December 2004: Feature Articles

• Decentralised IP20 I/O modular PLC concept
• Rittal enters SA with a wholly owned subsidiary
• The white elephant that did not die
• Understanding steam conditioning valves

November 2004: Feature Articles

• A direct link from production to management
• Environmental monitoring for a smelter
• On-line measurement of sulphide in wastewater streams
• Process monitoring solutions for the iron and steel industry
• Relative humidity calibration capabilities in SA (1993-2004)
• Safety measures at Engen

October 2004: Feature Articles

• Invitation
• PLC: standardise programming across platform using IEC61131-3: make multiplatform PLC project manageable
• An overview of safety in the nuclear power industry
• Considerations in designing HIPPS
• Pressure transmitters seen as strategic products
• Speeding up implementation and maintenance of automation
• Wastewater plant optimisation: Part 4 - Potential savings in wastewater/sludge treatment
• Watershed triumph for local scada developer
• Windows CE-based HMIs for industry

September 2004: Feature Articles

• Bhopal, 20 years on - could it happen here?
• Moisture sensors for on-line production
• Data acquisition and control in petrochemical plants
• Ex-industrial PDA
• INSITE
• Micro-size AC drives bring maintenance savings
• Safer pressure and temperature measurement
• Wastewater plant optimisation: Part 3 - Total cost of ownership and automation
• Boosting productivity for Pirelli tyres
• Low-cost vision sensor performs 360° inspection
• Networking with the hearing impaired

August 2004: Feature Articles

• Does Microsoft have any competition?
• Filling 500 toothpaste tubes per minute
• Functional safety becomes increasingly important
• Thermal imager gives high performance at low cost
• Using smart valve positioners can save costs
• Wastewater plant optimisation - Part 2: Automatic treatment control under the microscope

July 2004: Feature Articles

• FM top 100 websites that save you time and money
• Control valve ownership made simple
• Coriolis mass flowmeter with direct in-line viscosity measurement
• Ex cap lamps and IS rechargeable safety torches
• Integrated solutions increase productivity by enabling the realtime enterprise
• New generation LEDs to replace incandescent lamps
• Safe and easy updates in the palm of the hand
• Sharing control data up to 200 times faster than Ethernet
• Sturdy power supplies for automation applications
• What effect would the looming world fuel shortage have on the I&C industry? Part two - Opportunities for the local I&C industry
• Women consulting engineers - an untapped resource

June 2004: Feature Articles

• Next Generation Instrumentation, Process Control and Automation Systems (Conference)
• Free subscription to Motion Control
• Control system makeover for DPI Plastics
• Is a world fuel shortage looming? What effect will it have on the industry? Part one - Understanding the problem
• MES - is the tail wagging the dog?
• The future of enterprise-wide data visualisation
• Under what circumstances should you use Doppler flowmeters? Part 2

May 2004: Feature Articles

• Free subscription to Motion Control
• Next Generation Instrumentation, Process Control and Automation Systems (Conference)
• Colour pyrometers for demanding environments
• Compact and efficient text terminal with RS485
• Locally manufactured exported bagging solution
• Measuring chlorine dioxide for bleaching in pulp mills
• PAC platform increases application flexibility
• Quo Vadis the role of the systems integrator
• The future of user interface development
• Under what circumstances should you use Doppler flowmeters? - Part 1
• World-class, locally developed and produced instruments

April 2004: Feature Articles

• Free subscription to Motion Control
• Motion Control re-launched with increased circulation
• Giant flowmeter producer rose from the ashes of WWII
• Industrial panel computers
• Infrared thermography, now a cost-effective tool
• Intelligent production management (IPM) - a complete solution
• Lifting 16 tonne boats above water for easy boarding
• Local technology breakthrough is a big splash internationally
• Messaging partnership for preventative maintenance
• Rugged, cost-effective safety light curtain
• S88 and batch processing - selling the standard
• Waste not, want not - the management of a large water treatment plant
• Wastewater plant optimisation - Part 1: Automatic control of primary sludge discharge
• Water purification methods - and the South African position

March 2004: Feature Articles

• Current trends in data acquisition
• Ethernet - the ideal solution for industrial applications
• Industrial 8-port managed redundant Ethernet switch
• North American power blackout - an event for all events
• Optical sensing specialist continues innovative leadership
• Reducing costs and variability in process manufacturing
• SMME improves KPIs with business analysis and reporting software
• The significance and measurement of water activity - Part 2
• Top end specification temperature monitoring

February 2004: Feature Articles

• Cavitation and flashing - the cause and the cure
• Gold mine installs SA scada to improve efficiency
• Keeping tabs on process current consumption
• Making sense of all the MES
• Measurement and control in extreme environments
• Moeller group acquired by new investors
• Sensors for the process industry
• Tank farm monitoring
• Tank intelligence solutions
• The perils of back-of-the-envelope OEE calculations
• The significance and measurement of water activity - Part 1
• The value of transforming manufacturing data into plant intelligence

January 2004: Feature Articles

• A PLC/PAC made in South Africa
• Endress + Hauser’s 50th celebration
• Industrial Ethernet moves from theory to reality
• Manager's guide to overall equipment effectiveness
• Recruiting engineers becoming increasingly difficult