Digitalisation drives compressed air system development Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Siemens South Africa German company, Otto Boge (Boge), develops compressed air systems for which it offers an extensive portfolio of components, machines and complete plants. To increase the efficiency of its production, ...
Industrial cybersecurity risk assessment and management Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Proconics Since the acceptance of the various IEC62443 modules as national standards: SANS62443-2-1/4, SATS62443-1-1 and SATR62443-3-1, there has been confusion about the requirements, methodologies and implementation. ...
High-performance rackmount computers for Industry 4.0 Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, RJ Connect With more and more companies implementing IIoT applications, the demand to connect hundreds or thousands of devices to industrial automation systems has increased dramatically. Moxa’s DA-720, a high-performance ...
SHEQ document reporting in real-time Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0 While the manual compilation of a Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) documentation report can take up to 20 man hours, Passport 360 can potentially slash this to an astonishing three minutes.
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How the food and beverage industry could benefit from blockchain Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Schneider Electric South Africa Advances in blockchain technology could enable the food and beverage industry (F&B) to enhance traceability. In the US alone, food recalls and food-borne illnesses cost some $77 billion per annum, including ...
MiX Telematics supplies fleet management solution Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0 MiX Telematics, a leading global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions, has announced that its channel partner in East Africa, A&S Electronics, has been awarded a tender to supply a water ...
Bridging the gap to the Industrial Internet of Things Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, Adroit Technologies The Adroit Enterprise IIoT platform is a customisable software platform that enables users to deploy and integrate cloud-based sensor data with normal telemetry data using protocols such as MQTT, Sigfox ...
IT services for manufacturing. Here’s how and why July 2019 Traditional IT services all follow the same principle, similar types of services are bundled and offered as a single service i.e. infrastructure services that include all your hardware inside (sometimes ...
Africa must collaborate on 4IR July 2019 This thought leadership piece was first given as a keynote address by the chairperson of the ICT Sector Council, Andile Tlhoaele, at the International Association of Science Parks and the Areas of Innovation’s Africa Division workshop, hosted by The Innovation Hub.
Intelligent industrial devices for automation July 2019, RS South Africa RS Components has introduced Kunbus to its supplier portfolio, a specialist developer of intelligent communications modules, including fieldbus and industrial Ethernet based devices for a range of automation ...
Open-source cloud IoT in a box Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, BiTiD biTid has galvanised the IoT software sector by bringing to market a scalable, open-source IoT cloud platform, developed in South Africa. The platform source code is freely available for download from ...
Digital transformation status and progress in process industries June 2019 Industry research indicates that there has been more than 75% of the process industry participating in Industry 4.0 technology evaluation or pilot projects, there is still less than 25% of the industry moving beyond the pilot phase.
Faster results with a digital twin June 2019, Siemens South Africa The high-tech company Grenzebach’s portfolio includes the simulation of material flow in complex plants in the glass industry, which it achieves using Siemens simulation solutions. Together, the two companies ...
Planning for digital transformation May 2019 As we’ve learned, digital transformation can be a challenging, if necessary, journey. At each year’s Forum, we learn more about how pioneering companies are overcoming these challenges and the associated ...
Paving the way for IIoT Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Phambili Interface Phambili Interface is the sole southern African distributor for Weidmuller connectivity and interface products. A highlight is the perfectly coordinated Weidmuller u-Mation portfolio, which paves the ...
Barrier-free communication from Zone 0 to the cloud Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Beckhoff Automation Founded on PC-based control, Beckhoff’s automation systems are ideal for implementing connectivity in production environments in line with current IIoT concepts. Because of their interoperability, openness ...
