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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
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 South Africa, Flow Control
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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New I/O modules and extended ­functions in the SafetyBridge system
July 2013, Phoenix Contact
The new SafetyBridge I/O modules from Phoenix Contact expand the network independent SafetyBridge system in terms of flexibility, functionality and application areas. The new modules include a safe input ...

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EtherCAT in a tidal turbine energy application
July 2013, Beckhoff Automation
Scotrenewables uses integrated control solution from Beckhoff Automation to prove its revolutionary tidal generation concept.

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Hybrid Automation: Reel-to-reel success on Afripack upgrade
July 2013, Hybrid Automation
Afripack is a progressive packaging company that supplies high-quality packaging products to the southern African and related markets. The product range includes paper sacks, shrink and stretch sleeves, ...

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Afrilek Automation: A total solutions partner
July 2013, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Founded in 2005 by managing director, Grant Douglas, Afrilek is based in Meadowdale, Germiston with satellite offices in Cape Town, Durban and Namibia. Douglas is supported by sales director, Pregs Naidoo, ...

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The perfect fit
June 2013, Adroit Technologies
Adroit Technologies delivers cutting-edge and value for money technology.

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Honeywell to automate systems at Finnish biomass plant
June 2013
Honeywell has announced that it will provide a comprehensive automation solution for a new steam production plant in Finland. The contract, awarded by environmental management specialists Ekokem, covers ...

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Clean water project by Royal HaskoningDHV
June 2013
Control and instrumentation ­solution for Mhlathuze Water.

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Making the case for control systems migration
June 2013
As the control system end users gathered at ARC Advisory Group’s recent World Industry Forum in Orlando for the third in a series of annual workshops on the topic of control system migration, it became ...

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Control loop Case history 131 - The myth: Loop cycling is due to bad tuning
June 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering
I have performed loop optimisation in hundreds of plants in various countries and there are many myths and misconceptions that are common to them all. The worst is that all loop problems can be solved ...

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On the road to autonomy
April 2013, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
Your next car could drive you round the bend – or anywhere else you care to go – without a driver behind the wheel.

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Plant-wide Metso DNA automation
April 2013, Valmet South Africa, Flow Control
Bring the crushing plant to your fingertips.

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