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Smarter marshalling
February 2012
We take a look at some of the smarts that DCS vendors have ­introduced to reduce installation effort and costs on greenfield sites and ­retrofits

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Rockwell Automation offers the best of both worlds
January 2012, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Rockwell Automation
The PlantPAx Process Automation System combines the systems approach of a DCS with the flexibility of a PLC

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Invensys introduces new data integrity
8 December 2011
Eurotherm nanodac recorder/controller now an integral part of enterprise control solutions

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Safety controller for mobile machines
8 December 2011, ifm - South Africa
The R360 safety controller supplied by ifm electronic can be used in applications up to category 3/PL d to EN ISO 13849-1 and SIL 2 to EN 62061

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Rockwell Automation streamlines controller applications with new Micro800
November 2011, Rockwell Automation
The Allen-Bradley Micro800 range offers machine manufacturers a cost-effective control solution for small applications

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Intelligent vehicles
October 2011, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Challenges and trends

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Bowling robot shows the perfect game
October 2011, Beckhoff Automation
EtherCAT: Optimum synchronisation and precision of movement sequences

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AutomationDirect introduces programmable automation controller
October 2011, DirectLogic Automation
New Productivity 3000 PAC drives efficiency

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A ride on the wild side
October 2011, Omron Electronics
Omron safety equipment keeps visitors safe at UK zoo attraction

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Yokogawa SA wins Tutuka Power Station contract
October 2011, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa SA has been awarded the contract to supply the outside water handling plant at Eskom’s Tutuka Power Station with its Centum VP process control solution. Speaking at the contract signing ceremony ...

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National Instruments introduces multicore Compact RIO
October 2011
NI expands the advanced control and monitoring platform with higher performance and smaller form factor targets. National Instruments has announced an expansion to its growing NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) ...

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Industrial PC becomes a control system
October 2011, Phoenix Contact
The PC Worx RT Basic software PLC from Phoenix Contact transforms any industrial PC into a fully fledged control system. Programming, visualisation and control can therefore be combined in just one device, ...

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Advanced field digital technology
October 2011, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa announces development of new CENTUM VP control system version. Yokogawa Electric Corporation has announced the development of Release 5 of the CENTUM VP integrated production control system, ...

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Endress+Hauser's RA33 batch controller
October 2011, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Quick and precise dosing control. Measurement technology from Endress+Hauser can assist to increase the quality of a filling process with the new RA33 batch controller that combines a compact, multifunctional ...

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Extended safety functions in TwinCAT 3
October 2011, Beckhoff Automation
Integrated engineering concept and scalable safety runtime on an IPC. With the introduction of the new TwinCAT 3 software generation, Beckhoff offers a pure software safety technology which features ...

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Safety controller for mobile vehicles
September 2011, ifm - South Africa
The R360 is ifm electronic’s newest mobile controller for safety-related applications in mobile vehicles. All internal and external functions are reliably monitored and in the case of an error, are switched ...

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New PLC and colour HMI from Unitronics
August 2011, Vision Automation
Unitronics has introduced the newest big-screen member of its PLC+HMI family, the Vision1210. Industrial control processes can now enjoy full PLC functionality with a larger than ever SVGA colour touch-screen ...

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Rockwell Automation technology powers wave energy project
August 2011, Rockwell Automation
Thanks to leading solutions from Rockwell Automation, an innovative energy project by Wave Star, aimed at developing a reliable commercial wave energy solution, is well on the way to harnessing power ...

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Beckhoff - 25 years of PC control
August 2011, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff Automation was established in 1980 and the first PC-based machine controller was delivered by just six years later. It was a ‘simple’ controller for a double mitre saw, which encompassed single-axis ...

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NI expands FPGA-enabled PXI family
July 2011
New offering includes industry’s fastest 16-bit converter from Analog Devices. National Instruments has introduced the expansion of its NI FlexRIO product line with six new adapter modules featuring ...

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