Training & Education


Latest Articles

Manufacturing of the future
January 2009
In this paper Dick Hill looks at how manufacturers can strategise for a successful future

Read more...
The future of global automation unplugged
January 2009
In his keynote presentation on day one of the Mining, Manufacturing & Process Conference 2008 Jim Pinto used his in-depth knowledge of the industrial automation market and his forward strategic thinking to help alert delegates to the rapid changes taking place globally

Read more...
Alarm management as a winning strategy
January 2009, Adroit Technologies
In this paper Dave Wibberly looks at some of the motivators and best practices for alarm systems

Read more...
Mineral processing applications
January 2009
This paper examines the influence of two factors on the MES selection process

Read more...
MMP moments
January 2009
“I enjoyed the showcases and interaction with individuals”

Read more...
Design of slurry pipeline systems
January 2009
Paterson & Cooke will give two presentations of their annual course on the design of slurry pipeline systems in March 2009 at the Breakwater Lodge in Cape Town’s V&A waterfront. The course was established ...

Read more...
SMART Summit
January 2009
ApplyIT invites you to join us at the Didima Conference Centre in the central Drakensberg from 11 to 13 March 2009 for our annual SMART Summit. The theme for SMART Summit 2009 is Sustaining Excellence ...

Read more...
Annual Safety in Mining summit
January 2009
Amabhubesi Conferencing’s aim in hosting its annual Safety in Mining summit is to bring together key players and industry experts within the sector to share safety training techniques theories and models ...

Read more...
IDC Technologies workshops in February
January 2009
High voltage safety operating procedures for engineers and technicians18 February (Johannesburg), 20 February (Durban).    Practical centrifugal pumps17/18 February (Cape Town).    Practical mechanical ...

Read more...
MMP opening
January 2009, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Setting the scene Keywords: [acquisition, agile, alliance, best practice, control, crisis, debt, deflation, equity, lean manufacturing, loss, manufacturing, measure, merger, MMP, service industry, IT, ...

Read more...
Plant-level assset management
January 2009, Siemens South Africa
Keywords: [Asset management, condition-based maintenance, condition-based monitoring, control, instrumentation, KPI, load-based maintenance, OEE, plant asset management, ROI, savings, strategy, TCO, TEEP, ...

Read more...
Beyond MES and ERP
January 2009
The future of IT in mining and manufacturing operations. Keywords: [automation, convergence, ERP, implementation, integration, forward thinking, global, governance, human, IT, manufacturing business ...

Read more...
Applying active RFID in mining
January 2009
Keywords: [active RFID, blind area, last mile, mining] An active RFID tag is an electronic device that continually transmits information on a pre-set RF signal over a certain range. The tag comprises ...

Read more...
EtherCAT - the Ethernet Fieldbus
January 2009, Beckhoff Automation
Keywords: [CANopen over EtherCAT, Ethernet, EtherCAT, fieldbus, IEC 61508, IEC 61800-7-204, IEEE 1588, IEEE 802.3, jitter, line, realtime Ethernet, redundancy, SERCOS, servo drive, star, SIL3, topology, ...

Read more...
IT and controls engineering convergence
January 2009, Rockwell Automation
Keywords: [best practice, business process, challenges, collaboration, communication, competitive advantage, controls engineering, convergence, decision making, ERP, globalisation, innovation, integration, ...

Read more...
Sensor web enablement
January 2009
Environmental monitoring and process control. Keywords: [acid mine drainage, EIA, EMP, environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring, GEOSS, geospatial, GRI, instrumentation, interoperability, ...

Read more...
Security in industrial control systems
January 2009
Getting back to the basics. Keywords: [attack vector, backdoor, best practice, control system, denial of service, engineering, exploit, firewall, HAZOP, industrial control, malware, MMP, network, patch, ...

Read more...
SOA what?
January 2009
Andrew Duca – principal MES system architect, Honeywell Process Solutions, Phoenix, USA Neil Freeman – principal consultant Mining and Metals, Honeywell Process Solutions, Perth, Australia Siggy Drews ...

Read more...
High-tech multimedia tutorials
November 2008
Learn Foundation Fieldbus technology from the ground up using high-tech multimedia’s 'Foundation Fieldbus Concepts'. Click, watch, and listen as Fieldbus concepts are presented using multimedia technology; ...

Read more...
IDC Technologies workshops in November/December
November 2008
Leading your engineering team to top performance3 and 4 Nov (Johannesburg).    Practical programmable logic controllers (PLCs) for automation and process control3 and 4 Nov (Richards Bay).    Practical ...

Read more...



<< First   < Previous   Page 20 of 30   Next >   Last >>