Archive



2012

December 2012: Feature Articles

  • OMSA launches non-nuclear continuous in-line density meter
  • Enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) in process industries
  • Sharing data in the unified enterprise
  • SNMP I/O devices make monitoring environmental conditions easy
  • What's with wireless?


November 2012: Feature Articles

  • Edge to core industrial Ethernet solutions
  • Automation and information solution for Morupule Colliery
  • Complete emission measurement technology from SICK
  • Consumption management by Endress+Hauser
  • Invensys' real-time energy usage monitoring solution
  • Protection for the environment
  • Wonderware solution at Lonmin platinum smelter


October 2012: Feature Articles

  • Siemens' most compact Coriolis solution
  • How to calculate an intrinsically safe loop approval
  • Managing fire risks prevents manufacturing disruption
  • Modern trends in pneumatics and hydraulics
  • Recent trends will shape future of distributed control systems
  • Reliability and energy efficiency in wastewater applications
  • Standardised processes for adverse industrial conditions
  • The nuts and bolts of hydraulic fracturing
  • Wireless solution for local supermarket chain


September 2012: Feature Articles

  • Reliable DC power for sensor and communication networks
  • 60 000 positioners come off the production line annually
  • Fire prevention for mine vehicles
  • Industrial vs commercial Ethernet
  • Tofino solutions for industrial data security
  • Wonderware optimises energy usage for Coca-Cola


August 2012: Feature Articles

  • Guided wave radar
  • Are you getting your money's worth?
  • Automation for profit
  • Automation markup language emerges
  • Clouds ... what can they do for manufacturing?
  • Eichbaum Brewery optimises steam production
  • High performance VFFS bagger from tna
  • Midrange control solution from Rockwell Automation
  • Monitoring of bulk solids in storage silos
  • Mount Packaging's precision filling solution
  • Multi-level safety increases productivity
  • Renovating machines still in good mechanical condition
  • The cost benefits of PST


July 2012: Feature Articles

  • Industrial automation by Lapp
  • An holistic approach to energy management
  • Communication networks for critical applications
  • Efficient control in wastewater applications
  • Empty pipe detection in electromagnetic flowmeters
  • Intelligent measurements in water treatment applications
  • Metso's industry-leading wireless solutions
  • Novastar aluminium cabinet platform
  • Reduce risk through integrated isolation management
  • What is the value of automation?


June 2012: Feature Articles

  • A perfect fit all round
  • Are you in the clear?
  • Elevating the performance of wind power plants
  • Invensys Wonderware's ArchestrA Object Toolkit
  • Obtaining stranded information and diagnostics
  • Pump protection in power applications
  • Temperature measurement in pharmaceutical processes
  • Wireless adoption in process automation
  • X-Change 2012 User Conference


May 2012: Feature Articles

  • Strengthen your hand
  • A user guide to vibration monitoring
  • Fire protection for the paper mill
  • OPC as a transformational industrial technology
  • Profit control in real-time
  • Reconfigurable computing from National Instruments
  • The concepts behind Smart Grid automation


April 2012: Feature Articles

  • Modernisation a must for survival
  • Adroit and Mitsubishi
  • Dynamic performance measures
  • Fast rolling stock roaming applications
  • Interface detection for improved productivity
  • Network solutions for the oil and gas industry
  • Optimised for use in the water industry
  • Reliable water treatment requires high availability
  • Valves for water treatment applications


March 2012: Feature Articles

  • Monitoring and optimising key performance indicators
  • Corporate energy management
  • Fire protection for substations
  • IS Ethernet applied in coal mining
  • Locked in real-time profitable safety
  • Precise timekeeping for 'Smart Grid'
  • Using VLANs in industrial networks


February 2012: Feature Articles

  • Beckhoff flights the machine
  • Data acquisition over TCP/IP
  • Food safety: are we getting better or worse?
  • Minimising time to experience and maximising performance
  • Omron automation the best thing for sliced bread
  • PPC Cement chooses Wonderware system for Hercules
  • Rockwell Automation adds control functionality
  • Separate the best from the rest
  • Smarter marshalling
  • Wireless building energy management systems
  • Woodlands Dairy chooses Wonderware


January 2012: Feature Articles

  • A thin client solution at Richards Bay Coal Terminal
  • IT in mining
  • Optimising the cost of steam generation
  • Production accounting in mining
  • Rockwell Automation offers the best of both worlds
  • Tough, new and compact
  • Virtual reality can address the skills crisis