Control loop: Case History 142 - Report after optimisation exercise – Part 3. June 2015, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice This is the third article taken from a report which was prepared for various departments in a process company after some optimisation work was performed for them. (The other two articles were published ...
A sustainable star in South Africa May 2015 Paper and pulp producer Sappi has been producing high-quality dissolving wood pulp at its Ngodwana mill in South Africa since 2013. Valmet’s unique dissolving fiber line concept resulted in a flexible and sustainable solution.
Locally built spanner grinding solution is a winner Technews Industry Guide - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2015, Motion Tronic Every machine builder’s dream is to make use of the latest technologies to design and build a machine from the ground up – to do something that has not been done before. Using a Kuka KR6 R900 Agilus Robot, ...
Afrilek hosts partner roadshows May 2015, Afrilek Automation Leading system integration company Afrilek recently hosted very successful partner roadshows in Steelpoort and Witbank. This event marked the first time that the company has brought together all of the ...
Four-channel analog output module April 2015 Jumo’s range of mTRON T measurement, control and automation systems now offer a new feature in the form of a four channel analog output. With its universal input/output modules and flexible connection ...
Control loop: Case History 140 - Report after optimisation exercise February 2015, Michael Brown Control Engineering There is a particular continuous process plant in South Africa that takes base layer control loop optimisation extremely seriously. (Many other plants unfortunately do not, which to me is terribly sad.) ...
Force monitoring for manual presses December 2014 German instrumentation specialist, Burster, has introduced its new ForceMaster 9110 to monitor both complex and simple manual press operations in manufacturing and assembly processes.
The device monitors ...
Pervasive sensing changes the fundamentals of automation November 2014, Emerson Automation Solutions Wireless technology coupled with a reduction in the cost of sensor technology is driving a new era in industrial automation.
Rockwell Automation’s high-pressure mist fire suppression November 2014, Rockwell Automation The Rockwell Automation installations of automation instrumentation for controlling conveyor belt speed and sequencing can include a fire suppression system in the form of a Fogtec high-pressure water ...
Process Dynamics: Citect Scada used to manage South African wind farm November 2014, Process Dynamics Situated in the Eastern Cape, one of South Africa’s first wind farms can produce up to 27 MW of power which is mostly utilised by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. When it came to finding a solution for controlling ...
