From the editor’s desk: Loop signatures and digital postage during lockdown May 2020, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News In this month’s issue, we publish the first updated version of Michael Brown’s Loop Signature series of articles, the material that forms the basis for his popular control loop training courses.
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Read more...From the editor's desk: AI is manufacturing’s new companion April 2020, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Artificial intelligence (AI) is not new. In fact, the ideas have been around since the 1950s when Enigma code breaker, Alan Turing, discussed the building of intelligent machines in a scientific paper ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Maintenance is the new cool Technews Industry Guide: Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation 2020, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News An interesting spin-off of digitalisation in today’s manufacturing plants is how it has elevated the maintenance department from obscurity to the status of primary organisational profit driver. Preventative ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Technology trends for 2020 February 2020, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Since no objective rules exist for determining the next big thing, prophesy-style articles are simply the opinion of their authors, and contradictory views abound. The market for commodities is a good ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: The power of 23 December 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Have you ever looked back on a year and wondered how you survived it? For the majority of South Africans, 2019 was such a year. It started benignly enough, cosily wrapped in the blanket of Ramaphoria ...
Read more...The IIoT edge is evolving January 2020, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News In its IIoT context, the edge is traditionally understood to be a kind of half-way point between the plant and the cloud. Physically hard to define, the edge acts as a repository for data collected from ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Emerson unveils its digital nexus at Nashville Exchange November 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Lal Karsanbhai, executive president Emerson Automation Solutions, launched this year’s American User Group Exchange with an announcement that positioned Industry 4.0 front and centre in the company’s ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Automation professionals need communication strategy too September 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News Catching the eye of a potential customer has become more difficult than ever thanks to the ethos of information promiscuity that defines the 21st century. It’s never been easy to stand out in a crowded ...
Read more...From the editor’s desk: Edge, cloud or both? June 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News In the illusory world of digital transformation, the question of where the applications will best be hosted often triggers a lively discussion. In particular, the cloud vs. edge debate has left many wondering ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Digital transformation is more than just technology May 2019, Technews Publishing (SA Instrumentation & Control), News While digitalisation offers new ways to increase operational efficiency, we see many companies battling to overcome the challenges. Particularly, they struggle to get past the ‘pilot’ stage, and are therefore ...
