November 2022: Feature Articles

• Loop Signatures 15: Digital controllers – Part 7: The D term, concluded
• Data analytics, AI and ML demystified
• Flexible I/O and safety modules optimise intralogistics
• In it for the long haul
• Mining industry collaboration is vital
• RJ Connect marks silver jubilee in style
• SA Gauge: A shining example of South African resilience

October 2022: Feature Articles

• SLA battery management for low standby requirements
• Case History 184: Why couldn’t they tune the loops to get good control?
• Digitalisation of pressure measurement through IoT
• EtherCAT v1 - the one and only
• Lower maintenance costs with online condition monitoring
• The flow-on effect
• Top three safety hazards when working on solar PV installations
• Visualisation system sets new standards

September 2022: Feature Articles

• Cloud solutions for industrial applications
• Loop Signatures 14: Digital controllers – Part 6: The D term, continued
• Measurements that can be relied on not to spoil the view
• Omniflex introduces Teleterm
• Realising the fully digital process plant
• When safety instrumented systems and inadequate operators collide
• You can’t have your silos and converge them

August 2022: Feature Articles

• Hägglunds Fusion: the power of one
• Young unemployed graduate gets kickstart to his career
• Using local talent to execute risk-based gas mapping studies
• Case History 183: Bad valve split-ranging causing problems
• Ready for industrial network evolution?
• Sensors train many eyes on FMCGs
• LED strips enhance efficient pick-to-light C-parts management
• Optimised, PC-based food production
• The route to proactive maintenance

Technews Industry Guide: Sustainable Manufacturing 2022: Feature Articles

• Attaining a sustainable legacy
• Electric cylinders eliminate compressed air requirements in production plants
• How to achieve sustainable manufacturing
• Network design for mission-critical systems
• Unlock knowledge with Netilion Water Network Insights
• Meeting the challenges of water management with sensor technology
• From Industry 4.0 to Industry Green.0
• Failsafe networking of photovoltaic systems
• Combining the best of hydraulics with the advantages of electric

July 2022: Feature Articles

• Are automation suppliers starting to get the picture?
• Are engineers equipped with 4IR skills?
• Fuel for the future
• Hydrogen: the key to energy turnaround
• Loop Signatures 13: Digital controllers – Part 5: The D term
• South African manufacturing sector’s readiness for Industry 4.0

June 2022: Feature Articles

• Beckhoff upgrade is music to Vienna State Opera’s ears
• Festo unveils world’s first pneumatic cobot
• How utility instrumentation can benefit your plant
• Loop Signatures 12: Digital controllers – Part 4: The I term
• Pressure sensors for hygienic applications
• Radar sensor keeps its cool
• Risk assessments accelerate Booyco PDS adoption
• Temperature monitoring simplified

May 2022: Feature Articles

• 100 years of Anton Paar
• Enhancing worker safety with mobile solutions
• New motors for servo drive system
• Turning pollution into gold
• Wireless communication and control of electro-pneumatic manifolds and IO
• Water and wastewater treatment in the digital age
• Compact drive technology mobilises high-tech CT scanner
• Five reasons for force measurement
• Grist for the mill
• Control loop: Case History 182 - A temperature cascade control loop that didn’t work
• Is your manufacturing plant ready for IoT?
• Impact of innovative technologies on the mining industry

April 2022: Feature Articles

• Breathing life into your machines through leading Pneumatic Automation solutions
• For more energy-efficient pneumatics, 4 is greater than 7
• How’s our plant doing today?
• Proper TCP/IP networking is a fight you can’t afford to lose
• The role of ‘green’ packaging in sustainable manufacturing
• WEG motors power wastewater plant
• Working hand in hand to meet automotive OEMs’ strict requirements

March 2022: Feature Articles

• Digitally managing energy costs and decarbonisation
• Moxa sets out to redefine futureproof industrial networks
• The business case for protecting crown jewels from cyber threats - Part 6: Cybersecurity for operational technology.
• The devil is in the detail – the importance of design engineering
• Vibronics, Liquiphants, and human brainpower set free
• Why calibrating multipoint thermocouples is so challenging

February 2022: Feature Articles

• Total 3D linearisation: Best performance under all process conditions for DP transmitters
• Bottle sorting sorted thanks to intelligent transport system
• Good software design – a desperate plea from end-users in the factory
• IO-Link accelerates digitalisation of process plants
• One-size-fits-all HMI platform
• Proactive condition monitoring service from SEW-EURODRIVE

January 2022: Feature Articles

• The ultimate control valve
• A review of the 2021 MESA Africa conference
• Cybersecurity for operational technology: Part 5: Cybersecurity threats to critical information infrastructure.
• What does digitalisation mean for food product safety?