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RFID chosen for material handling solutions
March 2002
Rapistan Systems has integrated Escort Memory Systems' products to build complete tracking systems at John Deere and Lear Corporation. Rapistan Systems, also known as Siemens Dematic, is said to be the ...

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Hi-tech PLC solution for Botswana-based breweries
March 2002, Flexible Electronic Systems
Flexible Electronic Systems was recently commissioned to design and manufacture two applications for Kgalagadi Breweries in Gaborone, Botswana. The first phase of the project was to install and automate ...

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Limekiln upgrade exceeds expectation
March 2002
Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions has successfully completed an upgrade to the control system managing production activities at Sappi's Ngodwana Mill limekiln. Sappi's Jeff Hosking says the upgrade has exceeded ...

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Portable high-performance scopemeter
March 2002
Spescom MeasureGraph's ScopeMeter190 Series was designed to meet the needs of service professionals and electronic engineers involved in system integration of engineering, installation and second-line ...

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Scada user conference promises to be the best yet
February 2002
The conference will play host to 10 international speakers and will allow delegates a choice of over 50 workshops and 30 exhibitor stands to review

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Maximising alcohol recovery process at Sasol chemical industries
February 2002
Sasol Chemical Industries has appointed Honeywell Hi-Spec Solutions to install an Advanced Process Control (APC) system on one of its Alcohol Recovery Units. George La Grange, Senior Control Engineer ...

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Problems in a plant with no positioners on valves
February 2002, Michael Brown Control Engineering
During the two-day practical part of a course held recently in a large South African chemical plant, it was found that none of the valves had positioners on them. This is very unusual these days. The ...

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'Mission impossible' succeeds at giant Esso refinery
January 2002
The Esso Petroleum Company refinery at Fawley on Southampton Water is the largest in Europe. The refinery's 330 kb capacity supplies over 15% of all the oil products used in Britain, with 85% of its products ...

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Solutions in action at Continental Tyre SA
January 2002
Continental Tyre SA is one of the country's leading tyre manufacturers and has a high-volume tyre production facility in Port Elizabeth. The competitive world of tyre manufacturing involves complex and ...

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SI conference a huge success
December 2001
With over 65 delegates in attendance, the recent Futuristix-Wonderware's System Integrator conference was the largest of its kind ever held in southern Africa. The conference was held on 5-7 October 2001 ...

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Are there problems in the control loops?
December 2001, Michael Brown Control Engineering
Although this is appearing in the middle of the current series of loop signatures on digital controllers, I felt that it would be nice to have a change and write another article on some of the more interesting ...

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Hendrina power station contract for Siemens
November 2001
In a deal worth in excess of R35m, Eskom's Hendrina Power Station has awarded the control and instrumentation (C&I) refurbishment contract for Units 1 to 5 to Siemens. Additionally, the company also secured ...

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Electron IT profile
November 2001
Electron IT is a specialist division of Electron Technologies dedicated to providing simple, cost-effective and contemporary solutions in process automation. Harnessing its extensive process experience, ...

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Electron Technologies completes installation at Venetia Mine
November 2001
Electron Technologies has successfully completed an electrical and instrumentation installation at the secondary crusher on De Beers' Venetia Mine, 80 km west of Messina in the Northern Province. IMS ...

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Digital user interfaces
November 2001
Distramodal is offering its Model 350 digital indicator intended for use in general industrial weighing, system integration and process control. Available in a black powder-coated, die-cast zinc or brushed ...

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Modbus communication card
November 2001
Combining Modbus communication with the PAX series of panel meters enables a panel meter to display values, setpoints and reset values stored within the PAX meter which can now be accessed via RS485 Modbus ...

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Digital controllers: Part 4 - the I term
November 2001, Michael Brown Control Engineering
In the previous article in this series, it was shown that the main problem with the P only controller is the fact that it is not capable of eliminating offset between setpoint and process variable (PV) ...

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Merging control and information - Part I
October 2001, Rockwell Automation
It is crucial that production information passes rapidly from production software to enterprise-wide business applications

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Automating fibre-optics using motion and vision technology
October 2001
The system was based on the National Instruments' PXI platform along with MXI-3 for additional slot capability, and included National Instruments motion, vision, DAQ, signal conditioning, and LabWindows/CVI, a component of Measurement Studio

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CS Holdings efficiently carries out R5 million factory automation
October 2001
In a deal valued at over R5 million, JSE-listed CS Holdings' mining and manufacturing systems division, CS Systems Integration, has been awarded the factory automation contract for the Marromeu Sugar ...

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