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From the editor's desk: Should we put everything online?
April 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
‘Connectivity is good’ is the fundamental premise that underpins the IIoT and the ideas of the fourth industrial revolution. There is now enough data to verify that interconnected industrial networks ...

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From the editor's desk: Prescriptive maintenance drives top performance
Technews Industry Guide: Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
The interconnectedness of the IIoT has changed the traditional inspection-based approach to plant maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). But, since every plant is still different, their MRO requirements ...

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From the editor's desk: Packed events calendar set to sizzle
March 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
April: Wonderware X-Change; May: Rockwell Automation University; June: Africa Automation Fair Over the next few months, the local automation calendar has a banquet of world-class conferences in store ...

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From the Editor's desk: Automation vendors respond to disruption in the market
February 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Led by a crash in the oil price, the global contraction in commodity demand has forced many of the major automation suppliers to refocus operations in an effort to protect their businesses against the ...

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From the editor's desk: Skills, standards and the Africa Automation Fair
January 2017, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Welcome back and all the best for 2017 from the team at SA Instrumentation and Control. We trust the December holiday has left you refreshed, invigorated and ready to face a new year of challenges as ...

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From the editor's desk: A year of turmoil and achievement
December 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
For most South Africans, 2016 got off to a rocky start and many, including myself, believed that things would deteriorate even further. At the beginning of January, global stock markets plummeted in a ...

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From the editor's desk: My colleague the cobot
November 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Modern industrial robots have distinct advantages over humans in terms of physical strength and longevity, and they are ideal for performing repetitive tasks with a degree of speed and precision that ...

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From the editor's desk: Can an open systems magician pull a DCS out of the hat?
October 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Heard at the recent ARC industry forum in Orlando, the call by ExxonMobil for a more open control system architecture laid down a challenge to traditional thinkers in the area of process automation. ExxonMobil’s ...

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From the Editor's desk: Safety systems and IT in manufacturing highlighted in September
September 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Two of our most popular and topical features run together in this issue. Safety is top of mind at all well-run manufacturing facilities, mostly because it is just so much more efficient, for both personnel ...

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From the editor's desk: The EtherCAT Technology Group is coming to town
August 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
EtherCAT took the Hannover Messe by storm when Beckhoff first introduced it in 2003. Virtually the entire industry visited the company’s booth that year to see what this blindingly fast, yet uncompromisingly ...

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From the editor's desk: Transforming assets into intelligent networks of profitability
Technews Industry Guide - Industrial Internet of Things 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
The fourth industrial revolution will most likely progress through gradual evolution, rather than the sudden cataclysmic disruption of a Brexit event, by contrast. Whether you label it Industry 4.0, ...

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From the editor's desk: Is automation at a crossroads?
July 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
There is little doubt that the concepts of the Industrial Internet of Things have the potential to change the face of manufacturing, but it may take more than just a cursory ‘nip-and-tuck’ to restore ...

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From the Editor's desk: X-Change 2016 with an IIoT message
June 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
Two things always stand out for me at Wonderware Southern Africa’s annual X-Change. Firstly, the infectious energy that radiates from delegates and organisers alike; and secondly, the world-class professionalism ...

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From the editor's desk: Emerson Certainty guides Brussels Exchange
May 2016, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News
“Our world just got turned upside down,” are the words Emerson Process Management boss Steve Sonnenberg chose to open the keynote address at this year’s Emerson EMEA User Group Exchange in Brussels. For ...

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