System Integration & Control Systems Design


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Four ways the global parts shortage has led to innovation and openness
March 2024
For those who use automation parts, the unpredictable nature of the supply chain is one of the biggest problems faced today. The shortfall has impacted every industry, but automation components have been especially affected.

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Iritron’s year of consolidation
March 2024, Iritron , Editor's Choice
Despite the multiple challenges faced by businesses in South Africa, the buoyancy of the technology sector worldwide has produced some green shoots for automation specialist, Iritron.

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Five edge opportunities for SIs to maximise revenue in 2024
March 2024, Editor's Choice
System integrators continue to face the challenge of doing more with less – supporting complex operations, while meeting production schedules with limited resources, and innovating to increase efficiency, maximise safety and reduce risk.

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Condition monitoring in a forging press retrofit
February 2024, Beckhoff Automation
Significantly increased vibration on machines can result in many forms of negative impacts such as reduced system performance or damage to the machine and foundation. Using the example of retrofitting a forging press with a maximum press force of 2000 tons, Wölfel Engineering explains how efficiently the process was tailored and implemented with PC-based control and measurement technology from Beckhoff.

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System integration in the digital age
February 2024
To meet the challenges of an increasingly competitive marketplace, many manufacturers (end users) must focus on their core competencies and outsource the rest to experts.

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Choosing a system integrator
January 2024, Editor's Choice
Automation is an essential part of manufacturing today. Whatever the size, an upgrade or migration project can be complex, and the risks can be high. This is where system integrators (SIs) can help. They can bring together complex subsystems or components of a larger system and make them operate as a whole.

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Iritron awarded international contract for furnace control
September 2023, Iritron
Iritron has been awarded two international, multimillion-Rand furnace drying projects. The company has extensive expertise in furnace drying control systems, and provides solutions in the fields of electrical, instrumentation, control systems, and decision support systems.

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Capitalise on risks by turning them into opportunities for growth
March 2023, Iritron
In spite of the challenges facing the global and local economy, systems integration expert, Iritron remains optimistic for the year ahead, and believes that there are significant opportunities to be found during a challenging economic climate.

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Control loop case history 185: Temperature cascade control on boiler desuperheaters.
January 2023, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice
This is a wonderful example of how the use of a cascade flow control still allowed excellent control of the primary temperature control loop to be achieved, in spite of a valve with severe problems.

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Loop Signatures 15: Digital controllers – Part 7: The D term, concluded
November 2022
This third and final article on the subject of the derivative term in digital controllers deals with choosing the right response if you wish the derivative action to work on both setpoint changes and load changes.

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Referro closes technology gap for smaller food and beverage plants
November 2022
Referro Systems managing director says there is a notable gap in the implementation of automation and control in the food and beverage industry.

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Automation makes the smart, connected factory possible
October 2022
Automation is complex, especially in the manufacturing industry. Will the automation trend continue to accelerate? Infor’s Phil Lewis looks at some examples of smart, connected factories.

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Optimised battery cell production with PC-based control
October 2022, Beckhoff Automation
PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology from Beckhoff uses industry and IT standards and components for cloud communication and big data.

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New hardware complements TwinCAT Vision software
October 2022, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff Vision offers machine builders and end users a complete image processing system that covers all the necessary components from software to lighting.

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TwinCAT controller redundancy with standard hardware
October 2022, Beckhoff Automation
Software-based solution protects plant uptime through redundant control operation using two standard industrial PCs.

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Safe and efficient water and wastewater treatment
October 2022, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Depending on the application, water needs to have different qualities to ensure the quality of finished products and the overall safety of production – and afterwards, it must be discharged safely.

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Case History 183: Bad valve split-ranging causing problems
August 2022, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice
Pressure control is one of the processes that can be self-regulating or integrating, and it is sometimes very difficult to determine which type it is.

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Optimised, PC-based food production
August 2022, Beckhoff Automation, Editor's Choice
Foodjet’s MDL food printers can portion and deposit toppings with maximum precision, whether coating pizza dough with a perfect layer of tomato sauce, or icing doughnuts with seasonal decorations.

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Loop Signatures 13: Digital controllers – Part 5: The D term
July 2022, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice
The objective of the derivative term is to speed up the control response in very slow processes, as often encountered in some temperature controls.

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Loop Signatures 12: Digital controllers – Part 4: The I term
June 2022, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice
Generally, as PLCs sometimes do not handle PIDs well, I always do some tests on them to check on the operation of their control loops.

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