Painting by numbers at Toyota SA June 2007 Wonderware was selected for various reasons, one of which was their comprehensive product offering capable of seamless integration with future applications
Profiling Welkom Industrial Controls June 2007 Formed as Welkom Industrial Controls in 1988, the business was registered as a proprietary limited company in 2000 in recognition of its growth.
The company is a product and service solution provider ...
Siemens launches Simatic PCS 7 June 2007, Siemens South Africa At a breakfast held on 17 May 2007 at the Process Show exhibition in Nasrec, Johannesburg, Siemens officially launched the new Simatic PCS 7 Version 7 to key industry leaders in the process automation ...
Advanced process control technology increases operator effectiveness June 2007 Honeywell's recently released Profit Suite R300 is the latest version of the company's advanced process control technology for optimising operations and improving business results at processing plants. ...
Global leaders combine to provide integrated solutions June 2007, Rockwell Automation Working together, global leaders Rockwell Automation, Endress+Hauser and Spectrum Controls have combined their core competencies to provide a wide range of pre-integrated, pre-tested, ...
Virtual drive trains simplify packaging machines June 2007, Rockwell Automation In response to customer needs, a leading packaging company has created a small-footprint bag-in-box cartoner, using a Rockwell Automation integrated architecture-based 'virtual drive train'. Able to complete ...
IPC 'purrfects' injection moulding control June 2007, Beckhoff Automation In planning its new generation machines, Husky, a global supplier of injection moulding systems to the plastics industry, has embarked on an integral approach based on an industrial PC (IPC), fieldbus ...
Function blocks drive savings June 2007 Introduction
The concept of savings as a result of using software engineering standards is not new, but ITmatic have leveraged Profibus DP technology to extend this gain. In this example they built a ...
Beckhoff technology used in production of BMW 3 series axles January 2007, Beckhoff Automation The assembly lines for the front and rear axles of the BMW 3 series E90 model were conceptualised, designed, installed and commissioned by Jendamark Automation, system integrator for Beckhoff products in South Africa
The unified enterprise (part 6) - FAQs September 2006 A unified company is one where the processes are complementary and pull together to achieve a common goal
The unified enterprise (Part 3) - business IT and shopfloor IT June 2006 One solution for reconciling the differences between the two IT departments, is to create the position of chief information officer to whom both the business IT manager and the control and instrumentation engineer report
Safety integrity level June 2006, WIKA Instruments SIL determines the design cycle where all risks are identified, requirements are quantified and final design is validated.
Safety instrument systems (SIS) has been a major design factor in all process ...
Flexible machine built in short space of time May 2006, Tectra Automation Available in South Africa from Tectra Automation, the Easy-2-Combine range of components with standardised interfaces enabled the machine builder to develop a new machine capable of producing 1200 fluidic fittings per hour in a number of different versions and sizes of fitting within the prescribed time-frame of only four weeks
The unified enterprise: Part 2 - managing disparate information assets May 2006 Common to business generation, wealth creation and resource management functions is information and in this article, we investigate their differing information needs and how to cope with the differences
Third autoclave panel commissioned March 2006, Surveillance Thermacon has recently completed commissioning its third autoclave control panel at Tekglas in Steeldale, Gauteng. The entire project was planned and designed by the company, which subcontracted Atlas ...
Predictive model for chlorination February 2006, Rockwell Automation In this article, basic theoretical elements of predictive model control, implementation strategy in ControlLogix system, the chlorination control architecture, objectives and the actual controller implementation will be discussed
Successful implementation doubles productivity January 2006 Elquip Solutions, a leading importer and distributor of high-end automation products and capital equipment in South Africa, recently installed a custom-built automation unit for Robor Pipe Solutions, ...
Easy accessing of centralised data January 2006, eTX Data Services Device and system inter-connectivity and data centralisation have become very real requirements in industry today. To address these requirements, the OPC foundation was formed to promote a standard to ...
Dual process panel meter with high-speed maths January 2006 The PAXDP Dual Process Input Meter is an innovative two-in-one process control solution that lets users monitor, scale, and display two independent input sources, perform a high-speed math function on ...