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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

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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.

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Invitation
October 2004
An overview of the latest technology in thermal imaging

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Eastern Cape gets high tech roadshow
October 2004
Process control instrumentation continues to be a discipline that uses and continually develops products and tools that draw on the cutting edge of technology. Sometimes this development also requires ...

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Innovative solutions at Kroondal
October 2004, Information Security, Products & Solutions
In-house expertise at B&W Instrumentation and Electrical has resulted in the design and manufacture of innovative, purpose-built equipment to streamline operations on the company's 18-month electrical contract ...

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SSE lands big water-telemetry contract
October 2004, Information Security
SSE, through its black empowerment partner Excelcom, has landed one of the most prestigious and biggest water telemetry contracts in South Africa. Since the days of the formation of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan ...

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Single-source valve actuator contracts for Arabian Gulf plant
October 2004, Valve & Automation
Rotork's single source actuation abilities have been recognised with the award of a major contract for Fluid System and IQ electric actuators for a new onshore gas plant at Assaluyeh on the Arabian Gulf. ...

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A snail race
October 2004
Quoting from our last issue: 'Bhopal 20 years on - could it happen here?' Graeme Bell wrote: In May 2004, SA Instrumentation & Control contacted the press offices at Sapref, Engen and Sasol. We offered ...

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Bhopal, 20 years on - could it happen here?
September 2004, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control)
December 2004 is the 20th anniversary of the Union Carbide ‘accident’ in Bhopal, India. A methyl isocyanate leak immediately killed 8000 people and subsequently more than 20 000 deaths and 500 000 injuries have been directly attributed to the disaster that has been described as ‘The Hiroshima of the chemical industry’. Following on from last week's tragic accident in Secunda, we ask, "Could this happen in South Africa?"

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INSITE
September 2004
South Africa's first, new International Science, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (INSITE) will showcase those ideas, innovations, products, technologies, services and solutions that are set to drive South Africa and the rest of the world forward into the future

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Multimillion dollar automation contract for giant pulp mill
September 2004, Protea Automation Solutions
Veracel Celulose, a joint venture between Aracruz Celulose of Brazil and Scandanavian-based Stora Enso Oyj, has awarded Invensys Systems Brazil a multimillion dollar automation contract to supply Foxboro ...

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