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CCTV illuminators integrated with VMS
December 2013
Raytec has integrated with Milestone’s XProtect video management system. This new range of Vario IP network illuminators is the first range of CCTV illuminators in the world ever to be integrated into ...

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Control loop: Case history 134 - Having fun with a positive lead on an integrating process
December 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering
One of the most interesting dynamics that can be found in the industrial control world is what is known as a first order lead on an integrating process. A positive lead integrator responds to a step change ...

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Process Dynamics: automating the processing of tailings increases bottom line for mine
December 2013, Process Dynamics
Tailings dumps and tailings dams or ponds are a common site in South Africa. In an effort to reduce their environmental impact and with the added benefit of additional downstream revenue, mines have increasingly ...

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Rockwell Automation addresses mining investment risks
November 2013, Rockwell Automation
According to Ernst & Young’s Business risks facing mining and metals 2012-2013, the following were the top 10 investment risks facing the industries in 2012:    * Resource nationalisation * Skills shortage * ...

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ISA-108 intelligent device management focuses on work processes
November 2013
A new standard committee, ISA108, will define standard templates for best practices and work processes based on information derived from intelligent field devices, including models and terminology, implementation guidelines, and detailed work processes.

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Right the Concordia
November 2013, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
SA master mariner leads the salvage operation.

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Plant-wide automation for crushers
November 2013, Valmet Flow Control South Africa
Metso delivers first class crushers and equipment for processing aggregates. A crusher for either stationary or mobile use typically comes with an intelligent controller (IC) system, giving it high availability ...

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WIC helps Harmony rework slimes dams
November 2013
Harmony Gold Mine recently embarked on a project to rework old slimes dams around its goldfields area after realising that improved refining methods would yield good profits. These dams are located in ...

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Saving water saving money
October 2013
KIT Wassertechnik of Switzerland develops environmentally friendly water utilisation systems for a wide range of applications. The company places particular importance on the use of rain and spring water ...

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Internally fitted industrial fire suppression systems
October 2013, Alien Systems & Technologies
Until recently, the traditional method of fire detection and suppression for buildings and rooms was confined to smoke detection and flooding by a fire suppression medium. These mediums were mostly in ...

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Welkom Industrial Controls
October 2013
Welkom Industrial Controls (WIC) was approached by Powertech IST after an investigation had established that there was potential saving to be made by automatically controlling the three Demag air compressors ...

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Control Loop: Case history 133 - Life is never dull for a control engineer.
October 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Following from the last Case History article, number 132, about interesting loops in a chemical plant where I do a lot of optimisation, here are a few more examples of interesting loops.    The basics of ...

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EtherCAT synchronises the ­movement of 1216 servo axes
August 2013, Beckhoff Automation
‘Kinetic Rain’ a perfect symbiosis of technology and art at Changi Airport, Singapore.

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Road traffic signal control
August 2013, Allpronix
Application overview For road and highway systems the safe and efficient flow of traffic through intersections is paramount. Traffic is controlled at the intersection of roads by traffic lights and traffic ...

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Emerson integrates fuel moisture sensor
August 2013, Emerson Automation Solutions
Integrated Ovation control system solution increases the performance of biomass fuelled power plants.

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Autotronix: Providing Ezakheni and Ladysmith with a high quality constant water supply
August 2013, Autotronix
Ezakheni water treatment plant had fallen into a state of disrepair resulting in a frequently interrupted supply of inconsistent quality water to its consumers in the Ezakheni and Ladysmith areas in KwaZulu-Natal. ...

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Control loop: Case history 132 - Interesting days in a chemical plant
August 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering
One of the things I enjoy most in my working life is optimising base layer control loops in plants in the chemical, petro-chemical and paper industries. There are several reasons for this, but chiefly ...

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Condition monitoring and reporting in a crushing plant
July 2013, Valmet Flow Control South Africa
Metso DNA and its information platform prevent breakdowns and unscheduled maintenance.

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Royal HaskoningDHV’s Expert System at Fisantekraal
July 2013
Advanced decision support system for new wastewater treatment works in the Western Cape.

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Schneider Electric Smart Water solutions
July 2013, Schneider Electric South Africa
New tools for design optimisation of intelligent water architectures.

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