December 2001: Feature Articles

• Continuous miner on-board monitoring systems
• Controlling processes via fieldbus - increasing reliability and reducing costs
• Is technology really giving end-users the flexibility they need?
• Reducing the biggest cost of ownership in manufacturing
• The uses and merits of process simulation

November 2001: Feature Articles

• Disk drive manufacturer tracks its products
• Eavesdropping on flow - from the outside
• Failsafe scada system for MUD
• Merging control and information - Part II
• Optimising building management applications
• Plant data turned into real manufacturing knowledge
• Pressure regulator selection criteria
• Synchronisation for mixed I/O
• Water department benefits from installing scada system

October 2001: Feature Articles

• Automating fibre-optics using motion and vision technology
• Flour milling facility gets fully automated control system
• General-purpose/nonincendive valve position monitors
• Merging control and information - Part I
• New range of versatile and user-friendly inverters is launched
• Power quality analyser has extended functionality
• Radar level sensors for hygienic and sterile production
• Radiometric measurement technology for maximum safety and reliability
• Simple, effective treatment of acid mine effluent
• State-of-the-art control and monitoring for water treatment works
• Two-wire flowmeter operates successfully on low supply voltages

September 2001: Feature Articles

• Autocalibration
• Breakthrough in magnetic level measurement
• Colliers gain significant productivity benefits from on-line monitoring system
• Dynamic process and control simulation at Mossgas
• Electronic overspeed detection systems
• Flowmeter for hydrocarbon liquid measurement applications
• How to choose a PC data acquisition board
• In situ gas analysis
• Lightning protection for networked systems

August 2001: Feature Articles

• Catering for bulk solids limit detection
• Dual-host redundant data acquisition system
• Expandable environment logger implementation
• Making sense of e-manufacturing: Part VIII - Conclusion, Adopting an e-manufacturing strategy
• Meat processing plant benefits from RF tag system
• Pinpointing the causes of downtime and lowered efficiency in plants
• Professional training courses for hands-on learning
• Running a warehouse facility where time is of the essence
• The drive for better crane control
• The future of field units
• The importance of recycling water in the pulp and paper industry
• The problem of control-room ergonomics
• User-friendly scada

July 2001: Feature Articles

• Asset condition scanning made flexible
• Cable extension transducer
• Improving pipe thermal maintenance performance with bolt-on jacketing
• Intelligent and optimal control for optimising complex processes
• Jewels for pressure measurement
• Making sense of e-manufacturing - Part VII: e-volution of the supply chain
• Pressure measurement technology in hygienic and sterile environments
• Solid-state switching: advantages and precautions

June 2001: Feature Articles

• Data portal addresses the need for accurate and reliable reporting
• Effective use of scada in mining
• Exact temperature measurement with pairs of thermoelectric voltage terminals
• Making sense of e-manufacturing - Part VI: Covering your assets: management and maintenance
• Siemens chooses Hannover Faire 2001 to launch new products
• Under what circumstances should you use Doppler flowmeters? Part 2

May 2001: Feature Articles

• 'Viewanyware' solutions from Rockwell Automation
• A history in Coriolis flowmeter technology - and the future...
• Continuous machine condition monitoring to reduce machine downtime - Part II
• Differential pressure measurement for pulp and paper
• Fundamentals of flue gas analysis
• High-speed camera quickly establishes the cause of paper manufacturing problems
• Making sense of e-manufacturing: a roadmap for manufacturers - Part V
• Paper giant chooses Coriolis gas flow sensors
• Pulp and paper systems integration specialists
• Under what circumstances should you use Doppler flowmeters? - Part 1

April 2001: Feature Articles

• Batch and process control applications made easier
• Batch installation and control system replacement for Unifoods
• Continuous machine condition monitoring to reduce machine downtime: Part I of II
• Enterprise hybrid control with distributed server architecture - 'out-of-the-box'
• ESKOM's peak demand power generation - nationwide efficiency
• F1 gearbox rig simulates the on-track shocks in the test room
• In-line O₂-measurement in breweries
• Keeping track and cutting losses - Part III of III
• Liquid level monitoring for any container shape
• Making sense of e-manufacturing - Part IV: Integrated control and information
• Performing accurate, traceable and meaningful vibration measurements
• RFID application in an automotive paint shop
• Sophisticated water network analysis
• The wastewater treatment process
• Tiger Milling - a testament to common sense
• Versatile CPU designed for remote I/O

March 2001: Feature Articles

• A radar sensor for every application
• Characteristics of universal limit switches for liquids
• Compact IS Process Interface systems for the processing industries
• Complete series of fieldbus instruments offers significant benefits to the user
• Hygienically safe installations for pressure and temperature instrumentation
• Intrinsic safety considerations
• Keeping track and cutting losses - Part II of III
• Machine inspection system chosen by big names in motoring
• Making sense of e-manufacturing - Part III: What e-manufacturing strategy looks like
• New sub-sea diamond mining tool
• Telemetry for Africa, from Africa
• The importance of specifying which fieldbus solution is required
• The progress of standardisation in fieldbus technology - the ongoing Fieldbus dilemma

February 2001: Feature Articles

• Accurate humidity measurements under extreme conditions
• Analytical measurement in the food and drinks industry
• Bringing the web to the factory floor
• Buying a UPS: technical concerns
• Cycle data acquisition now more affordable
• Diagnostic insulation testing
• e-manufacturing - a whole new approach
• Exploiting Windows 2000 to remain competitive
• Food manufacturing giant upgraded
• Keeping track and cutting losses: Part I of III
• Letdown stations - methods for superheating steam
• Lonmin Platinum at the cutting edge in using direct PC control in a critical application
• Magnetic level devices - the alternative solution
• Making sense of e-manufacturing: a roadmap for manufacturers - Part II
• Tank blanketing regulators for effective gas blanketing

January 2001: Feature Articles

• Compressor optimisation and surge elimination
• Full-range position transmitter with digital sensing
• Making sense of e-manufacturing: a roadmap for manufacturers (Part 1)
• One instrument aimed at all the electrical contractors needs
• Pressure measurement and control
• Pressure measurement reveals more than just pressure
• Quick and effective pressure measurement solutions