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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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Complete Automation: A response to changing demand in the automation industry
June 2000, Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation asked customers what their biggest automation concerns were, and what follows are some of the most common replies were given.

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Instant Ethernet and Internet capabilty for Existing serial data equipment.
June 2000
The process control industry has grown in leaps and bounds. Product quality improvement is facilitated by the knowledge in realtime of production process parameters. This knowledge gives engineers and ...

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Plant maintenance management package rolls many functions into one manageable solution
June 2000, Automation Control Solutions
ValveLink Snap-on for asset management solutions (AMS) software, allows the user to monitor boiler temperature in the power plant, check the calibration of the mass flow sensor in the process line and ...

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South African branch takes on African responsibilities previously handled from outside of Africa
June 2000
From January 2000, Schneider Electric South Africa has taken over the responsibility of three new regions, namely Zambezi Africa, Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. This opens new horizons of ...

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Honeywell appoints distributor/technology partner in Ghana
June 2000
Honeywell Southern Africa has appointed CNSI Technologies as its authorised distributor/technology partner in Ghana. Based in Tema, the industrial centre of Ghana, CNSI will offer the full range of Honeywell ...

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New range of temperature controllers offers a complete solution to temperature control
June 2000, Rhomberg Instruments 2006
Rhomberg is offering a range of Thermoline temperature controllers. The new range offers complete temperature control with affordable, quality products. A variety of models, each incorporating a range ...

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System Intergrators: a vision for the future
May 2000
The primary focus of the Streamworks Group is on harnessing the benefits offered by industrial information technology in order to maximise production in South African factories, particularly those competing ...

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Sugar Industry clinches unique boiler design by CS Holdings in R38 million project
May 2000
South Africa's sugar industry has seen the first watertube fitted with a controlled superheater, utilising an integral 'sweetwater' condenser to provide spray water, installed, commissioned and tested ...

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Coal handling plant replaces scada system
May 2000
Industrial System Integrators (ISI) was commissioned by the Project and Technology Services (P&TS) department of Sasol Coal to handle the replacement of the scada software and related activities as part ...

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Control: perceptions versus reality
May 2000
When starting in-plant control courses I always ask the class members to give me their individual estimates as to how many of their loops they believe to be operating satisfactorily in automatic. In a ...

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CS Holdings
April 2000
Manufacturing and engineering companies now have access to software that will integrate their industrial control instrumentation with their business systems such as ERP, billing, wages and material management. ...

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Unusual control loops in a chemical plant
April 2000
During in-plant courses on practical process control the most interesting part of the course is always the last few days which are spent optimising live loops in the actual plant. Even with a powerful ...

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Measuring pH at the headbox in the paper making process
March 2000, PREI Instrumentation
Background The headbox is used to physically prepare the pulp stock before it is converted into paper by the paper machine. The pulp stock supplied to the headbox has a consistency of between 2 and 5% ...

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Alstom Automation
March 2000
Port Elizabeth's division of Alstom Automation is growing rapidly, along with the regional economy.    Alstom Automation covers the entire spectrum of factory automation. By integrating shopfloor automation ...

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Vital Systems
March 2000
Vital Systems is based in Witbank and services the Mpumalanga and Gauteng area. The company was established in 1996 and specialises in all fields of industrial automation covering the fields of electronic, ...

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Another valve with weird characteristics
March 2000
Figure 1 is the open loop test on the flow loop. It should be noted that as the valve appeared extremely linear with a nice fast response and was hysteresis free, the test was only conducted over a flow ...

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System intergrator's plans for growth in ever changing automation market
Jan 2000
Edenvale turnkey process automation supplier Craigcor Engineering has completed a restructuring phase that has repositioned the company in the ever-changing automation market. Established in 1980 as a ...

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System Integrator on the move
Jan 2000
Registered Adroit system integrator Calculus System Projects of Randburg, Gauteng, has joined the Production Information Technologies (PIT) Group in a move to focus on improving productivity and efficiency ...

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