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Autotronix designs large water ­metering application
August 2015
Project definition The client had initiated a contract to construct a new 500 NB (nominal bore) pipeline to supply potable water to the municipality from its pump station approximately 36 km away. The ...

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Control loop: Case History 143 - Report after optimisation exercise – Part 4.
August 2015, Michael Brown Control Engineering
This is the fourth article taken from a report which was prepared for various departments in a process company after some optimisation work was performed for them. (The other three articles were published ...

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Dehn provides safety for automation systems
July 2015
Failure of automation systems, and the resulting drop in production capacities, can result in enormous costs for manufacturing companies. Therefore, high availability is critical for both measuring and ...

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Control loop: Case History 142 - Report after optimisation exercise – Part 3.
June 2015, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice
This is the third article taken from a report which was prepared for various departments in a process company after some optimisation work was performed for them. (The other two articles were published ...

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A sustainable star in South Africa
May 2015
Paper and pulp producer Sappi has been producing high-quality dissolving wood pulp at its ­Ngodwana mill in South Africa since 2013. Valmet’s unique dissolving fiber line concept resulted in a flexible and sustainable solution.

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Locally built spanner grinding solution is a winner
Technews Industry Guide - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2015, Motion Tronic
Every machine builder’s dream is to make use of the latest technologies to design and build a machine from the ground up – to do something that has not been done before. Using a Kuka KR6 R900 Agilus Robot, ...

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Afrilek hosts partner roadshows
May 2015, Afrilek Automation
Leading system integration company Afrilek recently hosted very successful partner roadshows in Steelpoort and Witbank. This event marked the first time that the company has brought together all of the ...

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Something extra for everyone in Simatic PCS 7
April 2015, Siemens South Africa
Version upgrade of field-proven control system brings higher efficiency.

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Honeywell to maintain control systems for Sasol
April 2015
Assurance 360 program will provide ongoing services and support to Sasol synthetic fuels and chemicals plant.

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New modular control architectures offer potential to increase end user value
April 2015
With few exceptions, control architecture has changed little over the past 40 years. However, advances in processing power, network technologies and software, will enable greater value for end users in ...

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Four-channel analog output module
April 2015
Jumo’s range of mTRON T measurement, control and automation systems now offer a new feature in the form of a four channel analog output. With its universal input/output modules and flexible connection ...

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Control loop: Case History 141 - Report after optimisation exercise - Part 2
April 2015, Michael Brown Control Engineering
The first part of a report, published in Case History 140 (February), showed successes obtained and problems uncovered in an optimisation exercise in a particular process plant that takes optimisation ...

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Becker Mining expands CAS capabilities
March 2015
Loco management system ensures operation of underground locomotives.

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Honeywell’s new alarm ­management technology
February 2015
Helping to make plants and pipelines safer and more productive.

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Pulse Control Systems: Aims to become the largest Siemens approved instrumentation partner
February 2015
Founded in 2011 by Nimelen Pillay, Pulse Control Systems is an independent market specialist, designing and supplying customised automated solutions to a number of industries including water and wastewater, ...

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Control loop: Case History 140 - Report after optimisation exercise
February 2015, Michael Brown Control Engineering
There is a particular continuous process plant in South Africa that takes base layer control loop optimisation extremely seriously. (Many other plants unfortunately do not, which to me is terribly sad.) ...

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Rockwell Automation delivers control solution at Impala
January 2015, Rockwell Automation
PlantPAx system extended to reduce refrigeration costs and improve efficiency.

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Force monitoring for manual presses
December 2014
German instrumentation specialist, Burster, has introduced its new ForceMaster 9110 to monitor both complex and simple manual press operations in manufacturing and assembly processes. The device monitors ...

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Afrilek: Engineering high controller availability at the train loading station of a manganese plant
December 2014, Afrilek Automation
This client’s core business is the mining and exporting of manganese ore by means of a truck and shovel open cast pit operation and materials handling and train loading systems. Afrilek was approached ...

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Andy Green’s supersonic office
December 2014
The jet engined Bloodhound is designed to set a 1000 mph land speed record.

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