December 2019: Feature Articles

• AI in manufacturing – revolutionary opportunity or well-trodden path?
• Enabling IIoT connectivity for virtual power plants
• Extending analytics to EAM and operations users
• How cable categories relate to data transmission speeds
• Infrared monitoring of kiln shells extends refractory life
• PC-based control decorates plastic lids and containers
• Robust absolute linear position measurement

November 2019: Feature Articles

• Four key factors to consider when choosing devices for the control cabinet
• A good combination for the primaries and metals industry
• Artificial intelligence in manufacturing – a practical and simplified view
• Navigate the fourth industrial revolution with PwC
• New XTS functionality enables novel solutions in machine building
• Real-time data increases metal recovery at Peñasquito mine
• Siemens extends Sinumerik Edge to include artificial intelligence
• Three-phase power quality analysis

October 2019: Feature Articles

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

September 2019: Feature Articles

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

August 2019: Feature Articles

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

July 2019: Feature Articles

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

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

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

June 2019: Feature Articles

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

May 2019: Feature Articles

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

Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview: Feature Articles

April 2019: Feature Articles

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

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

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

March 2019: Feature Articles

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

February 2019: Feature Articles

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

January 2019: Feature Articles

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