Financiers and politicians have been receiving publicity in abundance just recently, mostly of the negative kind. On 24 September 2008, Heritage Day, South Africa lacked a leader and America’s banks ran ...
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The title of Charles Dickens’ 19th century book is an unerringly accurate description of the mood in the Technews offices at the moment. The Mining, Manufacturing and Process Conference 2008 (MMP ’08) ...
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It is all systems go for this year’s Mining, Manufacturing and Process Conference to be held on 12 and 13 November at The Forum, The Campus, Bryanston, South Africa. Following an enthusiastic response ...
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Dissenting opinions exist in the minds of software developers. There are those who believe that open source software is superior to the commercially available proprietary products, and those who do not. ...
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Other technologies that are being employed down on the farm include aerial thermal imaging, visual spectrum and near infra red (NIR) imaging, image recognition, autonomous vehicles, robotics and wireless instrument networks
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Technologies like wireless, GPS, laser and radar technology are becoming par for the course in quarrying
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Geothermal energy Let me make it clear from the outset – I am not a geologist. But if you have not noticed, we live on a planet whose core, it is estimated by said geologists, is between 4000°C and 7000°C, ...
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A big thank you to everyone who submitted a scada review response. For this year’s scada review we are happy to welcome newcomer SCADAgroup, to welcome back GE Fanuc and to feature the usual suspects ...
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I was invited recently to participate as a delegate to an overseas event arranged by the South African branch of Siemens Automation and Drives. The itinerary included two days of visits to the company’s’ ...
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The Programme issues guidelines in the form of modules to help partners document the status quo, establish project goals and record project outcomes
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Safety integrity is the likelihood of the safety function being performed satisfactorily when called upon to do so
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The ISA-88 standard (aka IEC 61512), which was first introduced in 1995, has gained wide acceptance in the chemical, food, pharmaceutical and life sciences industries as well as in semiconductor manufacture
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