launches PLCnext controller February 2019, RS South Africa RS Components has introduced the first programmable logic controller to be based upon Phoenix Contact’s PLCnext Technology open control platform. Aimed at distributed modular control applications in industrial ...
Flexible controller technology removes project roadblocks October 2018, Emerson Automation Solutions Emerson’s latest capital project technology enables chemical, life sciences, oil and gas, and other industrial manufacturers to scale automation, simplifying project execution. As capital projects grew ...
