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Compact PLCs - a 25-year all-round success story
May 2004
Circuit Breaker Industries is the authorised distributor of Mitsubishi Electric products in sub-Saharan Africa and is proud to be part of the growing success of this key market player. This year represents ...

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Slim industrial panel PC
May 2004, Phoenix Contact
The Panel PC OPC5318 is a compact combination including three free slots and a reliable design that is very slim - made possible by an optimised heat balance within the compact housing. The reduction ...

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Largest Profibus FDT/DTM system in SA
May 2004, Endress+Hauser South Africa
Mondikraft's Richards Bay mill is to implement some of the latest control system technology to enhance the intelligence of field instruments used in its RB720 project, scheduled for commissioning in the ...

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Small footprint PLCs
April 2004
The DirectLogic05 (DL05) and DirectLogicL06 (DL06) micro programmable logic controllers (PLCs) families are versatile product lines that provide a wide variety of features in a compact footprint, are ...

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New controller suitable for baking ovens
March 2004
For automatic baking ovens used in smaller bakeries, food stores or service stations the Jumo iTron 04B controller - supplied locally by ASSTech Process Electronics & Instrumentation - offers easy and ...

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I/O board features extended operating temperature range
March 2004, Information Security, News & Events
The PC104PLUS-30I multifunction I/O board features 16 analog inputs, four analog outputs, three counter/timers and 24 digital input/outputs. Overall analog input sampling speed is 100 kHz with 14 bit ...

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Environmentally friendly solution to smoke containment
Feb 2000
The last step in an engine assembly process is 'burn-in' on a test stand. Each engine is connected to a dynamometer and run for a period of one to five minutes. Residual engine oil on the head produces ...

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Universal controller for distribution automation
February 2004, Phoenix Contact
The Inline Controller CPU from Phoenix Contact is a new kind of modular compact controller, enabling the controller intelligence to be integrated into the Interbus Inline station. The ILC 200 UNI Inline ...

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7-digit controller/PLC
February 2004, Timecount
Timecount is offering the TCT500 7-digit controller/PLC from Pixsys. The device has up to 10 digital inputs (mV/V), 10-bit or 16-bit for thermocouple/TRD/loadcell (0 to 10 V/4 to 20 mA), four analog inputs ...

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A PLC/PAC made in South Africa
January 2004, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
The new P3 CPU dubbed the 'PAC' (process automation controller) now caters for complete process automation featuring a 32 bit processor and IEC standard programming

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PLC and PC functionality combined
January 2004
Today, programmable automation controllers (PACs), such as NI Compact FieldPoint, provide a new option for implementing industrial data acquisition systems. PACs combine the best features of the PC, including ...

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Low-cost PLC and HMI with accessories
January 2004, Flexible Electronic Systems
As a follow up to the FAB Giant smart relay, a new control product has been released with some added features. Unlike its predecessor, the super relay from Flexible Electronic Systems is expandable up ...

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Two new controllers
January 2004
Foxboro Automation Systems has introduced two new high-performance, optionally redundant/fault-tolerant controllers for Invensys' flagship automation platform - the I/A Series system. The new I/A Series ...

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Rationalising PLC multi-axis control
January 2004
Traditionally, CNC machines have been controlled by dedicated, multi-axis control modules. These dedicated modules were expensive and specifically designed for their particular function. The machine peripheral ...

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Modbus bridge functionality on the industrial serial device
January 2004, Security Services & Risk Management, Residential Estate (Industry)
The EtherPAD Lite is a single port serial device server providing a software selectable RS232, RS422 or RS485 serial interface and a 10/100BaseT Ethernet interface. It can be used as a standalone, DIN ...

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Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC) - a new way of thinking
January 2004
I kid you not when I say that Daniel Coetzee's eyes 'light up' when he starts to describe GE Fanuc Automation's new Programmable Automation Controller Systems (PACSystems). His passion for the product, ...

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Logic controllers work with off-the-shelf HMI
December 2003, Temperature Controls
MTL has created a new business unit called MOST (MTL Open System Technologies), which introduces two new open system control products for process industry applications: the MOST Logic Controller and the ...

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Controllers open up new applications
December 2003, Festo South Africa
Two new variants of IPC FEC Standard front-end controller from Festo are set to open up new applications and consistently expand the easy to install, time and space-saving FEC range. Whether used as ...

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AS-i controllers with fieldbus interface
December 2003
IFM Electronic's AS-i Controller-E family can be supplied with a fieldbus interface or as a standalone version. Two versions can be obtained with one or two AS-i masters allowing a maximum of up to 124 ...

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Reporting systems and OPC servers
December 2003, Products & Solutions
Interfacing plant and machine control systems with reporting systems is a fairly complex issue that eTX Data Services simplifies - by breaking the solution into the three major parts listed below. ...

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