Bringing brownfield plants back to life February 2024, Schneider Electric South Africa Today’s brownfield plants are typically characterised by outdated equipment and processes, and face challenges ranging from inefficient operations to safety hazards. However, all is not lost, as these plants stand to gain a lot from digitalisation and automation.
Machine safety, diagnostics and data security March 2024, Turck Banner Southern Africa Personnel safety systems on machines are often seen as a necessary evil. To function correctly, a safety device is required to be self-checking, which adds more complexity and costs compared to a non-safety device.
SMOM – the future is here now March 2024, Iritron , Editor's Choice In his presentation at the recent MESA Africa conference, Neels van der Walt, business development manager at Iritron, revealed the all-encompassing concept of smart mining operations management (SMOM), and why it is inextricably linked to the future of worldwide mining operations.
Navigating disruption in manufacturing March 2024, Editor's Choice When considering IT in manufacturing, the underlying assumption is twofold: first, a wave of valuable maturing technologies can be harnessed to create new business value, and second, the environment in which these technologies will be applied will be relatively predictable, with change following a manageable, evolutionary path. However, recent disruptions have shattered these assumptions.
Multi-discipline simulation of axial flux motors for next-generation EVs March 2024, Siemens South Africa Siemens Digital Industries Software’s Simcenter E-Machine Design software helps electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and their associated supply chains to predict the performance of e-machines accurately, including axial flux electric drive units.
Taking mine hoist performance to the next level February 2024, ABB South Africa ABB is launching a new digital suite of applications for hoist monitoring and optimisation, which opens it up for further integration to other cloud solutions and extended offerings that significantly increase the operational performance and reliability of mine hoists.
Cyber resilience in 2024 – protect, defend, recover February 2024 Data has become a core business asset, and protecting this asset from data loss is a strategic priority, especially as new threats are constantly emerging.
Cutting-edge AI and IoT solutions for the digital age February 2024 Convergence Partners company, inq. has announced a value proposition involving extensive edge artificial intelligence, IoT, together with the Edgedock data insights, to transform business operations across a wide range of sectors.
Seven ways to reduce production downtime February 2024 Production downtime is one of the biggest risks in the manufacturing industry. Follow these seven tips to reduce machine downtime in your production line.
Siemens Xcelerator for development of hydrogen compressors February 2024, Siemens South Africa REJOOL, a startup focused on hydrogen compression devices, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator as a service portfolio of industry software to help bring its PIONYR hydrogen compression technology to market.
RS Group chooses Siemens simulation technology for DesignSpark February 2024, Siemens South Africa Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that the RS Group has selected Siemens as its strategic electronic design automation provider for its new, cloud native, DesignSpark Circuit Simulator tool, which empowers users to streamline the design process.
Future-proofing industrial operations February 2024, ABB South Africa ABB Ability Field Information Manager (FIM 3.0) has been upgraded to offer system engineers and maintenance teams increased connectivity and extended reach across the latest communication protocols.
The sustainable future is here February 2024 Today, you would be hard pressed to find a major global brand that does not discuss sustainability. This whitepaper provides an overview of the latest technology intelligence originating from these research areas.
How to simplify traffic management in smart cities February 2024, RJ Connect Online teaser: In an increasingly urbanised world, cities must find innovative solutions to overcome challenges such as traffic congestion, longer commutes and increased CO2 emissions. Adopting futureproof traffic management technologies is the key to addressing these issues effectively.
TwinCAT Chat integrates LLMs into the automation environment January 2024, Beckhoff Automation Large language models offer a number of benefits for both automation engineers and enterprise management. For automation engineers, LLMs have the potential to revolutionise the development process by automatically generating and completing code. From an enterprise management perspective, LLMs promote knowledge transfer within the organisation.
Addressing water scarcity with digitised solutions January 2024, Schneider Electric South Africa Water scarcity is a global crisis; according to the World Wide Fund for Nature, at its current consumption rate, two thirds of the world’s population may face water shortages by 2025. Whilst 70% of the world’s surface is covered by water, only 3% is fresh water, and two thirds of that is tucked away in frozen glaciers, or otherwise unavailable for our use.
Three technologies set to transform 2024 January 2024 As we face 2024, technology is on the brink of a monumental transformation, poised to revolutionise how we perceive and interact with the world around us. Amidst the plethora of groundbreaking advancements, one pioneering force, NewsGPT, emerges as the vanguard, fundamentally reshaping the landscape of news consumption through its innovative AI-driven approach.
Asset performance management platform January 2024, ABB South Africa ABB has launched ABB Ability SmartMaster, a comprehensive asset performance management platform for verification and condition monitoring of instrumentation and field devices in the water, wastewater, chemical, oil and gas industries.
New family of fault-tolerant computing platforms January 2024 Stratus Technologies has launched its Stratus ztC Endurance platform, a new family of fault-tolerant edge computing platforms for next-generation sustainable operations. The platform introduces intelligent, predictive fault tolerance that delivers 99.99999% availability and performance gains.