Pro-Flow purchases Torbar November 2004 Pro-Flow, a market leader in the supply of specialised orifice plates and other flow measurement and instrumentation equipment to southern African industries has purchased the UK-based Torbar agency.
Torbar ...
Accutronics to represent Nemic-Lambda PSU November 2004, Accutronics, Surveillance, Products & Solutions Nemic-Lambda was founded in 1979, and has since become a major international power supply manufacturer. A variety of power supply products and services are available: * DC-DC converters.
* AC-DC switch ...
Catalogue-based high service level distribution November 2004, RS South Africa The unique traits that identify RS Components as the leading catalogue-based high service level distributor in South Africa are primarily attributed to the company's significant worldwide presence. Its ...
Realtime information portal November 2004, Access Control & Identity Management GE Fanuc Automation, a division of the GE Infrastructure global business platform, has introduced a new realtime information portal solution for life sciences manufacturers, which helps companies capture, ...
Automation products in demand November 2004, Integrated Solutions, Entertainment and Hospitality (Industry) Elquip Solutions reported a significant response within the first month of its promotion of Hitachi Automation & Drives products. First to be launched was the Hitachi PLC EH-150 and Citect Scada system, ...
Engen Refinery responds November 2004 SA Instrumentation & Control thanks Engen Refinery for its response to the invitation extended to Sapref, Engen and Sasol to give their position on safety issues. See 'Safety measures at Engen'. Four ...
Secunda Branch November 2004 Editorial
This newsletter is your (Secunda SAIMC member) mouthpiece. We welcome any contributions, even if they are in the form of criticism. This will hopefully lead to discussions that will improve ...
Durban Branch November 2004 The August meeting was sponsored by Endress + Hauser. Colin Malan presented an interesting paper on instrument management solutions. Despite the evening being a really wet one, the turn out was good. ...
An overview of safety in the nuclear power industry October 2004 Automation and control systems as well as instrumentation have also progressed significantly over the last two decades and newer plants will inherently be much safer than was the case in the past, although there is still the human factor
PLC: standardise programming across platform using IEC61131-3: make multiplatform PLC project manageable October 2004 With all of the different PLC platforms available, maintaining competence in all of these can be a frightening and potentially costly exercise. This two-day course focuses on exactly how these languages are used and how they can 'mix and match' for the most appropriate solution to control problems.
Automation award goes international for 2005 October 2004, Phoenix Contact Inventive people with sparkling ideas who always wanted to build great machines can now participate in the educational competition 'xplore New Automation Award 2005'. This is the third time Phoenix Contact ...
Industrial Ethernet grows in global acceptance October 2004 Industrial Ethernet is fast becoming a worldwide standard - and South Africa has its Industrial Ethernet Forum with Malcolm Findlay (of Penmac), the newly appointed Chairman of IAONA South Africa.
IAONA ...
Urgent notice to CBI/Mitsubishi switchgear customers October 2004 CBI and the South African Police Services have uncovered an operation at the premises of GEM Switchgear regarding its Mitsubishi Progressive Super Series range of circuit breakers and earth leakage circuit ...
International Profibus conference a great success October 2004 The International Profibus Conference held at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, England, has been hailed as an outstanding success by its organisers, the UK Profibus Group. Over 100 delegates from across 20 ...
INSITE to bring international IST experts to our shores October 2004 INSITE - the International Science Innovation & Technology Exhibition - which will take place at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, between 1-3 November 2004, may be a local exhibition but it has global scope.
Themed ...
Enclosure Solutions awarded exclusive Emka distributorship October 2004 Enclosure Solutions has recently been awarded an exclusive distributorship agreement with Emka - a leader in the field of enclosure access hardware. Emka is represented in over 30 countries worldwide. ...
Second quarter improvements for automation group October 2004, ABB South Africa Leading power and automation technology group, ABB, reported that orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) continued to improve in the second quarter of 2004, reflecting improved ...
Futuristix signs distributor agreement with Crusader Systems October 2004 In its continuing quest to provide the SA industrial automation industry with increasingly comprehensive solutions, Futuristix has signed an agreement with Crusader Systems, the creators of CSense for ...
The other side of a circuit breaker supplier October 2004, CBI-electric: low voltage At a workshop held in Kyalami, Johannesburg, Circuit Breaker Industries, in association with ATC and African Cables (fellow members of the Reunert Group), recently launched the South African leg of its ...
