From the editor’s desk: Yokogawa adds sushi to the IIoT platter March 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News At its 2016 User Group Conference in Johannesburg, Yokogawa whet the local market’s appetite for all things IIoT when it announced the development of a compact, low-cost wireless sensor. Aptly named the ...
Read more...From the editor’s desk: Printing the future February 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News 3D printing – aka additive manufacturing – is the process by which material is solidified layer-on-layer to produce physical objects based on computerised models. While the idea is almost 40 years old ...
Read more...From the editor’s desk: Fresh start bridges the gap to optimism December 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News At last South Africans have something to celebrate as we head into the end-of-year holiday season. Our troubles are far from over of course, but the recent changes in government leadership have given ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Digitalisation in the mining industry November 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News With South Africa now in recession, and the unemployment rate rising to over 27%, the government’s focus has quite rightly shifted to the issues of job creation and economic stimulus. This has put critical ...
Read more...From the editor’s desk: Digital transformation includes people, and services October 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Digital transformation, according to Microsoft, is about reimagining how we bring together people, data and processes to create value for customers and maintain a competitive advantage in a digital-first ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Data centre power consumption set to triple September 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News The Internet has become an indispensable part of modern society but we have created a monster, and it’s getting bigger every day. The world’s data centres – those global stores for the estimated 1200 petabytes ...
Read more...From the editor’s desk: The changing shape of optical systems August 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News A ground-breaking development in smartphone optics looks set to spill over into machine vision and other image-related applications. Unlike the eye, conventional optical systems depend on the movement ...
Read more...From the editor’s desk: Ignition software, innovation or market disruptor? July 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Innovation itself does not transform a company into a market disruptor, but it is forever a prerequisite. According to Forbes, all disruptors are innovators, but not all innovators are disruptors. Generally ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Open process automation and digital twins June 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News The ideas of The Open Process Automation Initiative first challenged traditional process control thinking at the ARC Industry Forum in 2016. The drive began within the ExxonMobil Corporation where a large ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: The IIoT is behind new developments in EAM software May 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News In the manufacturing industry, a decisive shift is underway influenced by the need for better asset performance and optimised resource efficiency. These are the drivers behind the growth of the IIoT and ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Emerson connects the dots at Den Haag Exchange April 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Emerson’s 2018 EMEA Exchange held at the World Forum in The Hague, The Netherlands, attracted a record number of delegates under its IIoT-themed banner of ‘Connect, Communicate, Create’. As one of the ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: The best approach to reliability depends on the plant and equipment Technews Industry Guide: Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News The profitability of asset-intensive manufacturing companies hinges to a large extent on maximum plant availability with minimal (zero) unplanned downtime. But what is the best approach for the maintenance ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Optical fibre promises so much more than just bandwidth March 2018, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Pervasive sensor networks and ubiquitous connectivity are among the ‘edge’ technologies required to unleash the era of efficient manufacturing proposed by Big Data. The most likely suitor for the connectivity ...
