“We must ensure that the C&I industry’s best interests are represented in all future legislation and specifications. To do this, we must achieve formal recognition from ECSA as the tenth official engineering ...
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Computer virtualisation is an example of yet another trend from the IT sector that is rapidly gaining acceptance in the more conservative arena of process automation. It is achieved by constructing a ...
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Most potential users of industrial wireless networks will probably pick one of the two mainstream wireless technologies and accept that the choice is mutually exclusive – either ISA100.11a or ­WirelessHART.
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The SA Instrumentation and Control team has prepared something extra for you this month. It is becoming obvious that industrial wireless is shaking off the uncertainties that have plagued it for the ...
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Question: What has a gestation period of 12 months? Answer: S A Instrumentation and Control’s Scada Review 2013.
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From 21–23 May, Process Expo 2013 showcased the local instrumentation and control industry in one of the exhibition halls at the Nasrec showground. Visually, my impression on entering the hall was that ...
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FW de Klerk formally opened Process Expo Africa 2013 on Tuesday, 21 May 2013. Read his opinion on the state of education in South Africa.
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I learnt a new acronym while editing this issue of SA Instrumentation and Control, BYOD – bring your own device. On further investigation it turns out that, along with cloud computing, it is one of the ...
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Your next car could drive you round the bend – or anywhere else you care to go – without a driver behind the wheel.
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The SA Instrumentation and Control team has spent the last 12 months learning and researching all we could about wireless sensor adoption in a factory automation context. It was about this time last year ...
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An illegal strike at the South African Post Office’s Witspos and Tshwane mailing centres in Gauteng is affecting the delivery of SA Instrumentation & Control to subscribers in the region.
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After a very successful two year tenure, Johan Maartens is stepping down as SAIMC president and his vice president, Vinesh Maharaj, is about to take over the reins. Johan’s energy and enthusiasm brought ...
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