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New SI programme from Rockwell Automation
February 2012, Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation has launched a Recognised Systems Integrator Programme, along with a new online Partner Locator tool, to enhance the benefit of the company’s substantial Partner Network specialists. ...

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Optimising the cost of steam generation
January 2012, Yokogawa South Africa
The benefits of measurement in cogeneration and captive power boiler applications

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Kairos Control Systems: Taking systems integration one step further
January 2012, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Kairos Control Systems was founded in 2006 with the primary focus of harnessing the multiplicity of benefits offered by automation system products in order to maximise production in South African factories. The ...

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Control loop case history 123
January 2012, Michael Brown Control Engineering
I was recently requested to do a control performance audit on a mine situated in the Sahara Desert. The mine is run by expatriates from South Africa, Australia, USA, Philippines, France, Germany and Britain ...

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Cube Technologies assists with boiler control
December 2011
A successful Cube Technologies Australian project is now a client reference site. Australian Country Choice (ACC) is a vertically integrated supply chain organisation dedicated to the supply of high ...

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Autotronix: controlling and reducing energy costs at Silicon Technology
November 2011
Silicon Technology is situated at Ballengeich, south of Newcastle, in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The plant produces ferrosilicon, an alloy of iron and silicon, for the steel industry where it is used in ...

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SMS Industrial Services: turnkey solutions make life easier for customers
November 2011
Founded in 1999, SMS Industrial Services specialises in the supply of control systems and instrumentation engineering services from consultation through final commissioning and handover to the general ...

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Control loop case history 122: Boiler drum level control: Part 2 - controlling swell and shrink
November 2011, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Basic configuration and test results of three-element control

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Automation upgrade at Sebokeng wastewater plant
October 2011, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
Sewage effluent treatment capacity increased from 65 to 100 Megalitres per day with help from InTouch and the ArchestrA platform

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Schneider Electric SA talks water
October 2011, Schneider Electric South Africa
Advanced process control achieves energy saving in the water treatment industry. Globally, water has become a strategic resource. The specific challenges – such as access to clean drinking water, water ...

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Abacus Automation
October 2011, Abacus Automation, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA)
First of a kind integration for Umgeni Water. Umgeni Water is a purifier and distributor of potable water to the greater Durban Metropolitan and surrounding municipalities. The waterworks facility at ...

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Process Dynamics
October 2011, Process Dynamics
Extensive processing experience in the food and beverage industry benefits clients. In 1997 the hardware and equipment manufacturing division of Alfa Laval Automation was acquired by ABB, while David ...

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Control loop case history 121: Boiler drum level control: Part 1 - controlling swell and shrink
October 2011, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Further to my requests in this magazine for people to contribute control experiences of their own to these Case History articles, I am very pleased to introduce this two-part article by Etienne Wannenburg ...

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Human factors engineering
September 2011
Operator up-skilling key to prevent critical problems in the oil and gas industry. “Operators on oil and gas platforms need to interact with the process automation systems more reliably in order to reduce ...

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Tell-tale tail lights
September 2011, PSY International
PSY systems introduces visible speed indicating system for automobiles. The T3L from PSY Systems is a visible optical speed indicating system that contributes to road safety by allowing motorists to ...

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Streamlined control system design
September 2011, Rockwell Automation
Advancing technology and changes in industry standards have resulted in single-system platforms for safety and standard control becoming easier and more cost-effective to design, implement and maintain. ...

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Welkom Industrial Controls
September 2011
Keeping maintenance to a minimum with integrated solutions. Welkom Industrial Controls (WIC) recently upgraded the scada system of a major mining house from Wonderware’s Intouch to the ArchestrA System ...

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Systems Anywhere
September 2011
Tongon Gold Mine benefits from Systems Anywhere’s scada and Expert System. Randgold Resources is an African focused gold mining and exploration company with listings on the London Stock Exchange and ...

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Control loop case history 120 - Control loop optimisation: theory versus practice
September 2011, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Virtually all feedback control courses worldwide are presented theoretically. This is understandable, feedback control theory was largely developed back in the early 1900s by some of the world’s leading ...

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Printed component verification for pharmaceuticals
August 2011, Omron Electronics
Omron ensures saving and quality at Thornton & Ross

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