System Integration & Control Systems Design


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Building automation meets Event-IT
December 2010, Beckhoff Automation
PC-based building control for the new world of work

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Matrikon Moore - extensive offering and tailored solutions bring repeat business
December 2010, Moore Process Controls
A well established systems integrator brand in South Africa since 1985, Moore grew its market offering further five years ago when international integrated industrial intelligence specialists, Matrikon, ...

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Hybrid Automation - hands-on involvement sets the team apart
November 2010, Hybrid Automation
Engineering solutions company Hybrid Automation was started by owner Sachin Singh in October 2005 in response to the need he identified for a Siemens system integration service provider. Based in River ...

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Festo - focused on quality products and automation solutions
November 2010, Festo South Africa
Festo was founded in Germany in 1925 and currently has 13 500 employees globally. The company focuses on two sectors – automation control systems integration and turnkey solutions. Didactic is responsible ...

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Mine water pH adjustment
November 2010
Mine underground water, process run-off and underground clarifiers and settling ponds suffer from pH difficulties. These arise from the different water uses and the characteristics of the different mining ...

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Nanodac recorder/controller
November 2010, Protea Automation Solutions
Eurotherm’s nanodac recorder/controller offers graphical recording combined with PID control. The compact ¼ DIN panel mount unit offers four high accuracy universal inputs for data recording and control. ...

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Control loop case history 115
November 2010, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Frequency analysis: auto and cross correlation.       Introduction by Michael Brown I recently spent two days with Dave Ender of Techmation in Phoenix, Arizona. It was an arduous trip taking approximately ...

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Rockwell's integrated approach to safety
October 2010, Rockwell Automation
Integrated safety advances help to streamline control systems designs even further

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Autotronix keeps the water flowing for Rand Water and Umgeni Water
October 2010, Autotronix, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Autotronix is a leading system integrator in southern Africa, engineering small to multimillion Rand projects for diverse industries in the region. In a short space of time, it has established itself ...

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Cube Technologies - leveraging IP and experience to deliver systems
October 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Cube Technologies was started in 1990 by group CEO Dirk Swart, under the banner of Distribution Control Systems (DCS). DCS was integrator and technology partner for ORSI Automazione SpA (DCS and MES supplier ...

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Wiri Oil turns to Honeywell
September 2010
In an effort to improve process efficiency and replace ageing control hardware, Wiri Oil ­Services upgraded to Experion PKS

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Terminal automation no longer optional
September 2010
Owners/operators should apply automation in the specific areas where it promises the best return on investment

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Adroit and Beckhoff split the atom
September 2010, Adroit Technologies, Beckhoff Automation
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation project involved the development and measurement of maximum sustainable I/O throughput between the Adroit scada and the Beckhoff TwinCAT PLC control software

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Abacus Automation - innovation and ethics are the hallmark of our success
September 2010, Abacus Automation, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Established in 1995 in KwaZulu-Natal, Abacus Automation is a Siemens preferred systems integration provider of automation and drive products. Current business development director, Warren Scott, started ...

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Altech Alcom Matomo - communications anywhere
September 2010
Motorola SA, a US-owned company, was a well-known fixture in the South African communications field in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1985 the company was sold to Allied Technologies (Altech), which was later ...

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Shell buoys global agreement
September 2010, Emerson Automation Solutions
Emerson selected as main automation contractor for Shell floating LNG facility. Emerson Process Management has been appointed by Technip Samsung Consortium to serve as main automation contractor for ...

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Control loop case history 114
September 2010, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Protuner tuning in practice Case History 113, published two months ago described the theory behind the Protuner tuning methodology. But how well does it work in real life? This article describes just ...

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More manganese for metals market
August 2010, Iritron
Two years ago Assmang decided to increase the mining and processing of manganese ore from its Nchwaning II and III mines, located at Black Rock in the Kalahari, about 80 kilometres from Kuruman. Sechaba ...

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Hygienic solutions from ProMinent
August 2010
The food and beverage industry is traditionally an area with particular high demands on hygiene and its related technologies. This is necessary to maintain the high quality standards and shelf life of ...

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Honeywell's newest version of Experion PKS
August 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Experion R400 protects manufacturers from the high cost of evolving technology and includes new turbine control capabilities for power generators. Honeywell announced it has added several major enhancements ...

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