New graphical operator control interfaces November 2000 GE Fanuc Automation has expanded its operator control station (OCS) family with powerful new graphics capabilities. Formerly incorporating a text-only display, the OCS - which features a fully integrated ...
Saving valuable space on packaging machine plant November 2000 An OEM of food packaging machines produces a variety of packaging machines. Each machine has a small operator interface and a PLC with 24 to 80 digital and analog I/O.
On every machine, the electrical ...
Full-function CPU card November 2000 The PCA-6145B/L from Advantech is a full-function CPU card with VGA; Ethernet 10Base-T and other enhanced I/O interfaces. The card accepts an 80486 DX/DX2/DX4 or 5 x 86 processor and offers up to 32 MB ...
Low-cost four-channel 12-bit analog input card November 2000 The F0-04AD-1 option module from PLC Direct, supports up to four 0-20 mA or 4-20 mA current analog input signals for use in monitoring and control applications, or as a process variable for the PID loop ...
Water for Africa September 2000 Major water related electrical contracts totalling R26 million are in various stages of completion in Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Botswana, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Swaziland and Angola. The projects ...
A growing system integrator - the ripple effect continues September 2000 Having listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange last year, the supply chain management and industrial IT solutions company, Streamworks, has grown significantly.
With CEO Russell Kleyn and COO Peter ...
Mitech - ' We are in control!' September 2000, Spirax Sarco South Africa The 1980s saw a period of substantial growth in the South African manufacturing industry, with the launch of many new companies. The more innovative start-up businesses of that era have thrived and one ...
Introduction to 'loop problem signatures' series September 2000, Michael Brown Control Engineering In response to the frequent requests for more detailed information on control loop problem solving, I intend publishing some of the information dealt with in our courses in the next series of articles. ...
Solving problems in a gas mixing system July 2000 During a recent control course presented in a South African continuous process plant, part of the practical work was spent in optimising a hydrogen/nitrogen gas mixing system
A schematic of the mixing ...
Honeywell appoints distributor/technology partner in Ghana June 2000 Honeywell Southern Africa has appointed CNSI Technologies as its authorised distributor/technology partner in Ghana. Based in Tema, the industrial centre of Ghana, CNSI will offer the full range of Honeywell ...
System Intergrators: a vision for the future May 2000 The primary focus of the Streamworks Group is on harnessing the benefits offered by industrial information technology in order to maximise production in South African factories, particularly those competing ...
Coal handling plant replaces scada system May 2000 Industrial System Integrators (ISI) was commissioned by the Project and Technology Services (P&TS) department of Sasol Coal to handle the replacement of the scada software and related activities as part ...
