Honeywell launches IIoT-ready gas measurement Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016 New technology and software helps improve billing accuracy, equipment uptime and operator efficiency.
Successful control system cutover at Saudi Aramco processing plant July 2016, Emerson Automation Solutions For a complex of this size, an involuntary shutdown would mean great losses in production, which would negatively affect the company. In 2008, Abqaiq Plants team recognised potential challenges were on ...
Some things change, some stay the same July 2016, Iritron Alwyn Rautenbach shares his thoughts on Iritron and the evolution of the system integrator business in South Africa.
Rockwell Automation supplies control system for Umgeni Water July 2016, Rockwell Automation Rockwell Automation has supplied the control system that will automate one of the largest bulk potable water infrastructure projects in KwaZulu-Natal: Lower Thukela Bulk Water Supply Scheme, constructed ...
EtherCAT-Master CPUs for the Simatic world July 2016 “VIPA always thinks in terms of its customers and seeks solutions that did not exist before”. This statement is particularly true for the new EtherCAT CPUs. With completion of the development work on ...
PCS Global: Building an extensive footprint through differentiation July 2016, PCS Global PCS Global’s team has a combined engineering experience of 100 years, dating back to 1986. In 2012, the company was formed from a merger of ACS and Controllec, both operational since 2009. The company’s ...
Abacus monitors remote sites July 2016, Abacus Automation Abacus Automation was approached by a natural gas supplier to provide a solution that would allow remote monitoring of end customer sites. Prior to the implementation of this solution, the customer relied ...
Control system upgrade at RBCT stabilises plant-critical operations June 2016 The company equipment includes 5 tipplers, 10 stacker-reclaimers, 4 ship loaders and a number of high-speed conveyors. However, the existing terminal control system (TCS) no longer aligned with RBCT’s ...
Process optimisation through integrated condition monitoring June 2016, Beckhoff Automation In addition to the design and implementation of new systems, as well as modernisation of existing production machines, TAR develops system solutions in the areas of motion control and condition monitoring. ...
Scada Review 2016 June 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), SCADA/HMI The subject projects of this year’s scada review are each a worthy reflection of the effort put in by the respondent end-users, SIs and vendors. It is encouraging to see that even in these times of depressed ...
ABB Instrumentation for bleaching of pulp suspensions May 2016, ABB South Africa Unbleached pulp has a brown colour due to the remaining lignin of the mechanical pulp. As a result, the pulp requires bleaching to achieve the required quality for producing white paper.
Bleaching is ...
Control loop: Case History 148 - Discussion on a crazy control strategy May 2016, Michael Brown Control Engineering I have received some comments from Saul Mtakula, a control engineer originally from Zimbabwe but now residing in Canada, about one of my Case History articles, No. 126, published in 2012 under the heading ...
Counter engineered for simplicity and reliability May 2016 Suitable for a wide range of applications such as time control, position indication, control of rotation speed and batch counting, the Hengstler Tico 772 multifunctional counter is extremely easy to use. ...
