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30 technology companies leading the way in 2023
June 2023, News
Global technology intelligence firm ABI Research summarised the results of six recent Competitive Rankings in the just released whitepaper, 30 Technology Companies Leading the Way in 2023.

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A little piece of excellence
June 2023, News
Team Texpand, a Cape Town based community robotics team with ages from 13 to 16, has represented South Africa at the FIRST World Robotics Championships in April. They won first place in the THINK award. This goes to the team that is best at removing engineering obstacles through creative and scientific thinking.

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System integrator Abacus Automation is on top of its game
May 2024, Abacus Automation
Abacus Automation is one of the top Siemens system integrators in this country. SA Instrumentation & Control’s editor caught up with sales manager and director, Nico Erasmus to find out more.

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Case History 192: Drum pressure cycling.
May 2024, Michael Brown Control Engineering
I was asked to investigate a problem of a drum pressure control that was cycling badly in a distillation column in a petrochemical refinery. The control team had spent a lot of time trying to stop the cycle by playing with the controller tuning. All to no avail.

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Paving the way for way for ultra-fast sustainable computers
May 2023, Sensors & Transducers
The discovery of new quantum materials with magnetic properties are believed to pave the way for ultra-fast and considerably more energy-efficient computers and mobile devices.

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Ethernet to the field for process plants
May 2023, Endress+Hauser South Africa, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
Process plants today compete to produce more products with less waste, and thin profit margins require increased yield and quality.

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Beckhoff’s XPlanar greatly increases testing capacity and throughput
May 2023, Beckhoff Automation
In the Spring of 2021, Beckhoff began to completely rethink the way it carried out final inspections of I/O components. Its aim was to increase testing capacity and throughput significantly, even though many different types of terminals are produced.

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Connecting robot accessories to any industrial network
May 2023, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking
Robots need accessories to work efficiently. But what’s the easiest way to connect the accessories to factory networks? The easiest way is to use HMS Networks’ ready-made Anybus products, as RSP discovered.

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Case History 187 - Integrating or self-regulating or both?
May 2023, Michael Brown Control Engineering
It is vital, when optimising a control loop, to establish at the outset if the process is self-regulating or integrating, as not only do these two process types behave completely differently, but also they are tuned very differently.

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New flushing ring design
May 2023, Emerson Automation Solutions, Pressure Measurement & Control
Emerson has introduced the Rosemount 319 flushing ring with valve-integrated design, ensuring accurate differential pressure measurement and lower maintenance, suitable for a wide range of differential pressure applications.

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Simplifying documentation for the world’s smartest heavy industries
May 2023, Loesche South Africa , IT in Manufacturing
The LOESCHE plant management platform, powered by Kingsblue, saves you a huge amount of time by allowing you to navigate your documents through all levels of your plant with just a few clicks.

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Upgrading safety-critical alarms
April 2023, Omniflex Remote Monitoring Specialists
The Sasol chemical plant has undergone a series of infrastructure upgrades in recent years to replace ageing, outdated systems. Sasol engaged safety-critical alarm specialist Omniflex, which was formed as part of a Conlog management buyout, to provide the replacement systems.

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Following trends: What technology is worth your time and effort?
April 2023
Technology trends refer to the current and future developments in the field of technology that are expected to have a significant impact on various aspects of society, including the manufacturing industry. These trends are driven by advances in computing power, new materials, data analysis and artificial intelligence, among other factors.

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Loop Signatures 17 - How to make a bad valve into a good valve.
April 2023, Michael Brown Control Engineering, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers
People often have little realisation as to how badly a faulty valve can affect the performance of the control of the loop. So how can one make a real valve with its problems into a perfect valve? The answer is simple. One makes use of a technique called cascade control, whereby a second controller is used to control the flow of fluid through the valve.

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UJ and Schneider Electric launch 4IR Experience Room
April 2023, Schneider Electric South Africa, News
Schneider Electric and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment have officially unveiled the 4IR Experience Room, a first for UJ.

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Festo celebrates 50 years in the African market
April 2023, Festo South Africa, News
Festo has played a significant role in shaping the industrial landscape and improving the economy. Today, they have a strong presence across Africa. Their success can be attributed to their Process, Electric and Pneumatic Automation, as well as Didactic (technical education) business units that act cohesively to provide customers with single-source best-fit solutions.

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How to slash your energy consumption costs
April 2023, IT in Manufacturing
Through the development of new and advanced processes, LOESCHE’s vertical roller mills have undergone continuous improvement in their mechanical properties. The company is also renowned as a provider ...

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The rise of AI in manufacturing
March 2023, IT in Manufacturing
Every indicator suggests that ChatGPT is a major technological milestone and the beginning of something significant in artificial intelligence. But as a control and automation engineer, you might also wonder whether there are any immediate applications in manufacturing.

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Case history 186: Don’t always trust valve position feedback signals
March 2023, Michael Brown Control Engineering, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers
I recently encountered an interesting problem in a minerals recovery processing plant. The loop in question was a gas flow control to a burner. The operators reported that the loop cycled badly in automatic, and was very difficult to control manually. The C&I technicians had tried all sorts of tunings without any improvement.

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An innovative cobot
March 2023, DNH Tradeserve t/a DNH Technologies
The Franka Emika Production 3 is a highly innovative collaborative robot that is playing a key role in shaping the future of smart factories.

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