Largest Profibus FDT/DTM system installed in SA November 2003, Endress+Hauser South Africa Mondikraft's Richards Bay mill is to implement some of the latest control system technology to enhance the intelligence of field instruments used in its RB720 project, scheduled for commissioning in the ...
DeviceNet-ready control equipment range November 2003 The range of core products offered by Omron include integrated DeviceNet interfaces. These products include PLCs, I/O units, programmable terminals (operator interfaces), DeviceNet wireless links, temperature ...
Control loop optimisation in a chrome plant: Case History 74 November 2003, Michael Brown Control Engineering I often feel that I am a lone voice 'crying in the wilderness' about the abysmal state of control in most plants worldwide. It really pleases me when I can produce supporting evidence from other people ...
AMR Automations - system integrator October 2003 AMR Automations was established in 1996 focusing on PLC and scada projects. Currently its team of programmers and engineers offer turnkey solutions from factory floor to management level. The company ...
RTU/PLC integrated intelligence October 2003, Access Control & Identity Management, Security Services & Risk Management The Scadapack PLC/RTU Series is now available with an integrated spread spectrum wireless transceiver with a value adding GSM-SMS utility. This simplified panel design eliminates the need for separate ...
Wireless instrumentation backbone implemented in SA October 2003 The new wireless instrumentation concept launched by Elpro Technologies from Australia is solving problems in mobile applications in SA. UniTemp has received orders from both the beer industry and the ...
Control system for sensors, control devices and alarms October 2003 The TX2100 Commander System from Trolex is available in three versions: general purpose for non-hazardous areas, intrinsically safe Group II for surface hazardous areas, and intrinsically safe Group I ...
Three-axis quadrature encoder/counter card October 2003, Information Security ProMicro's PCL-833 is a three-axis quadrature encoder and counter add-on card for PC/AT compatible computers. Optically isolated up to 2,5 kV, it allows a PC to perform position monitoring for motion ...
Advanced solutions platform for the petrochemical industry September 2003, Infrastructure Advanced control in the petrochemical industry relies on accurate information and is enhanced by predictions about what will happen in the process. CSense is an advanced solutions platform developed by ...
APV wins award for Appletiser's plant upgrade August 2003 The Juice Preparation Plant at Appletiser used to be a complex system of rubber hoses, mobile pumps and buckets where a team of talented artisans practised the 'art of juice making'.
The challenge facing ...
Large power station in Australia chooses an ICMS July 2003, Yokogawa South Africa This is the first contract awarded directly by Eraring Energy to Yokogawa to supply a distributed control system (DCS)
Implats saved R1,5 million using expert system for mill control July 2003 Expert systems are computer programmes that bring together the process knowledge and rules employed by the control room operators allowing continuous monitoring of the process, applying logic in a consistent manner, and allowing the process to be operated in a way that ensures consistent production of on-spec products in a desirable way
Blackrock underground batching automation completed July 2003 Systems integration specialist, Associated Systems, recently completed the automation of the underground batching process at Assmang Blackrock mine, near Kuruman in the Northern Cape.
The contract involved ...
Tricky pressure control in a distillation column July 2003, Michael Brown Control Engineering Pressure has a major effect on the separation and cut in a distillation column, and column stability can be dramatically hampered if there is poor pressure control. One of the most common ways of controlling ...
Virtual instrument pioneer aids control system design June 2003 LabVIEW 7 has made it easier and more cost effective to build distributed systems with the introduction of Express VIs, additions to the LabVIEW DSC and realtime modules, and more visually intuitive block diagrams
The amazing problem-free plant June 2003, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Just before starting on this piece, I read a fascinating article by a valve manufacturer in the April issue of SA Instrumentation & Control, which mentioned a case where a relatively small 1,4% improvement ...
Good facilities management enables effective action in a crisis May 2003 Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI) is a platform that integrates all core building systems and subsystems, including security, digital video surveillance, access control, life safety, heating, ventilation and airconditioning
