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SEW-Eurodrive launches effiDRIVE energy saving solutions
May 2015, SEW-EURODRIVE
Energy costs can constitute up to 90% of the lifecycle costs of systems that have not been optimised. Specialist drive engineering company SEW-Eurodrive has addressed this issue through its newly-launched ...

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Moving ahead with micro-algae to energy at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU)
May 2015
Innovative technology under development at NMMU’s InnoVenton Institute of Chemical Technology could turn millions of tons of waste coal dust into export quality coal. “If you mix coal dust and algae ...

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Free eLearning content on functional safety published
May 2015, KROHNE
The companies TÜV Nord, Krohne, Samson and Phoenix Contact have published a jointly created eLearning on functional safety (SIL). Designed for system planners and operators of industrial process plants, ...

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FieldComm Group announces availability of Field Device Integration (FDI) specification and developer tools
May 2015
The FieldComm Group has announced that the FDI Cooperation, LLC’s Field Device Integration (FDI) specification, developer tools and common host components are now available for automation suppliers to ...

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Hytec Group expands sub-Saharan distribution of Bosch Rexroth oil control cartridge valves
May 2015
As part of the new joint venture into Africa, the Hytec Group has increased its distribution and support of the full range of Bosch Rexroth Oil Control cartridge valves throughout sub-Saharan Africa. ...

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Major new player in pneumatics industry announced
May 2015
SMC Corporation Japan, a world leader in pneumatics and industrial automation component technology, has announced a significant expansion of its global operations with the opening of a new subsidiary ...

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Royal HaskoningDHV completes laboratory for Mintek
May 2015
A new R13-million ISO 3 cleanroom and BSL3 laboratory were recently completed by consultants Royal HaskoningDHV for Mintek in Johannesburg. The facility will allow for the rapid development and production ...

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NLA Test and Measurement Conference 2015 takes on Cape Town
May 2015, National Laboratory Association
The National Laboratory Association (NLA) is pleased to announce that the 2015 Test and Measurement Conference will be held at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, Cape Town from 12-14 October. The ...

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Voith Africa Power adding value through maintenance
May 2015
The recently-established Voith Africa Power, Oil and Gas (POG) Division covers the full scope of maintenance, servicing, upgrades and repairs across Africa. The company has filled a gap in the local market ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Laser spectroscopy – a new plant tool?
May 2015, Editor's Choice
For most of the last century, optical techniques were not treated as suitable for any serious instrumentation on process plants. There were some turbidity sensors used for floc blanket monitoring on water ...

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Becker Mining launches new mine traction battery chargers
May 2015
Becker Mining South Africa has launched its range of IGBT mine traction battery chargers designed to charge underground traction batteries in the shortest possible time, at the lowest possible temperature, ...

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Foreword: Reduce downtime – improve performance
Technews Industry Guide - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2015, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), Editor's Choice
The demand made of every plant manager and maintenance engineer in the current industrial climate is to reduce unscheduled plant downtime, extend the intervals between scheduled outages, and make the ...

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Safety Control Systems & Hazardous Areas conference
April 2015
Registrations are now open for the Safety Control Systems & Hazardous Areas conference on 27 and 28 May at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. This conference has been created to offer delegates ...

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Africa Automation Fair – The Dome 5-7 May
May 2015
After running in the same format for many years, the Process Expo organising committee has come up with a new concept that looks set to rock the automation calendar this week. The first Africa Automation ...

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Wireless system increases electrical safety on the plant – launch of Delta T Alert at AAF 2015
1 May 2015, R&C Instrumentation
One of the highlights this year is the launch by R&C Instrumentation of the Delta T system from IRISS. This wireless sensor platform is designed to monitor critical electrical enclosures in a facility to ...

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Endress+Hauser brings tuneable diode laser spectroscopy to the Fair
1 May 2015, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Endress+Hauser announced its TDSL technology at a well attended breakfast at The Dome on Tuesday morning. This new string to the company bow comes through the acquisition of specialist laser technology ...

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Pinnacle’s ‘Clever Level’ measurement solutions
1 May 2015
Baumer’s latest level measurement technology is designed for high accuracy and insensitivity to build-up. Based on the conductivity measuring principle, these instruments provide a change in signal state ...

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Define Instruments launches new programmable panel meter
1 May 2015
“Simplicity is the key,” is the way Dylan Swartz describes the latest panel metering offering from Define Instruments. This is a product that has been designed to be so easy to set up that it has no ...

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What is Connected Enterprise anyway?
1 May 2015, Rockwell Automation
Connected Enterprise is Rockwell Automation’s philosophy for value added manufacturing based on open connectivity from the shop floor to the top floor. The base layer is Ethernet IP which connects everything ...

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