Held annually in Nuremberg at the end of November, the SPS IPC Drives Expo is billed as the world’s biggest event for designers, manufacturers and end-users of automation and drives technologies. To quote ...
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There can only be one justification for automation: Profit. But how do you detail that justification so that bean counters give your project the green light?
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We have a packed issue again this month with plenty of useful industry and technology related articles. Jim Pinto puts forward a case for why Biotech will reach an inflection point in the next decade ...
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One of the highlights in SA Instrumentation and Control this month is an interview we did with Invensys’ Dr. Peter G. Martin at the recent X-Change 2012 User Conference held at Sun City this year. As ...
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Nico Marneweck, Yokogawa SA training manager, together with Technews director Jane van der Spuy, have selected Dinah Moche as the recipient of the 2012 Ray Beaumont Scholarship.    Over the past 10 years, ...
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As participants in the design and use of control systems are we risk averse or are we risk seeking? This question keeps me awake at night.
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Endress+Hauser, in conjunction with the SAI&C graphic design team, have come up with some lovely innovation for this month’s cover concept. To promote the latest advances in its extensive range of flow ...
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In a recent blog post, Automation World editor in chief, Gary Mintchell, commented on the relevance of findings in the contemporary report ‘Pursuit of performance excellence: business success through ...
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The full debate can be viewed online (video or audio podcast) at http://instrumentation.co.za/+c16219c
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Honeywell Process Solutions recently hosted a panel debate on the shortage of engineering skills. Held during its 2011 Users’ Group Conference (HUG) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the panellists ...
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The latest Control magazine list of top automation companies is out. Siemens, ABB and Emerson retain their positions in the top three by global ranking, while in North America; it is Emerson, Rockwell ...
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In his column this month, Jim Pinto reviews the automation industry of the past and prognosticates on some of the possibilities that could evolve in the future. “Today’s factories and process plants are ...
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