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AMR Automations
September 2005
AMR Automations was established in 1996 focusing on factory automation using PLCs and scada. As a value-added systems integrator today, AMR Automations has strengthened its foundations and sharpened its ...

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Reitz silo upgrade
September 2005, Ana-Digi Systems
Silo owner and operator, Vrystaat Koôperasie Beperk (VKB), with its head office based in Reitz, recently upgraded its Reitz silo interlocking system to an LG GLOFA PLC, supplied by LS Industrial Systems ...

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Premier Foods Salt River Mill upgrade
September 2005
Premier Foods Salt River Mill has been running for more than 30 years. Essentially the mill converts wheat into flour and is attached to a large Blue Ribbon bakery. The original PLC system architecture ...

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Industrial tablets
September 2005
Futuristix is offering a line of integrated hardware, software and services from Wonderware that combines hardware, InTouch 9.0 HMI software, plant communications capabilities and support services. These ...

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GijimaAst completes copper mine control system upgrade
August 2005
GijimaAst has successfully completed a control system upgrade of Mopani Copper Mine's Cobalt Roaster plant utilising the Siemens PCS7 V5.2 control system and replacing the Foxboro Spec 200. The previous ...

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Reliable silo levels with a PC network
July 2005, VEGA Controls SA
The increased reliability and accuracy of the measurement at RPC Containers has meant the system is now an integral part of material control for this site

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Humidifying control system for eco-friendly cement plant
July 2005, Designs Unique
Designs Unique, a Johannesburg-based company specialising in data acquisition projects, was recently commissioned to install a laboratory humidifying system at the Lafarge Bamburi Cement plant in Mombasa, ...

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New enterprise integration application
July 2005
At a recent series of breakfasts, Futuristix announced the immediate availability of the Production Event Modules and the Wonderware Enterprise Integration Application, as well as the imminent release ...

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New industrial IT system launched
June 2005, ABB South Africa
ABB South Africa, part of the leading power and automation technology group, recently announced the launch of the new release of its Industrial IT Extended Automation System 800xA. "The new functional ...

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Data management in the automotive industry
May 2005, SAM Systems Automation & Management
The new data management system is user-friendly and does not require any special system expertise

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Minimising downtime at a chrome furnace
May 2005
When one is faced with the task of improving and optimising the production of a chrome furnace, it is rarely to be achieved by looking for areas that may be improved in the PLC network and scada software ...

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Second Kroondal contract for B&W
May 2005
B&W Instrumentation and Electrical is on schedule to complete its second major contract within two years at AQP (SA)'s Kroondal Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, this time at the mine's new UG2 concentrator. ...

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SIs respond to invitation from automation software giant
May 2005
Invensys/Wonderware reports that its introduction of the ArchestrA industrial framework and its Industrial Application Server (IAS) in January 2003 had a profound effect on the industrial automation industry. ...

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HMI becoming the key to integrated automation
May 2005, CBI-electric: low voltage
Circuit Breaker Industries (CBI) has launched the E1000 series of operator terminals. Boasting the latest in ergonomic design, flexibility, performance, hardware and software, the series is believed to ...

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Combining automation with communication
May 2005, CBI-electric: low voltage
CBI has launched MX4, a powerful, scaleable solution that addresses today's trend towards seamless integration by successfully combining industrial automation with communications technology. Mitsubishi ...

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Release 3.06 of production control system
April 2005, Yokogawa South Africa
Release 3.06 of the CENTUM CS 3000 R3 Integrated Production Control System features improved integration with safety systems and other production control systems

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Cost and energy savings for Assmang
January 2005, Rockwell Automation
The Maximum Demand and Energy Management system is structured around an Allen Bradley ControlLogix 55L63 ControlLogix PLC (programmable logic controller) system combined with state-of-the-art Allen Bradley Power Monitor 3000 units

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Value-added automation solutions
December 2004, Products & Solutions
AMR Automations is a software engineering company specialising in the development of value-added automation solutions for the pharmaceutical, storage and warehousing, materials handling, food and beverage ...

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Integrated production control system
December 2004, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has developed CENTUM CS 3000 R3 Release 3.05, an upgraded version of its flagship integrated production control system featuring enhanced functionality, including remote ...

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Poor control performance is a worldwide phenomenon
December 2004, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Based on my experience in every one of the several hundred plants where I have performed optimisation, less than 5% of all loops in automatic operate at all effectively. ...

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