From the Editor's desk: Automation vendors respond to disruption in the market February 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Led by a crash in the oil price, the global contraction in commodity demand has forced many of the major automation suppliers to refocus operations in an effort to protect their businesses against the ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Skills, standards and the Africa Automation Fair January 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Welcome back and all the best for 2017 from the team at SA Instrumentation and Control. We trust the December holiday has left you refreshed, invigorated and ready to face a new year of challenges as ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: A year of turmoil and achievement December 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News For most South Africans, 2016 got off to a rocky start and many, including myself, believed that things would deteriorate even further. At the beginning of January, global stock markets plummeted in a ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: My colleague the cobot November 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Modern industrial robots have distinct advantages over humans in terms of physical strength and longevity, and they are ideal for performing repetitive tasks with a degree of speed and precision that ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Can an open systems magician pull a DCS out of the hat? October 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Heard at the recent ARC industry forum in Orlando, the call by ExxonMobil for a more open control system architecture laid down a challenge to traditional thinkers in the area of process automation.
ExxonMobil’s ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: The EtherCAT Technology Group is coming to town August 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News EtherCAT took the Hannover Messe by storm when Beckhoff first introduced it in 2003. Virtually the entire industry visited the company’s booth that year to see what this blindingly fast, yet uncompromisingly ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Transforming assets into intelligent networks of profitability Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News The fourth industrial revolution will most likely progress through gradual evolution, rather than the sudden cataclysmic disruption of a Brexit event, by contrast.
Whether you label it Industry 4.0, ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Is automation at a crossroads? July 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News There is little doubt that the concepts of the Industrial Internet of Things have the potential to change the face of manufacturing, but it may take more than just a cursory ‘nip-and-tuck’ to restore ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: X-Change 2016 with an IIoT message June 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Two things always stand out for me at Wonderware Southern Africa’s annual X-Change.
Firstly, the infectious energy that radiates from delegates and organisers alike; and secondly, the world-class professionalism ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Emerson Certainty guides Brussels Exchange May 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News “Our world just got turned upside down,” are the words Emerson Process Management boss Steve Sonnenberg chose to open the keynote address at this year’s Emerson EMEA User Group Exchange in Brussels.
For ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: SA manufacturing could benefit from a weak Rand April 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News A depreciating currency is often an exporter’s dream. Therefore, in an economy pummelled by weak commodity prices, political backbiting, rampant energy costs and a fix-me-up infrastructure, South African ...
Read more...MRO – the many options Technews Industry Guide - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News What is your approach to maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), and plant condition monitoring? Every type of plant is different, and their approach will also be dictated by the staff and engineers available, ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Where did the Internet of Things come from? March 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Years before the first message was ever sent over the Internet, English mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing (Enigma) hypothesised a world of smart connected machines all capable of communicating ...
