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 ...
Mittal Steel ensures delivery of critical data November 2005 The installation of ArchestrA at the ESM plant was primarily done in order to ensure data availability between the plant control system and the process control information system by using ArchestrA's inherent redundancy feature and a newly-developed ArchestrA data information object
Migration motivation - a business case template October 2005 The ideal of any migration project should be to minimise risk while adding value by adopting some of the newly offered functionality
Manufacturing solutions for operational excellence October 2005, Yokogawa South Africa The core building blocks of the VigilantPlant solution fit well into the model of operational excellence that consists of a continuous improvement cycle of measurement, control, and optimisation
Autotronix profile October 2005, Autotronix Autotronix is a leading system integrator in southern Africa, engineering small to multimillion rand projects for diverse industries in the region. Using a multidisciplinary approach and focusing on factory ...
AMR Automations September 2005 AMR Automations was established in 1996 focusing on factory automation using PLCs and scada. As a value-added systems integrator today, AMR Automations has strengthened its foundations and sharpened its ...
Reitz silo upgrade September 2005, Ana-Digi Systems Silo owner and operator, Vrystaat Koôperasie Beperk (VKB), with its head office based in Reitz, recently upgraded its Reitz silo interlocking system to an LG GLOFA PLC, supplied by LS Industrial Systems ...
Premier Foods Salt River Mill upgrade September 2005 Premier Foods Salt River Mill has been running for more than 30 years. Essentially the mill converts wheat into flour and is attached to a large Blue Ribbon bakery. The original PLC system architecture ...
Industrial tablets September 2005 Futuristix is offering a line of integrated hardware, software and services from Wonderware that combines hardware, InTouch 9.0 HMI software, plant communications capabilities and support services. These ...
GijimaAst completes copper mine control system upgrade August 2005 GijimaAst has successfully completed a control system upgrade of Mopani Copper Mine's Cobalt Roaster plant utilising the Siemens PCS7 V5.2 control system and replacing the Foxboro Spec 200.
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Reliable silo levels with a PC network July 2005, VEGA Controls SA The increased reliability and accuracy of the measurement at RPC Containers has meant the system is now an integral part of material control for this site
Humidifying control system for eco-friendly cement plant July 2005, Designs Unique Designs Unique, a Johannesburg-based company specialising in data acquisition projects, was recently commissioned to install a laboratory humidifying system at the Lafarge Bamburi Cement plant in Mombasa, ...
New enterprise integration application July 2005 At a recent series of breakfasts, Futuristix announced the immediate availability of the Production Event Modules and the Wonderware Enterprise Integration Application, as well as the imminent release ...
New industrial IT system launched June 2005, ABB South Africa ABB South Africa, part of the leading power and automation technology group, recently announced the launch of the new release of its Industrial IT Extended Automation System 800xA. "The new functional ...
Data management in the automotive industry May 2005, SAM Systems Automation & Management The new data management system is user-friendly and does not require any special system expertise
Minimising downtime at a chrome furnace May 2005 When one is faced with the task of improving and optimising the production of a chrome furnace, it is rarely to be achieved by looking for areas that may be improved in the PLC network and scada software ...
Second Kroondal contract for B&W May 2005 B&W Instrumentation and Electrical is on schedule to complete its second major contract within two years at AQP (SA)'s Kroondal Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, this time at the mine's new UG2 concentrator. ...
SIs respond to invitation from automation software giant May 2005 Invensys/Wonderware reports that its introduction of the ArchestrA industrial framework and its Industrial Application Server (IAS) in January 2003 had a profound effect on the industrial automation industry. ...
HMI becoming the key to integrated automation May 2005, CBI-electric: low voltage Circuit Breaker Industries (CBI) has launched the E1000 series of operator terminals. Boasting the latest in ergonomic design, flexibility, performance, hardware and software, the series is believed to ...
