From the editor's desk: All the best for 2015 January 2015, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Welcome back after the holidays and all the best for 2015 from the team at Technews. I trust you are all well refreshed after the December holidays and ready to face the challenges of the year ahead with ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Emerson ingenuity inspires Orlando Exchange November 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News “Ingenuity shapes the world we live in today,” were the words Emerson Process Management president, Steve Sonnenberg, chose to open the 2014 Global User Group Exchange held this year in Orlando, Florida.
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Read more...From the editor's desk: Read the article Find the product October 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News By the time you receive this issue of the magazine, the Technews IT developers will have put the finishing touches to one of the most significant Internet initiatives this company has ever undertaken. ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: IT in manufacturing stand outs this issue September 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Cognitive computing
Sustainable manufacturing, as defined by the US Department of Commerce, is the creation of manufactured products using processes that minimise negative environmental impacts, conserve ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Innovation inspired by nature August 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Biomimicry is a relatively new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve current technological problems. The underlying principle is that nature, ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: A vision of tomorrow’s manufacturing July 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Wikipedia defines Industrie 4.0 as a project in the high-tech strategy of the German government to promote the computerisation of traditional industries such as manufacturing. The goal is the intelligent ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: The wireless generation is upon us Technews Industry Guide - Wireless 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News, Industrial Wireless Industrial wireless is predicted to be one of the next inflection points down the evolutionary path of industrial automation, and it’s about way more than just the ‘savings’ on wiring.
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Read more...From the editor's desk: iOps emerging an Emerson hero May 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News I was first introduced to Emerson’s iOps (Integrated Operations) at the 2012 Global Users Exchange in California. At this year’s EMEA Exchange, iOps had elevated itself to centre stage taking pride of ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: ePAC – the evolution of the PAC April 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News In 2002, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms unveiled the world’s first PAC (programmable automation controller) at an ‘Evening of Imagination’ in Chicago, Illinois. As an evolution of the PLC, it was considered ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: High altitude wind energy could be a winner March 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Thanks to modern control technology, the kite, that aircraft-like toy that has amused young and old for centuries, is fast emerging as an efficient alternative for wind-based energy generation.
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Read more...From the editor's desk: Industry 4.0 and other highlights February 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Industry 4.0 – aka the Manufacturing Internet of Things – is a game changer in our never ending quest to improve productivity. Tagged as the fourth industrial revolution, it is the convergence of information ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: New year, new look January 2014, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Welcome back after the holidays and all the best for 2014. From this year, SA Instrumentation and Control has a new structure but it isn’t a radical change and our focus has not deviated. What we will ...
