Tectra Automation resolves flight simulator challenges October 2018, Tectra Automation Simex, a South African company specialising in the fabrication and upgrading of flight training devices like flight simulators, contracted Tectra Automation to upgrade software, supply new hardware, and ...
Smart factory technology to power the Industry 4.0 revolution September 2018, Parker Hannifin Sales Company South Many areas of the industrial sector are undergoing transformation, as robots, vehicles and control systems connect to the Internet. This networking trend is enabling unprecedented levels of automation, ...
Electronic turbine overspeed protection has advantages September 2018, SAIMC Overspeed happens when there is a sudden loss of load on the turbine. The outwardly directed centrifugal forces are some of the strongest acting on turbines. Therefore, if the rotational speed is allowed ...
Increased quantity and quality of blends with Moore solutions September 2018, Moore Process Controls Ageing and obsolete control systems at a US-based producer of general and speciality grade polymers, was negatively affecting both throughput and the quality of blends. When Moore Process Controls approached ...
Digital future for food and beverage industry August 2018, Schneider Electric South Africa Food and beverage manufacturers face a wide variety of challenges in today’s demanding consumer climate, including changes in customer demands, product traceability, operations visibility and strict regulatory ...
Controlling the IIoT Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Schneider Electric South Africa How the Industrial Internet of Things is changing the role of the control engineer.
Aspects to consider when securing industrial automation control system networks Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, RJ Connect The most common examples are PLCs DCSs and scada systems. Such networks are known as industrial automation control systems. The main benefit of an IACS is that it allows greater efficiency by facilitating ...
Giving back control to RCL Foods’ Pongola plant July 2018, Control Software Solutions RCL Foods’ Pongola sugar mill is situated in northern KwaZulu-Natal and was operating a proprietary DCS that was installed in 1980. This obsolete and antiquated system resulted in unacceptable production ...
Modern electromechanical machine design June 2018, Parker Hannifin Sales Company South Engineers from the older generation will remember the days when machine design had to be based around catalogued electromechanical actuators. Variations from standard were rare, in addition to being expensive. ...
Ai2SA replaces HMI on legacy Mitsubishi A series PLC June 2018, Ai2SA Architects Integrating Industry (Ai2SA), which specialises in ‘optimally managing and scoping industrial systems projects’, was recently contracted to replace a faulty HMI on a legacy Mitsubishi A Series ...
Afrilek optimises boiler control at KwaZulu-Natal plant June 2018, Afrilek Automation UCL Company, a diverse agricultural operation based in Dalton, KwaZulu-Natal, has expertise in wattle bark extract exports, sugar cane production and pine lumber. The company identified a need to upgrade ...
Yokogawa’s alarm shelving capability May 2018, Yokogawa South Africa Alarm fatigue can desensitise operators to the extent that they may ignore a critical alarm with potentially disastrous consequences.
Yokogawa’s revolutionary network-based control system April 2018, Yokogawa South Africa Yokogawa’s unique portfolio for best-in-class scada solutions comprises of the versatile Stardom network-based control system (NCS), and the FAST/TOOLS supervisory HMI software platform.
Festo’s comprehensive asset optimisation, maintenance and energy efficiency solutions Technews Industry Guide: Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2018, Festo, Maintenance, Test & Measurement, Calibration Festo’s technical experts and efficient technologies ensure that machines and systems have shorter downtime, consume fewer resources and less energy. This leads to increases in the sustainability of production processes and overall company productivity.
