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Economic thought and lessons from China
October 2018
Through my past experience occupying various roles across multiple industries and institutions in South Africa, in both the private and public sectors, one thought that inextricably captures my imagination ...

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Industrial control system cybersecurity - Part 5: ICS network segmentation.
October 2018, IT in Manufacturing
In the last three articles on cybersecurity in ICS environments, we have covered risk assessments, asset discovery and vulnerability management, environment hardening and security monitoring. In the penultimate ...

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Integrity management key for ­industrial assets
September 2018
What is AIM? Integrity management is a key component for a successful asset management programme. The main objective of asset management initiatives is to ensure that assets perform their required functions ...

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Nick Denbow's European report: DC power distribution is efficient but the Internet is greedy
September 2018, News
Changes in the technology around us that we work with and even create when involved with automation and control, are having a wider effect on society as a whole. Two areas that have been influenced this ...

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Control loop: Case History 162 - Optimising an interesting temperature control.
September 2018, Michael Brown Control Engineering
I have often written about the huge advantages of using cascade control on processes with very slow dynamics. It is particularly useful when it comes to most temperature related processes, which are normally ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Leaps in technology: implants and liquid lenses
August 2018
Whilst pacemakers and other implants have become fairly commonplace in medical treatment systems, these still rely on battery technology, and have a limited life. When dealing with electrodes or sensor ...

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Oratile's opinion: Business strategy
August 2018
Digitising business models and leveraging technology in ways that differentiate a company from its competitors.

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How real is augmented reality?
Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0
At the ore face the drilling process was indeed an eye opener, hot, uncomfortable and hazardous in nature. Knowing where to drill to optimise the blast pattern is a skilled operation. When drilling started ...

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Success through measurement expertise and product innovation
July 2018, Senseca, Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration
Since inception, the GHM Group has constantly sought to add layers of exper-tise and competence through the development and acquisition of brands, which not only offer precision measurement, but also bring a dynamic cross-over of synergies to customers.

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Industrial control system ­cybersecurity
July 2018
In the last three articles on cybersecurity in ICS environments, we have covered risk assessments, asset discovery and vulnerability management, and environment hardening. In this month’s article, we ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Fieldbus, government interference and news from the UK
July 2018, News
The German organisation Profibus & Profinet International (PI) publishes annual statistics on the numbers of devices installed with interfaces equipped with their communication technologies, which also ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Technology disruption and profiting from university R&D
June 2018
It is almost a part of engineering folklore that the UK is slow to realise the potential of its inventions. The jet engine, computing and television are perhaps the best-known examples of British inventions ...

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Digital twins, science-fiction or reality?
June 2018
Industrie 4.0 introduces the somewhat abstract concept of a ‘digital twin’. But is this really new, does it actually exist anywhere in practice, and if so, what steps should be followed to build one? A ...

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An automation customer speaks
June 2018
The engineering institutions, systems integrators, suppliers and seminar groups within the automation industry in South Africa are all concerned, and rightfully so, with the lack of active participation ...

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Open Process Automation moves to the proof of concept stage
June 2018
Open Process Automation was once again a hot topic at the 2018 ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, earlier this year. Among the highlights was the session focusing on the current status of several ...

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Control loop: Case History 160 - More problems with control
May 2018, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Motion Control & Drives
In a recent assignment to sort out problems being experienced in a petrochemical refinery, I came across the following two examples:       Drum pressure misbehaving The first was with the control of an ...

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If a machine can do it, why not learn something else?
April 2018
By the end of 2017, The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported an estimated 60 000 imports of multipurpose industrial robots into Africa. From a South African perspective, ...

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Control loop: Case History 159 - Bad valves again hampering control.
March 2018, Michael Brown Control Engineering
It still fascinates me that so many control problems are caused by poor operation of control valves. I have encountered and recorded hundreds of cases of such problems. What is amazing is that many plant ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Process plants as weapons of war
February 2018, News
Malware over the Internet has replaced the large gunboat that was dispatched in previous times – say 200 years ago – to send a message to the heart of a rival nation, indicating that relationships were ...

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Nick Denbow’s European report: Benefiting from technology transfer between modern industries
January 2018
This month, I take a different look at how technology can be transferred between industries, and used to solve heart-wrenching problems. Always touted as the birthplace of new technology applications, ...

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