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Pervasive sensing changes the fundamentals of automation
November 2014, Emerson Automation Solutions
Wireless technology coupled with a reduction in the cost of sensor technology is driving a new era in industrial automation.

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Rockwell Automation’s high-­pressure mist fire suppression
November 2014, Rockwell Automation
The Rockwell Automation installations of automation instrumentation for controlling conveyor belt speed and sequencing can include a fire suppression system in the form of a Fogtec high-pressure water ...

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Process Dynamics: Citect Scada used to manage South African wind farm
November 2014, Process Dynamics
Situated in the Eastern Cape, one of South Africa’s first wind farms can produce up to 27 MW of power which is mostly utilised by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. When it came to finding a solution for controlling ...

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Hybrid Automation: Simplicity is the greatest sophistication pays dividends at Unilever
November 2014, Hybrid Automation
It is well known that a one size fits all approach does not work for most industrial systems, because it does not cater for the nuances of each and every business process or model. Since human error accounts ...

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Control loop: Case History 139 - The importance of measurements and dynamics.
November 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering
One of the first laws of process control states that you cannot control what you cannot measure. However, although instrument practitioners all know this they very often forget it. I think this is largely ...

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PlantStruxure PES solution for Tshwane wastewater plant
October 2014
Artiflex Engineering and Schneider Electric help the metro to standardise its process control ­architecture.

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PlantStruxure PES shines at Xperience Efficiency
October 2014, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric combines control applications, supervision and field devices under one ­integrated software platform.

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Omniflex replaces annunciator system for Shell
September 2014, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
When Shell Lubricants in the UK needed to replace an ageing process alarm system with SIL certified technology, it chose Omniflex to engineer a replacement solution based on the state-of-the-art Omni16R ...

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Control loop: Case History 138 - Bad actors.
September 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Alarm management has become a subject of interest in many plants. With the advent of computerised control and HMI systems, it has become extremely easy to put alarms onto control loops. Nowadays operators ...

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Automation of the brewing process
August 2014, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Instrumentation from Endress+Hauser optimises every step of the way.

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PC-based control
July 2014, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff’s Scientific Automation integrates robotics, measurement technology and condition monitoring into the standard control platform alongside PLC, motion control and safety technology. TwinCAT utilises ...

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Afrilek: Afrilek enhances customer service through tailored divisions.
July 2014, Afrilek Automation
Afrilek, providers of automation and electrical solutions, has spent the past few months developing its existing divisions, adding new elements to the business and appointing an industry expert to head ...

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Control loop: Case History 137 - The cycling pressure loop.
July 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering
I have written much in the past about the peculiar problems inherent to integrating processes. The most commonly found of these are level controls, but some pressure control loops, particularly those ...

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The re-invented high-bay warehouse
June 2014, Beckhoff Automation
Beckhoff’s TwinCAT 3 unites PC control and science for simplified cable robot operation.

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The automation challenge requires new approaches
June 2014
ExxonMobil’s Sandy Vassar talks of a new approach to automation at ARC’s Orlando Industry Forum.

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Systems Automation and Management
June 2014, SAM Systems Automation & Management
Upgrading existing automation solution for an efficient sorting line.

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Metso improves paper quality measurements
May 2014, Valmet South Africa, Flow Control
Brigl & Bergmeister enhances label paper quality with Metso’s latest control technology.

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PSY Systems - Arc guide stops burn
May 2014, PSY International
An ABB arc guide system installed on a motor control centre (MCC) panel by PSY Systems prevented an expensive plant shutdown for one of the company’s clients. It was during the installation process that ...

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Control loop: Case History 136 - Control valve with negative hysteresis
May 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Following on the theme of Case History 135, here is another example of what a really bad valve can do to contribute to problems in control loops. The example is of a loop controlling the reflux flow ...

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Reader feedback sent to Michael Brown
May 2014, Michael Brown Control Engineering
SA Instrumentation and Control contributing editor, Michael Brown, recently received some feedback on a loop optimisation article we published in the August 2013 edition. Since it is such a topical experience ...

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