October 2019: Feature Articles

• Siemens launches report on Dawn of Digitalisation and its Impact on Africa
• The complexity of water management in mines
• PC-based control platform optimises water treatment product dosing
• Integrating IT with Operations Technology - a CIO perspective
• Rockwell Automation walks the Connected Enterprise talk

September 2019: Feature Articles

• How integrated visual management and remote monitoring demystify machine safety
• Understanding data cables, their categories, and what they mean
• Security concerns for safety systems
• How fieldbus systems are really selected
• Flexible communication across building and mobility applications
• Radar sensors: frequently asked questions
• The future of basic control innovation
• Adapting education to the fourth industrial revolution

August 2019: Feature Articles

• IR measurement optimises plastic stationary and rotary thermoforming
• From product design to adoption in the processing plant
• Safety and cybersecurity convergence goes beyond safety systems
• Innovation embedded in Metso’s DNA
• Outsmarting the DC switch arc
• 20 years of PC control technology
• SMC is here to stay
• How the latest pneumatics can reduce plant costs

July 2019: Feature Articles

• Climate is what we expect – weather is what we get
• Staying ahead of industrial cyber-security threats
• Africa Automation Fair 2019 wraps up with strong growth

Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0: Feature Articles

• Simple path to Industry 4.0-enabled process technology
• Preparing fertile ground for a successful IIoT project
• Scada, IIoT, M2M and more
• IIoT platforms, not all created equal
• Next-generation IIoT gateway solutions are transforming manufacturing
• A case for IIoT’s future in supply chain management
• Calibration in times of digitalisation
• Will the IIoT kill scada, or lift it to new heights?
• Ready for Maintenance 4.0
• Bringing trust to the Internet of Things
• Increased plant availability through optimal management of field devices
• So, what’s left for us humans after the machines take over?
• Oil and gas reduces downtime through plant-wide visibility

June 2019: Feature Articles

• Adroit brings M2M, IoT and IIoT to the industrial world
• Endress+Hauser’s IIoT technology masters the mining challenge
• What is the next big thing in Coriolis mass flowmeters?
• Digital transformation status and progress in process industries
• Does edge computing have the edge?
• UPS with integrated power supply and USB interface
• Cost-efficient production with 18 synchronous NC axes
• The safety over OPC UA concept

May 2019: Feature Articles

• The Heartbeat of plant processes
• Optimised fuel blending
• Data, light and the smart factory
• Planning for digital transformation
• Innovations in machine building
• A technology evolution unfolds at X-Change 2019

Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview: Feature Articles

April 2019: Feature Articles

• Yokogawa’s Smart Terminal Automation Solution
• Listening to the Voice of the Machine
• Measurement data on the lookout for artificial intelligence
• Water – the life-blood of industrial processes
• Calibration in hazardous areas
• System integrated, high end measurement technology
• The evolution of partial stroke testing

Technews Industry Guide: Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2019: Feature Articles

• Implementing an infrared thermography maintenance programme
• IoT-enabled field services improve industrial asset availability
• Improving power plant performance with a modern calibration process
• Understanding how predictive analytics tools benefit power utility management
• Maintenance transformed through machine learning
• Seamless acquisition and analysis of plant data

March 2019: Feature Articles

• Be part of the ultimate journey at X-Change 2019
• Manoeuvring agricultural robots with 2D laser scanners
• The advantages of rolled vs. cut threads for fluid system instrumentation fittings
• PC-based control used to inspect large aerospace components
• Safety meets security
• Hazardous area installations

February 2019: Feature Articles

• Bag-in-Box technology just got faster
• Digital Enterprise offering with ­future technologies for Industry 4.0
• Eliminating the maintenance backlog in record time
• Rockwell Automation upgrades control at Mozal Aluminium
• AST’s line-type heat sensing

January 2019: Feature Articles

• Flow control problems in a pulp mill
• Integrated control solution for car heater manufacturing
• Zoned approach reduces the complexity of machine safety
• Black Rock Mine Operations
• New performance management ­solutions for intelligent valves and pumps