December 2006: Feature Articles

• EtherCAT sets new performance standards: realtime Ethernet for ultra fast machine control
• Evolving the virtual benchtop
• Excellence and innovation reign ...
• Magnetic inductive flowmeters for water industry
• Signal isolators and loop interface 101: Part 2
• When precision really matters: testing medical equipment installations

November 2006: Feature Articles

• Add value to your scada with technology agreements
• Multiplant LIMS strengthens one of the world's largest breweries
• New functionality for calibrating power quality instrumentation
• Rockwell optimises Chinese steel plant
• Signal isolators and loop interface 101 - Part 1
• Vision sensors: the bigger picture - shrinking the number of applications that warrant vision systems
• What is MES?
• Wonderware's PEM to track catalytic converter line

October 2006: Feature Articles

• Condition monitoring improves productivity at BMW, Opel and Volvo
• Effective IT means effective manufacturing
• It is the PLC 'inside'!
• Microwave sensory mechanism under extreme conditions
• Not all KVM extenders are created equal
• PLC and FPGA to solve machine automation problems
• Rockwell Automation launches FactoryTalk

September 2006: Feature Articles

• Advantages of scada systems in petrochemical
• Namdeb control room chooses CitectSCADA
• New IT technologies help combat skills shortages
• Principles of infrared temperature measurement - Part 2
• The myth of the 'ideal bus'
• The unified enterprise (part 6) - FAQs

August 2006: Feature Articles

• Hungry for global business
• Potable water - not a drop to spare
• Principles of infrared temperature measurement - Part 1
• Realtime data and the power of integration
• Synchronised distributed intelligence: closing the network loop with deterministic Ethernet
• The unified enterprise: Part 5 - enterprise performance management
• Viva amanzi, viva!
• World-class control room adds another sparkle to diamond mining

June 2006: Feature Articles

• Cutting costs using self-operated regulators
• George Municipality - a shining beacon in energy control
• IP69K - sensors for harsh environments
• Leading edge flow calibration facility
• New products showcased at Hannover Fair
• Scada review 2006: Adroit
• Scada review 2006: Citect
• Scada review 2006: Futuristix
• Scada review 2006: Rockwell
• Scada review 2006: Siemens
• The power plant demineralisation train
• The unified enterprise (Part 3) - business IT and shopfloor IT
• Understanding PACs

July 2006: Feature Articles

• Entire cut-to-length steel production lines now covered by complete drive system solution
• Phoenix Contact upgrades the line at KWV Paarl
• Power over Ethernet - the industrial opportunity today
• The unified enterprise: Part 4 - manufacturing execution systems

May 2006: Feature Articles

• Asset management software for hydrogen production facility
• Enhanced reliability for final elements
• Flexible machine built in short space of time
• FRNT0, layer 2 network redundancy protocol
• Improvements in infrared thermometers
• Interference compensated radiometric level sensing
• Measuring sulphur content of fuel
• Piggyback ride for A380 Airbus
• Rotary encoders from a specialist
• Shared fast Ethernet: understanding PDVs and collision domains
• Systems integrator takes the lead with comprehensive BEE deal
• The unified enterprise: Part 2 - managing disparate information assets

April 2006: Feature Articles

• MES for Nissan North America
• New aerospace technology moves air and water
• The unified enterprise: Part 1 - introduction
• World class data management solution

March 2006: Feature Articles

• Rockwell Automation balances neatly between politics and reality
• Accurate pressure measurement uses resonating sensor
• Hannover Messe 2006
• OEE is worth the fuss
• Paperless graphic recorder for easy use
• Partial stroke testing for final elements
• Scada system allows for gradual implementation

February 2006: Feature Articles

• IDC workshops for February
• Boosting Kumba Resources' profitability
• Graphically integrating enterprise data
• Indoor air quality
• Predictive model for chlorination
• SA's I&C websites
• Successful MES implementation
• Valve design aspects for critical petrochemical applications - Part 3

January 2006: Feature Articles

• IDC courses for February
• Fieldbus moves into the next generation
• HMI scada integrates with third-party PLCs
• I&C industry review
• PLCs from Africa
• Valve design aspects for critical petrochemical applications - Part 2