Analytical Instrumentation & Environmental Monitoring


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Food industry gets a new conductivity transmitter
May 2000, Endress+Hauser South Africa
The new Smartec S CLD 132 is the latest conductivity transmitter from Endress+Hauser. Designed specifically for the food, beverage and bottling industries, the unit offers hygienic, electrodeless inductive ...

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Fibe-optic colour mark sensors - simpler design with higher resolution
May 2000, Turck Banner Southern Africa
Banner Engineering now offers the R55F Series fibre-optic colour mark sensors - compact, solid-state devices with high performance. Their high resolution can detect 16 levels of greyscale at up to 10 ...

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Standalone batch controller
May 2000
Based on consumer demand, Electrotest has developed a batching unit comprising a batching panel with pushbuttons for starting, stopping and resetting the batching cycle. The system uses an input from ...

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Transparent factory concept set to become the future of automation
April 2000
Linking manufacturing operations with systems throughout the entire enterprise, Transparent Factory is a truly open automation framework - helping users to take advantage of the benefits of plant-level ...

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Inventory Technology
April 2000
Inventory Technologies, established in 1997, is fast carving out a niche in the local market – and at the same time making its mark on the international technology scene. “Latter-day Davids taking on ...

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On-Line water quality monitoring system
April 2000
The Microtox-OS test system from Siemens Environmental Systems is an automated on-line water quality monitoring system that uses luminescent bacteria to detect the presence of organic and inorganic pollutants, ...

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New process pressure transmitter series
April 2000, VEGA Controls SA
The further improved high purity aluminium oxide ceramic diaphragm Certec measuring cell is used in the new Vegabar 40–44 Series. The instruments are the optimum solution for pressure measurement of ...

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Bioluminescent toxicity screening system
April 2000
BioOrbit's BioTox bioluminescent toxicity screening system is based on Vibrio fischeri. It supplies all the hardware to begin screening water soluble samples such as factory effluent, plus fresh water, ...

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Versatile motor drives
April 2000, Omron Electronics
The range of Omron motion control products from Yelland span from simple micro drives through high-performance flux vector inverters to servo and positioning modules in one unit. These are linked with ...

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Jet engine test facilityreplaces custom-built hardware with open architecture, PC-based control system
April 2000
The Pratt and Whitney production test facility in Middletown, Connecticut, tests approximately 100 jet engines per month, round the clock, every day of the year. Some of the engines tested are newly manufactured, ...

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Enterprise technology solutions
April 2000
Yokogawa's enterprise technology solutions is an advanced Yokogawa concept for integrated control, automation, monitoring and supervisory computer systems. Yokogawa in Europe executes major control automation ...

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Self-cleaning dissolved oxygen system
April 2000, PREI Instrumentation
The new membrane dissolved oxygen (D.O.) system from Great Lakes Instruments incorporates a sensor with a simple rechargeable cartridge membrane assembly, an air-blast self-cleaning system and an analyser ...

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Metering device offers flexibilty, predictive metering and energy information
April 2000
CHI Control, an ISO-9001 listed company, has represented Cutler-Hammer USA as sole distributor of low and medium voltage motor control equipment for industrial markets throughout sub-Saharan Africa for ...

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Monitor/event-recorder that protects machinery
April 2000
OmniWatch mounts into a panel and features a backlit LCD operator interface with intelligent soft-key controls for programming and interrogation. One of the differentiating features is the use of plug-in ...

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The Spero Group- ground breaking example of defence expertise spin off
March 2000, Spero Sensors & Instrumentation
The Spero group is yet another example of true South African entrepreneurship and innovation, and through sheer tenacity they endured the birth pains in an era where venture capital financing was unknown.

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A guide to cableless scada communication
March 2000
It will come as no surprise to the systems design engineer that the cost of installing process signal cables in scada systems can be a major portion of the total project cost. The 'connectivity' of modern ...

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White water pH in the pulp and paper industry
March 2000, PREI Instrumentation
Background During the paper making process, pulp stock is continuously sprayed onto the moving woven mesh brass or bonze cloth screen at the rear section of the headbox. This forms a pulp stock sheet ...

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Small, advanced head-mount transmitter
March 2000, Temperature Controls
Temperature Controls says that its Mp 82700 is the industry's smallest, most advanced 2-wire head-mounting µP-based transmitter. Able to fit in a small, standard connection head, it is easily programmed ...

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Detection of contamination from heavey metals and organic contaminants
March 2000
Water contamination can take many forms, therefore the broader the range of contaminants detected, the better the chances are of ensuring uninterrupted plant operation and biomass protection. Traditional ...

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Universal diaphragm actuator for individual control and regulating functions
March 2000, Valve & Automation
Even in the electronic age many industrial sectors make effective use of diaphragm actuators with pneumatic or electro-pneumatic positioners as standard actuators. Short floating speed and high control ...

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