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Siemens - systems integration solutions and partnership for all industrial applications
January 2001, Siemens South Africa
Siemens needs little introduction to South African industry, as the company has had a presence here since the early days of electrical power generation. Today, besides being a world-class company, Siemens ...

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Latest comms technology commissioned at smelter project
December 2000
The system provides communication between a basestation and four remote sites capturing readings from measuring instrumentation

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Monitoring of power supply quality
December 2000
Building engineers need a complete picture of how the entire power distribution system behaves under abnormal conditions

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Implications of Microsoft.NET for scada
December 2000, Adroit Technologies
Look for a system where features such as clustering and redundancy are fundamental and built-in, not added by user-defined scripts etc.

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Linear-linked CNC centre keeps up a high production rate
December 2000
Flexline is particularly suitable for automotive manufacturers and their suppliers.

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SI completes Angola instrumentation contract
December 2000
B&W Industrial Technology, a division of Set Point Industrial Technology, has completed an electrical and instrumentation contract in Angola. The project for the upgrade of Unit 650 at Fina Refinery in ...

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System integrator to feature in future issues of SA I&C
December 2000
Over the last year, Inventory Technologies has been involved in a number of challenging projects across various industries. Some of these projects will be discussed in greater depth in forthcoming issues ...

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Open yet integrated enterprise solution
December 2000
System302 was built to connect with the SAP R/3 ERP system so the user's sales department may now know what delivery they can promise for a new order and see the progress of existing orders, facilitating ...

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Global supply chain management - it is all coming together
December 2000
While most manufacturers are focusing on improving the efficiency of their supply chains on a local level, there are many who have to do so on the international playing field while coping with the additional ...

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Systems integrator provides full range of product and services
November 2000
Contel supports GE equipment for OEMs or customers locally

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New graphical operator control interfaces
November 2000
GE Fanuc Automation has expanded its operator control station (OCS) family with powerful new graphics capabilities. Formerly incorporating a text-only display, the OCS - which features a fully integrated ...

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Saving valuable space on packaging machine plant
November 2000
An OEM of food packaging machines produces a variety of packaging machines. Each machine has a small operator interface and a PLC with 24 to 80 digital and analog I/O. On every machine, the electrical ...

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Full-function CPU card
November 2000
The PCA-6145B/L from Advantech is a full-function CPU card with VGA; Ethernet 10Base-T and other enhanced I/O interfaces. The card accepts an 80486 DX/DX2/DX4 or 5 x 86 processor and offers up to 32 MB ...

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Low-cost four-channel 12-bit analog input card
November 2000
The F0-04AD-1 option module from PLC Direct, supports up to four 0-20 mA or 4-20 mA current analog input signals for use in monitoring and control applications, or as a process variable for the PID loop ...

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The changing role of systems integrators in instrumentation in the process industry
September 2000, Endress+Hauser South Africa
The process industries could be considered to have come closest to the true meaning of the term 'information technology' (IT)

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Water for Africa
September 2000
Major water related electrical contracts totalling R26 million are in various stages of completion in Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Botswana, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda, Swaziland and Angola. The projects ...

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A growing system integrator - the ripple effect continues
September 2000
Having listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange last year, the supply chain management and industrial IT solutions company, Streamworks, has grown significantly. With CEO Russell Kleyn and COO Peter ...

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Mitech - ' We are in control!'
September 2000, Spirax Sarco South Africa
The 1980s saw a period of substantial growth in the South African manufacturing industry, with the launch of many new companies. The more innovative start-up businesses of that era have thrived and one ...

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Introduction to 'loop problem signatures' series
September 2000, Michael Brown Control Engineering
In response to the frequent requests for more detailed information on control loop problem solving, I intend publishing some of the information dealt with in our courses in the next series of articles. ...

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Solving problems in a gas mixing system
July 2000
During a recent control course presented in a South African continuous process plant, part of the practical work was spent in optimising a hydrogen/nitrogen gas mixing system A schematic of the mixing ...

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