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Nestlé Waters' Pure Life plant
August 2004, Products & Solutions
Nestlé is one of the world's largest food companies and Nestlé Waters is the world's largest bottled water company. Bottled water is one of the fastest growing sectors of the beverage industry, estimated ...

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Compact, distributed control system with integrated Ethernet
August 2004, Phoenix Contact
The ILC 350 ETH Inline controller from Phoenix Contact combines the advantages of a compact control system on the I/O level with those of an Ethernet network. Using the integrated Ethernet interface, ...

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12-channel sink and source digital output modules
August 2004
Advantech is offering its 12-channel ADAM-4056S sink type and the ADAM-4056SO source type isolated digital output modules. These two modules provide higher maximum load than any of the other ADAM-4000 ...

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New alarm management system launched
August 2004, Yokogawa South Africa
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has completed development of AAASuite, a comprehensive alarm management system that optimises and enhances process alarms issued by control systems. AAASuite improves operator ...

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Integrated solutions increase productivity by enabling the realtime enterprise
July 2004
Proficy allows information to be shared freely between business and plant floor applications, helping organisations to better plan, execute, and deliver to meet customer needs and improve their competitiveness

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Problems in the control of steel reheat furnaces - Part 2
July 2004, Michael Brown Control Engineering
In the previous Case History article, published in the May 2004 issue, some of the control problems encountered on the first visit to optimise two reheat furnaces in a steel plant were described. Open ...

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Control system makeover for DPI Plastics
June 2004
The time had come for an upgrade to the mixing plant, which was duly completed by Ana-Digi Systems in November 2003

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Altech Informatics to automate new super alloy plant
June 2004
Avmin Alloys (Avalloy), a division of African Rainbow Minerals (ex: Avmin), has awarded a contract for the automation of its new alloy plant to Altech Informatics, a wholly owned subsidiary of the multibillion ...

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RBF to supply new MV switchgear for Sasol
June 2004
Johannesburg-based RBF Technology was recently awarded a contract to supply new 6,6 kV Switchgear for the Unit 41 Plant and Instrument Air Installation at Sasol Secunda. RBF's managing director, Johan ...

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A smart approach to safety instrumented systems
June 2004, Automation Control Solutions
To help make operations safer and more productive, Emerson is extending the proven innovations of PlantWeb digital plant architecture to safety instrumented systems. The PlantWeb smart SIS is said to ...

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Extending technology for automated instrumentation
June 2004
National Instruments, a global leader in virtual instrumentation, recently released LabVIEW 7.1, a significant upgrade to that family of graphical development products. LabVIEW 7.1 extends Express technology ...

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Analog signal conditioner - deviation control/monitoring
June 2004, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
The Omniterm Universal Special Function Module suitable for special applications where mathematical computations are required on analog signals. The TFX accepts two 1 to 5 V or 4 to 20 mA inputs and provides ...

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Quo Vadis the role of the systems integrator
May 2004
With widely varying plant processes and improved (but more complex) control systems there will be a need to increase the skills of the SI engineers, making their services even more in demand by industry

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SI tip for laser distance sensors
May 2004, Temperature Controls
Baumer Electric, the suppliers and manufacturers of a large variety of sensors, has offered the following useful information on how to use sheet glass, acrylic (or any other transparent sheeting) as a ...

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Specialist Control Engineering - system integrator profile
May 2004
SCE was found in 1991 and has been involved with a wide variety of engineering solutions for plant automation, process- and telemetry control applications in various sectors of the industry. The company ...

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Altech Informatics now a Rockwell SI
May 2004, Power Electronics / Power Management
Altech Informatics, a wholly owned subsidiary of the multibillion rand JSE-listed Altech group, has concluded an agreement with Rockwell Software to become an official integrator of that company's plant ...

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AST Integrated Production Solutions
May 2004
AST Integrated Production Solutions (IPS), a business unit of the AST Group, has positioned itself to provide customised manufacturing consulting services based on its industry knowledge and experience ...

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Online automated production allocation solution
May 2004, Asset Management, Products & Solutions
SimSci-Esscor, an operating unit of Invensys, has announced the release of a new online automated production allocation solution that includes the newest version of its industry-leading performance-monitoring ...

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SI makes quality official
April 2004
Twelve years of compliance with international quality standards put leading safety manufacturer, MSA Africa, on a sound platform for achieving its latest SABS/ISO 9001:2000 listing. All companies listed ...

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SI strong on diamond mines
April 2004
Two high-profile contracts at cross-border diamond mines have been awarded to B&W Instrumentation & Electrical. In Namibia, B&W, in a joint venture with ABB Namibia, has started work on a coveted electrical ...

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