Appointments July 2001, News Simon Andrews, formerly Mine Manager at Khutala Colliery, has been appointed to the new post of General Manager, Services of Voest-Alpine Mining & Tunnelling with effect from 1 May.
Peter Lamont was ...
Read more...Appointments May 2001, News Rory Reid was recently appointed Product Specialist for PLCs at CHI Control. Errol Smith has been appointed Regional Sales Manager, Greater South Africa, at CHI Controls.
Graham Hudson-Lamb has ...
Read more...Appointments March 2001, News Adroit has taken on three new employees: Johan Vermeire - Business Development Manager - Africa John Crain - Sales Engineer
Pawel Pietak - Support Engineer.
Anton Coetzee (below) has been appointed ...
Read more...Final control elements - Part 3: Hysteresis and deadband March 2001, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Valves, Actuators & Pump Control One of the biggest problems associated with the final control element is hysteresis and backlash. This can be roughly defined as the maximum difference obtained in stem position for the same input up-scale ...
Read more...Appointments February 2001, News Roy Botha has been appointed Sales and Marketing Manaager for the Industrial Controls Division of Honeywell Southern Africa.
Charles Polson has been appointed Manager, Sales & Marketing for Amandla-Honeywell ...
Read more...Honeywell appoints new Nigerian distributor June 2000, News Honeywell Southern Africa has appointed Makon Engineering as its Technology Partner in Nigeria. With Honeywell's strengths in the chemical and petro-chemical markets, the agreement brings a strong commitment ...
Read more...Honeywell supplies Plantscape system for Mossgas upgrade June 2000, News Honeywell Southern Africa has designed and supplied a new DCS control system which will enable Mossgas to utilise spare capacity in its refinery units resulting from a reduction in landed condensate, ...
Read more...South African utility goes live with a world first June 2000, News GE Power Management has announced that the world's first fully-functioning, complete substation automation project using the MMS/UCA2 protocol in the city of Nelspruit, South Africa has reached another ...
Read more...Shorrock Automation appoints additional agent June 2000, News Shorrock Automation has again expanded its operation by appointing an agent for its range of Efector sensors and controllers, ASi industrial networking systems, Brad Harrison cables and associated products. ...
Read more...Practical project management for engineers and technicians May 2000, News
IDC Technologies (formerly Instrument Data Communications) has introduced its latest workshop, "Practical project management for engineers and technicians". Project management can only be effective ...
Read more...Robot becomes PE Technikon Technology Centre's centrepiece May 2000, ABB South Africa, News ABB's industrial robot is a centrepiece at the new Manufacturing Technology Research Centre recently opened at PE Technikon.
Richard Becker, General Manager of Marketing, ABB Automation, presented the ...
Read more...Miltronics/Siemens agreement- Honeywell status honoured May 2000, News ABB's industrial robot is a centrepiece at the new Manufacturing Technology Research Centre recently opened at PE Technikon.
Richard Becker, General Manager of Marketing, ABB Automation, presented the ...
Read more...Hi-tech sales agents recieve awards May 2000, News Laser M's "Agent of the year" awards were held at a breakfast at Idle Winds in Midrand.
Karen Richards addressed the audience and thanked them for attending.
Rene Beukman, in charge of local marketing, ...
