SCADA/HMI


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User group conference a 'spectacular' success
April 2000
From 26 to 29 March, the cream of southern Africa's System Integrators and their end-users attended what was described by some as "one of the sub-continent's major events for discrete and process manufacturers". ...

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The viable end of the 'food chain'
April 2000
The old adage "running lean and mean" could not apply more aptly than in the processing of waste. This is an industry characterised by low value-add and yet of critical strategic importance in a sub-continent ...

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RAID subsystem
April 2000
Advantech's RAID (redundant array of independent disks) subsystem provides more reliable and larger capacity data storage than a single hard disk drive. Two kinds of rack mount RAID models are available ...

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A new paradigm for efficient and cost-effective gold mining
April 2000
Avgold's Target Mine has awarded Futuristix-Wonderware System Integrator, Advanced Software Technologies - Abraxas (AST-A) the contract for the development, integration and implementation of the mine's ...

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Robust photo-electric sensors
April 2000, Gail Norton Instrumentation
Telco’s photoelectric sensors have a number of key features: p Very small physical outline. p Immunity to contamination. p Insensitive to impact and vibration. p Easy alignment. p Wide range of applications. The ...

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Keeping in touch at SAB Rosslyn:one click away from information
March 2000
The detail of the supervisory standard extends to: *ontrol system tag naming, description and units of measure. *Supervisory display layout, hierarchy and control. p Access control. *Alarms and ...

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Anchored to an information-rich future
March 2000, Rockwell Automation
Commissioned in August 1999, the new dryer is huge, easily dwarfing the site's three existing dryers. Dryer 5 has a processing capacity of five million litres of whole milk per day and can produce up ...

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Mining Industry: asset management and optimisation crucial to survival
March 2000
Success or failure in the volatile precious metals mining industry is dependent on a variety of strategies covering the micro management of the costs of every aspect of the mining and raw materials processing ...

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Homegrown automation shows its abitities at Botswana salt pan.
March 2000, Adroit Technologies
Not even the remotest of locations on the African continent are immune to the age of automation. Proof of this reality can be found in the sophisticated South African developed supervisory control and ...

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Brick manufacturer runs a lean plant using local scada software
March 2000, Adroit Technologies
Witbank brick producer Tor Bricks is operating at full capacity to satisfy continued strong demand for its high-quality clay face bricks. Considering the recent closure of rival brick makers, together ...

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Scada software producer acquires advanced telephonic dialler for Windows.
March 2000
Wonderware has acquired the Scadalarm advanced telephonic dialler for Windows product from Fluid Solutions. Scadalarm is a Windows-based tele-phonic alarm dialling system that can link directly to Wonderware's ...

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Web server brings factory data to the browser
March 2000, Designs Unique
Intelligent Instrumentation announces the release of the iFactory Monitor, a new and unique way to monitor machines, equipment and processes on the factory floor. The software leverages standard Internet ...

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Scada should be spelt with two fs for fast and flexible
March 2000
Getting information quickly and reliably to and from the plant floor is the primary role of any scada and HMI system. A system where data transfer is slow because of bottlenecks runs the risk of losing ...

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ABB firmware ported to Linux operating system
March 2000, ABB South Africa
Many of the 60 000 people who attended Interkama 1999 saw ABB's current product offerings, as well as examples of innovative new technology applications in ABB's own "Think Tank." The Think Tank was ...

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Ci Technologies announces citect Enterprise 2000
March 2000
Ci Technologies, a leader in the development of scada and HMI software for industrial automation, now offers Citect Enterprise 2000, a product that delivers far-reaching connectivity capabilities to the ...

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Going beyond traditional and PV-based control solutions
March 2000
E-Control is a new way of approaching the automation of manufacturing and distribution systems. It combines communications, information and control technologies in scalable, integrated open architecture ...

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New Mini panel PC
March 2000
Advantech has added the PPC-60S to its miniature panel PC family. The all-in-one mini computer has a 150 mm STN colour LCD and full VGA display to allow system integrators a wider range of programming ...

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Flat pannel PC is slim and powerful
March 2000
Advantech's IPPC-950 is a slim 100 mm flat panel PC incorporating all the features of a powerful computer in a rugged stainless steel chassis. It has a 375 mm LCD touchscreen, multimedia networking, modular ...

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Controlling the 'uncontrollable'
March 2000
Whether continuous or batch, the processes involved in forestry as well as the pulp, paper and board manufacturing industries are anything but simple. They must reconcile wide raw material variances and ...

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DirectSOFT 32 bit programming software
March 2000
PLC Direct Southern Africa has an-nounced that DirectSoft 32 programming software for Koyo DirectLOGIC PLCs is now shipping and enhances user friendliness while expanding communications support. ...

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