It is with deep sadness that the staff of Technews Publishing heard of the death of our dear friend and much esteemed colleague, Andrew Ashton.    Jon (Andrew) Charles Ashton passed away on Thursday, ...
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On the morning of 5 May, Africa Automation Fair opened its doors and delivered emphatically on its promise to be the largest most comprehensive showcase of industrial control technology in the southern ...
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Maintenance, Reliability, Operations, Asset Management, Asset Integrity, Asset Optimisation, Overall Equipment Effectiveness and a whole alphabet soup of TLAs and FLAs are enough to give any engineer a serious headache.
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The demand made of every plant manager and maintenance engineer in the current industrial climate is to reduce unscheduled plant downtime, extend the intervals between scheduled outages, and make the ...
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At this year’s Hannover Messe, Festo delivered a futuristic display of imagination to show how innovation inspired by nature could make a difference to the way things might work in the production environments ...
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In an economy that must compete globally, South African producers have to remain competitive in the midst of weak commodity prices, high energy costs, and ageing equipment operated and maintained by a ...
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Complacency could kill careers, co-workers and companies.
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The editorial team at SA Instrumentation and control is always delighted when we receive feedback in the form of letters to the editor. So, when control loop expert and resident SAI&C contributing editor ...
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The latest attempt at the land speed record is set to take place next year at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape. However, the goal of the Bloodhound project is not simply to exceed the current benchmark ...
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In his column this month, Jim Pinto predicts that the Internet of Things (IoT) will be instrumental in transforming the next decade. He and his fellow futurists believe that intelligent networks will ...
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What comes to mind when you think about these units of measure: one millimetre, one micron and one nanometre?
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Welcome back after the holidays and all the best for 2015 from the team at Technews. I trust you are all well refreshed after the December holidays and ready to face the challenges of the year ahead with ...
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