A great innings and infrastructural investment March 2008, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control) A hundred not out!
In this month’s issue we publish Michael Brown’s one hundredth control loop case history.
Mike began his new career in loop tuning and optimisation in 1989 when a friend of his, who ...
The Jim Pinto Column: Pinto's 2008 prognostications March 2008 More than ever before, the world seems to be on the verge of disaster. We are all surrounded by a cacophony of bad news and warnings.
The continuing wars and terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, belligerent ...
RoboCup soccer for 2010? February 2008 The objectives of RoboCup are to promote education and research in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and related fields by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined
International news digest February 2008 ABB has won orders worth $440 million from the State Grid Corporation of China and other partners to provide new ultrahigh-voltage technology for the world's longest power transmission link. The power ...
Local news digest February 2008 ABB has won a $25-million order from Anglo Platinum for equipment and services to help more than double production at a processing plant in South Africa. ABB will deliver two gearless mill drive systems ...
Citect celebrates Ampla February 2008 Ampla is Citect's leading scalable manufacturing execution solution (MES) that allows key personnel to identify and act on opportunities, maximise overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and to correct ...
EtherCAT accepted as IEC standard February 2008, Beckhoff Automation The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) announced that EtherCAT is now an official IEC standard. The IEC standards for EtherCAT - 61158, 61784-2 and 61800-7 unanimously passed in final voting.
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Spirax Sarco exports offshore February 2008, Spirax Sarco South Africa Spirax Sarco manufactures products for export in South Africa. Recently a bid was secured to supply coolers to a Norwegian-based company, BW Offshore. Jeannette VandePeer, SA's export manager and Kaare ...
Complete CNC Service exhibits in Eastern Cape February 2008 The 2008 Eastern Cape Industrial Technology Exhibition will be showcasing a large variety of the top technologies that have made the Eastern Cape the industrial hub that it is today. Over and above its ...
Bursary helps grow supply chain skills February 2008 Reflecting the value of the recently launched APICS CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) qualification, Johannesburg-based recruitment firm Tech-Pro Personnel recently marked its 10th birthday by ...
Wonderware reaches a century February 2008 Wonderware, a business unit of Invensys, has announced a key milestone for its ArchestrA-Certified System Integrator Programme by reaching a total of 100 companies with the addition of Tecnau Transport ...
Fieldbus Foundation releases H1 cable test specification February 2008 The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the release of a Foundation fieldbus H1 cable test specification. The new specification includes test cases providing greater assurance to automation end users that ...
Honeywell solutions enhance product quality for Valio February 2008 Honeywell has secured a contract for two projects for Valio, a leading milk producer, at its whey powder plant in Lapinlahti, Finland. Valio anticipates the projects will collectively increase production ...
Wireless protocol analysers market continues to grow February 2008 Important mergers and acquisitions (M&As) among equipment manufacturers continue to impact the growth of the wireless protocol analyser (WPA) markets. Technologies such as WiMax, IP multimedia subsystem ...
12th international CAN Conference takes place in Barcelona February 2008 CAN in Automation (CiA) GmbH stages the 12th international CAN Conference (iCC) on 12 and 13 March 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. The subsidiary of the CAN in Automation (CiA) international users' and manufacturers' ...
Pressure transmitters in demand February 2008 A new research study finds strong growth for the worldwide pressure transmitter market. The study from Flow Research, called The World Market for Pressure Transmitters, 2nd Edition, found that worldwide ...
New student competition launched for young engineers February 2008, SEW-EURODRIVE SEW Eurodrive and Festo have announced the launch of their new design competition, Pneudrive Challenge. It is essentially a design competition aimed at highlighting mechatronic innovation. The competition, ...
Appointments February 2008 Honeywell has appointed Lizette Jacobs as engineering leader for the Sasol Portfolio based at the Secunda offices.
Honeywell has appointed Gerhardt Otto as the new operations leader for the Sasol Portfolio ...
US Army awards robot contract February 2008 iRobot Corporation has been awarded the xBot contract, a US$286 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract from the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and ...
