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Asset management strategies for the food industry
May 2000
Food manufacturing challenges "return on assets" continues to be the key concern for small and large, local and multinational manufacturers in a broad range of market segments such as snack foods, corn milling, poultry, beef, vegetable and fruit juices and other products.

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SA scada increases presence in UK food and beverage market
May 2000, Adroit Technologies
Ushers Brewery of Trowbridge, UK, used the addition of a new mash conversion vessel as an opportunity to also implement a new control system; South African developed Adroit 4.1. Used extensively in the ...

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Scada for wet end chemistry
May 2000, Adroit Technologies
Wet end chemistry in South Africa is at world-competitive levels, thanks to Stanger-based manufacturer of ionic demand titrators, Lechintech. With 85% of the local market share, it can be said that paper ...

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Scada with 450 or more I/O
April 2000
Xycom SA used the Electrex 2000 exhibition to entertain and show the visitors to the stand a really good time and to create an awareness of the various products that they distribute. Citect the scada ...

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New process software integrates control, communications and information technology with productivity enhanced tools
April 2000
Think & Do Software has released "Think & Do Live!", an e-control product that integrates control, communications and information technologies with productivity enhancement tools. The software enables ...

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Using technology to clean wool
April 2000, Rockwell Automation
The wool scour industry - the sector responsible for removing grease and other foreign substances from raw, greasy wool - is under pressure, as the fibre faces increasing competition from synthetic ...

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User group conference a 'spectacular' success
April 2000
From 26 to 29 March, the cream of southern Africa's System Integrators and their end-users attended what was described by some as "one of the sub-continent's major events for discrete and process manufacturers". ...

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The viable end of the 'food chain'
April 2000
The old adage "running lean and mean" could not apply more aptly than in the processing of waste. This is an industry characterised by low value-add and yet of critical strategic importance in a sub-continent ...

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RAID subsystem
April 2000
Advantech's RAID (redundant array of independent disks) subsystem provides more reliable and larger capacity data storage than a single hard disk drive. Two kinds of rack mount RAID models are available ...

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A new paradigm for efficient and cost-effective gold mining
April 2000
Avgold's Target Mine has awarded Futuristix-Wonderware System Integrator, Advanced Software Technologies - Abraxas (AST-A) the contract for the development, integration and implementation of the mine's ...

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Robust photo-electric sensors
April 2000, Gail Norton Instrumentation
Telco’s photoelectric sensors have a number of key features: p Very small physical outline. p Immunity to contamination. p Insensitive to impact and vibration. p Easy alignment. p Wide range of applications. The ...

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Keeping in touch at SAB Rosslyn:one click away from information
March 2000
The detail of the supervisory standard extends to: *ontrol system tag naming, description and units of measure. *Supervisory display layout, hierarchy and control. p Access control. *Alarms and ...

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Anchored to an information-rich future
March 2000, Rockwell Automation
Commissioned in August 1999, the new dryer is huge, easily dwarfing the site's three existing dryers. Dryer 5 has a processing capacity of five million litres of whole milk per day and can produce up ...

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Mining Industry: asset management and optimisation crucial to survival
March 2000
Success or failure in the volatile precious metals mining industry is dependent on a variety of strategies covering the micro management of the costs of every aspect of the mining and raw materials processing ...

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Homegrown automation shows its abitities at Botswana salt pan.
March 2000, Adroit Technologies
Not even the remotest of locations on the African continent are immune to the age of automation. Proof of this reality can be found in the sophisticated South African developed supervisory control and ...

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Brick manufacturer runs a lean plant using local scada software
March 2000, Adroit Technologies
Witbank brick producer Tor Bricks is operating at full capacity to satisfy continued strong demand for its high-quality clay face bricks. Considering the recent closure of rival brick makers, together ...

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Scada software producer acquires advanced telephonic dialler for Windows.
March 2000
Wonderware has acquired the Scadalarm advanced telephonic dialler for Windows product from Fluid Solutions. Scadalarm is a Windows-based tele-phonic alarm dialling system that can link directly to Wonderware's ...

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Web server brings factory data to the browser
March 2000, Designs Unique
Intelligent Instrumentation announces the release of the iFactory Monitor, a new and unique way to monitor machines, equipment and processes on the factory floor. The software leverages standard Internet ...

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Scada should be spelt with two fs for fast and flexible
March 2000
Getting information quickly and reliably to and from the plant floor is the primary role of any scada and HMI system. A system where data transfer is slow because of bottlenecks runs the risk of losing ...

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ABB firmware ported to Linux operating system
March 2000, ABB South Africa
Many of the 60 000 people who attended Interkama 1999 saw ABB's current product offerings, as well as examples of innovative new technology applications in ABB's own "Think Tank." The Think Tank was ...

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