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IRPD is a specialist in additive machine tools. Development is heavily focused on high system throughput and consistently high process quality. This goal was achieved with the help of PC- and EtherCAT-based control and drive technology from Beckhoff.
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In this edition of The Road to the Indaba, we turn the spotlight to Mitch Ilbury, one of South Africa’s leading futurists and strategic foresight specialists, whose work focuses on helping organisations think clearly about complex and uncertain futures.
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Project and Industry Process Dynamics designed and commissioned a state-of-the-art Reverse Osmosis (RO) water purification and automated bottle filling plant for Aquazania Waters in Linbro Park, Johannesburg.
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There’s magic happening in the Northern Cape. I’m excited and fascinated by the story of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), just one of South Africa’s many Centres of Excellence. Our radio astronomy
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Gary Bradshaw, director of radiation monitoring specialist Omniflex, discusses why sitewide radiation and alarm monitoring remains one of the most complex challenges in defence environments, and how experience-led system design is critical to maintaining safety and resilience over the long term.
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SKF South Africa has integrated its advanced products, deep engineering know-how and specialised remanufacturing capabilities to deliver and install a new trunnion assembly on a horizontal grinding mill.
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At Mining Indaba 2026, where miners and technology innovators explored how partnerships are turning AI’s potential into meaningful operational impact. For Siemens, the answer begins with a clear-eyed view of what AI can and cannot do, and a commitment to deploying it where it matters most - keeping people safe.
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The region of Waterloo needed to upgrade its SCADA and PLC systems across 157 water facilities while ensuring continuous water availability for over 60 000 residents. Their success story, powered by Rockwell Automation technology, shows that modernisation doesn’t have to mean disruption.
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Etienne le Roux, business development manager at Aggreko, examines the value of hybrid microgrids in resolving costs, energy expectations and climate compliance.
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Schneider Electric has announced the availability of its battery-powered electromagnetic water meter, industrial Ethernet radio and RTU. These are intelligent technologies that provide the water and wastewater industry with greater accuracy, visibility and resilience.
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Rugged notebook with unrivalled flexibility and performance for mobile industrial computing The 34 cm fully rugged notebook from Vepac with hot swappable twin batteries, detachable keyboard with optional backlit keys and highly configurable capabilities brings unrivalled flexibility and performance for mobile business computing.
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Range of CDUs to meet the rising demands of HPC and AI workloads Motivair by Schneider Electric has introduced two new coolant distribution units that are engineered to meet the rising thermal demands of HPC and AI workloads.
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Kollmorgen advances linear motor safety and performance Kollmorgen Corporation has released the next update for the SafeMotion Monitor (SMM) firmware, SMM 3.0. This upgrade expands functional safety support for linear motors and linear axes, helping machine builders implement functional safety in industrial applications that require safety.
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Coolant distribution unit for high-density data centres Motivair by Schneider Electric has introduced a new, industry-leading 2,5 MW coolant distribution unit designed to cool high-density data centres reliably and at scale.
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Highly efficient current-regulated buck converter AMI’s Model 789 OEM CW and pulsed laser diode driver is a highly efficient current-regulated buck converter that will provide a programmable current to a floating laser emitter diode load.
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OMRON simplifies safety verification for SA manufacturers OMRON’s NX Safety platform, Online Safety Functional Test Verification is a feature built into the Sysmac Studio engineering environment. This intuitive tool allows safety verification to be carried out digitally, with step-by-step guidance and full traceability, all from a single workstation.
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Enhancing efficiency and reliability in the energy sector VEGA offers practical, reliable solutions through specialised measuring instruments and deep industry know-how, all tailored to help energy companies keep costs under control while meeting strict regulatory standards.
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SEW-EURODRIVE advances industrial performance with next-gen predictive maintenance [Sponsored] Predictive maintenance, once considered an emerging technology, is now a core requirement for modern operations and SEW-EURODRIVE is driving this evolution with its advanced DriveRadar IoT Suite.
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