System Integration & Control Systems Design


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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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

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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

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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

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The unified enterprise: Part 1 - introduction
April 2006
Enterprise integration is not something you buy – it is something you do

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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 ...

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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

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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