As the year draws to a close, multiple factors compel the continuation of the Industry 4.0 theme and its challenges, particularly those related to governance. Many readers of this column, as well as social ...

Rather than focus on the digital transformation IT concepts through a technical lens, this article looks at them in terms of their implication on industrial operations.

Tillmann Olsen, chief executive officer of Bosch Rexroth South Africa, reflects on what the inauguration of the new Rexroth HUBB means for the fluid power and automation industry in sub-Saharan Africa. A ...

Hydraulic and Automation Warehouse (HAW), a member of the Hytec Group of Companies, now supplies 700 bar hose for use on hydraulic tooling. These hoses are lightweight and have high abrasion resistant ...

The range of Hengstler incremental encoders offers users optimum flexibility with an encoder available for every application. There are over 20 standard models from which to choose, including encoders ...

The magnetic sensing principle on ifm electronics’ new shaft encoders combines the accuracy of photoelectric encoders and the robustness of a magnetic system. The days of confusing type variety and encoders ...

The global CERN collaboration in Switzerland has found a missing piece in the enduring puzzle known as the Standard Model in Physics. Observation of the Higgs boson’s decay to bottom quarks marks an event ...

Telco’s high performance, self-contained infrared sensor series provides a total solution for pulp and paper applications. This industry poses serious problems for photoelectric sensors as the highly ...

In search of alternate methods for conducting safer inspections, the reliability engineer investigated how infrared inspection windows (IR windows) might be utilised.

DMaaS aggregates and analyses large sets of anonymised customer data that can be enhanced with machine learning.

To meet the requirement of an international customer, eDART Slurry Valves designed, tested and manufactured a vertical gravity sampler assembly (VGSA) for application within the minerals processing sector. Duane ...

Banner Engineering’s iVu series vision sensors are now available in models capable of colour inspections. iVu Colour sensors build on the inspection capabilities offered by other iVu vision sensors by ...

How can we measure the actual business value created in organisations by diversity amongst our workforces? Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa managing director Barry Elliott discusses.

Delta Ohm, part of the GHM Messtechnik Group of Companies, recently launched a range of anemometers that offer wind speed measurement of superior accuracy and that are particularly suited for installation ...

PC-based building automation from Beckhoff is characterised by its openness, reliability, ease of use and long-term product availability. In the revitalisation of the Eurotheum high-rise building in Frankfurt, ...