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4 Bytes Automation: Product and system knowledge is critical
February 2013
4 Bytes Automation was formed in 2008 when its founding members – Sarel Theron and Christo Coetzer – committed to providing the food and beverage industry with a superior systems integration offering. ...

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Control loop case history 129: Incorrect level control strategies cause instability
January 2013, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Incorrect level control strategies cause instability.

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Tellap racks up higher production with Festo
December 2012, Festo South Africa
Tellap is a company that supplies recyclable plastic sleeves to replace the wooden pallets generally used to stack 1 ton bags of product with. The alternative is necessary as wooden pallets cannot be ...

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Abacus Automation: One-of-a-kind machine brought back to life for Element Six Hard Metals
December 2012, Abacus Automation, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Element Six Hard Metals is a leading manufacturer of special tungsten carbide tools for the mining, construction, tunnelling and other industries around the globe. The company owns a number of presses ...

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Invensys' real-time energy usage monitoring solution
November 2012
Dynamic performance measurement system improves energy and electricity consumption at Sasol.

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Automation and information solution for Morupule Colliery
November 2012, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Royal HaskoningDHV overcomes the problems of limited space and access during colliery upgrade in Botswana.

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PC and EtherCAT-based control for wind turbines
November 2012, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Beckhoff Automation
The integrated Beckhoff approach: everything on a single platform.

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Control loop case history 128
November 2012, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Why use a base layer control system.

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Moxa's wireless solution for the water industry
October 2012, RJ Connect
Active water pumping station control and alarm system.

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Foxboro upgrade at US paper maker
October 2012
Cascades Tissue Group achieves operating efficiencies with Invensys Operations Management solution.

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Autotronix: Excellence in design and implementation at water quality laboratories
October 2012, Autotronix
An Autotronix client, faced with an ageing laboratory infrastructure consisting of sampling lines that were a mix of copper, galvanised and stainless steel and a laboratory drainage system that spilled ...

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Fire prevention for mine vehicles
September 2012, Alien Systems & Technologies
What are the activation methods in use today on mining vehicle fire extinguishing systems?

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Wonderware optimises energy usage for Coca-Cola
September 2012
Recognising the need for an effective energy management strategy, Coca-Cola Swaziland (Conco) decided to investigate further.

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Systems Automation and Management: Upgrade old Siemens S5 control systems to the latest Siemens PCS7
September 2012, SAM Systems Automation & Management
Systems Automation and Management (SAM) has developed methodologies, using various products and engineering knowhow, to give its clients a control system upgrade without breaking the budget. Thus all ...

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Honeywell's APC deployed at MOL gas plant
September 2012
Hungarian gas processing plant demonstrates significant return on investment and profit increase using Honeywell’s advanced process solution.

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Honeywell project at Grootvlei power station
September 2012
Eskom reactivates power plant and reduces alarms with Honeywell solutions.

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National Instruments introduces NI LabView 2012
September 2012
LabVIEW 2012 accelerates success and improves the scalability of measurement and control systems.

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Safety command devices
September 2012, Countapulse Controls
Leuze’s range of electronic safety command devices has been expanded and is now available with a variety of EBS E-Stop buttons. The units can be supplied in housings that are suitable for mounting either ...

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Control loop case history 127
September 2012, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Reasons for severe control problems in mines.

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Automation for profit
August 2012, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
There can only be one justification for automation: Profit. But how do you detail that justification so that bean counters give your project the green light?

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