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Company aims to expand AI, IIoT development through acquisition

9th February 2024 Automation company ABB announced its agreement to acquire a majority of software service provider Meshmind last month with the aim of expanding its research and development (R&D) capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), Industrial Internet-of-Things (IoT) and machine vision. Through this... →

Multi-core, multi-tasking solution for motion control

9th February 2024 Automation company Beckhoff’s next generation TwinCAT MC3 is equipped with the features of the previous TwinCAT NC2 motion control solutions, along with a modular design among other features. The TwinCAT MC3 can be operated in parallel with NC2 and MC3 axes can be coupled to existing NC2 axes.... →

Photo by Beckhoff Automation
NEXT GEN The TwinCAT MC3 combines features from the previous TwinCAT NC2 with a modular design and improved features

Analyser offers high performance at low cost

9th February 2024 Gas analysis company Servomex’s feature-rich Servotough Oxy 1900 digital oxygen analyser is specifically designed for hazardous area use and delivers high performance with a low cost of ownership. “[Our] innovative oxygen analysis sets new standards of flexibility, stability and reliability with... →

Measuring is knowing

9th February 2024 In any control and instrumentation (C&I) project, the ultimate goal is to pinpoint the essential process variables and ensure their precise measurement. Accurate measurement of these identified variables is the linchpin of process control, enabling operations personnel to make informed decisions... →

Partnership to facilitate process technology development, broaden product range

9th February 2024 Sensor company SICK and measurement and automation technology specialist Endress+Hauser are aiming to enter a strategic partnership to broaden Endress+Hauser's product range, enhance SICK's process automation business segment and advance SICK’s process technology. The joint memorandum of... →

An image of SICK executive board chairperson Dr Mats Gökstorp

MATS GÖKSTORP Through working together, Endress+Hauser and SICK can capitalise on emerging opportunities

Society encourages individuals to keep up with automation

By: Leah Shelene Asaram 17th February 2023 Despite the loss of 1.7-million jobs, owing to automation, the ‘The Future of Jobs 2020’ report predicts that automation will create about 97-million new jobs globally by 2025; it is, therefore, important that individuals continuously improve their skills sets to keep pace with the advancement of... →

An image of SAIMC director and CEO Johan Maartens

JOHAN MAARTENS “The traditional approach to instrumentation and control is to measure parameters of a process, and by various control algorithms, ensure that the parameters remain within the specifications set by the process as designed” – Johan Maartens

Company expands footprint in smelting industry

By: Leah Shelene Asaram 17th February 2023 Pressure, temperature, level, flow and force measuring technology company WIKA South Africa is expanding its footprint in Africa to provide instrumentation solutions for ore smelting operations. WIKA’s instrumentation solutions are used for measurements under high-pressure conditions of up to 8... →

An image of WIKA's export area sales manager Marius Britz

MARIUS BRITZ "WIKA prefers to focus on the resolution of application and industry challenges, therefore creating value for the customer such as improved optimisation, reliability and availability" - Marius Britz

New ecofriendly blaster instrument introduced

By: Leah Shelene Asaram 17th February 2023 High-quality corrosion instrumentation supplier BAMR introduced the ecofriendly Bristle Blaster Cordless instrument – a product of blasting solutions company MontiPower – to the local market in April last year. BAMR is the Southern African distributor of the Bristle Blaster range including the... →

Noncontact temperature measurement vital for cement industry

By: Claire O'Reilly 18th February 2022 Industrial infrared sensors and systems for noncontact temperature measurement are vital to the cement industry and can be employed throughout a plant for process monitoring and predictive maintenance, says automation and control product sales and engineering services company R & C... →

Society aims to bridge graduate skills gap for industry

By: Claire O'Reilly 18th February 2022 With the development of control devices and systems changing and migrating to smart technology in preparation for artificial intelligence (AI) for easier maintenance and faster responses, there is a significant skills gap between the expertise needed for this transition, and the curricula of... →

Newly built facility to cater for calibration market

By: Claire O'Reilly 18th February 2022 The newly built Water Flow Meter Calibration facility in Alberton, Gauteng, completed last month, has been built solely for the purpose of providing South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) accredited water flow meter calibrations to the South African market, says calibration services... →

Around-the-clock vaccine freezer monitoring

By: Claire O'Reilly 9th July 2021 Local automation and control industry electronic products manufacturer Omniflex is providing Data2Desktop technology to monitor and detect slight internal temperature deviation in Covid-19 vaccine storage facilities. →

Digital indicator launched

9th July 2021 Load cells manufacturer and supplier Loadtech’s recently launched LT1320, which is a precision digital indicator for belt weighing applications. →

Flow measurement tech still key in industry

By: Claire O'Reilly 9th July 2021 Despite electronic control systems and measurement instrumentation dominating applications in the processing and manufacturing industries, pressure, temperature, level, flow measurement and calibration technology company Wika argues that mechanical measurement instrumentation remains relevant and... →

WIKA HHR PROTAK MODEL Primary flow element used in oil and gas industry applications

New liquid analysis sensors launched

9th July 2021 Measurement instrumentation, services and solutions company Endress+Hauser launched Memosens 2.0 digital technology last month, which provides simple, safe and connected liquid analysis. →

New thermal imaging camera launched

By: Claire O'Reilly 9th July 2021 Portable measurement instrumentation company Testo South Africa, a subsidiary of Testo SE & Co. KGaA, in Germany, launched a new handheld testo 883 thermal imaging camera in the second quarter of 2021. →

THERMAL CAPTURER The testo 883 Thermal Imaging Camera offers an infrared resolution which can even be expanded to 640 x 480 pixels

Monitoring instrument promotes local health

By: Claire O'Reilly 9th July 2021 In order to protect community health, it is essential to measure particle matter (PM) levels on a continuous basis through the installation of specialised instrumentation, such as the PMsense PM transmitter from Italy-based measuring and control equipment company Delta OHM. →

PMSENSE Particle matter transmitter

AP2E DURAG Group provides unique gas analyser solutions

9th July 2021 AP2E DURAG Group designs, manufactures and markets a range of state-of-the-art gas analyser products and provides tailor-made solutions to gas analysis projects. Established in 2006 in Aix-en-Provence, France, a team of gas analysis experts partnered with renowned research centres, such as the... →

Group continues to embrace instrumentation technology

5th February 2021 Utility management company Bosch Munitech continues to make a substantial investment in the latest instrumentation technology, offering geospatial services in line with stringent global standards. Munitech, a division of multidisciplinary consulting engineering group Bosch Holdings, continuously... →

GROUP POWER The new technology enables the company to accurately survey complex structures in just one site visit

New pressure gauge incorporates IoT tech

By: Halima Frost 5th February 2021 Measuring instruments supplier Wika Instruments has aligned the global launch of its Bourdon tube pressure gauge, the company’s most advanced gauge to date, with its new business strategy. Although the new gauge uses the old gauge’s design, it includes Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)... →

PRESSURE GAUGE The pressure to move to a more technology orientated company has seen the introduction of the Internet of Things to its devices

Society drives initiatives to improve instrumentation sector

By: Halima Frost 5th February 2021 The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control (SAIMC) has announced that its trust fund will be introduced to the instrumentation and control sector this year, which is among other initiatives being developed by the society for the coming years. “The trust fund is being... →

HELPING HAND The Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control hopes its trust fund will drive change in education in the sector

Flow control meter added to product range

5th February 2021 Last month, Instrotech introduced its Kobold’s calorimetric (KAL-D) flow meters with an integrated microcontroller that allows users to adapt the device to individual process conditions. The KAL-D continuously monitors water-based liquids. It finds service in all applications where flow currents... →

FLOW WATCH the KAL-D flow meter has the capacity to continuously monitor water based liquids

Time switch series available locally

5th February 2021 Electric solutions provider Legrand’s AlphaRex and MicroRex series of time switches are now available in South Africa. Both switches, which ensure high-clock precision and energy efficiency in industrial, commercial and domestic environments, have been designed for easy programming. →

EASY TECH Legrands new series of time switches have been designed for easy programming

Calibration of thermometers paramount

10th July 2020 Industrial pressure gauge manufacturer and distributor SA Gauge director and founding member Chris du Plessis tells Engineering News that the company can calibrate infrared forehead thermometers to within manufacturers’ specification, normally 0.2 ˚C or 0.3 ˚C, regardless of the make or model.... →

HIGH CALIBER SA Gauge is able to calibrate a non-contact infrared thermometer gun to within manufacturers’ specification, normally 0.2 ˚C or 0.3 ˚C

New monitoring system introduced into market

10th July 2020 Engineering components provider BMG’s Light Materials Handling division has introduced a new condition monitoring system, the Plast iCOF, which has been developed to automatically monitor the coefficient of friction in bottling or canning lines, ensuring consistently high productivity levels. The... →

HALL MONITOR The Plast iCOF has been developed to automatically monitor the coefficient of friction in bottling or canning lines

Home automation add-on launched

10th July 2020 Global electrical and digital building infrastructure specialist Legrand has launched its Arteor-with-Netatmo which is a simple home automation solution that uses traditional house wiring and is controlled through WiFi. The company explains that it expanded on its Arteor range of wiring devices,... →

PLUGGED IN Legrand has add to its home automation solutions that use traditional house wiring and is controlled through WiFi

Monitor for food and beverage industry launched

10th July 2020 Process automation company Endress + Hauser launched its innovative Liquitrend QMW43 device that helps ensure food safety and increases food quality in March. “This compact multivariable device can be used to detect the continuous build-up of liquids and can also be used to measure conductivity,”... →

New piezometer boosts existing safety standards

By: Halima Frost 10th July 2020 The installation of South Africa’s first Slimline vibrating wire piezometer, which is distributed by geotechnical service provider GeoGroup, is set to take place when the current Covid-19 lockdown regulations allow. The company says the piezometer will be instrumental in ensuring accurate... →

SLIM NE
The Slimline vibrating wire piezometer captures at least four different parameters required to asses the stability of tailings dams

GeoGroup director Grant Rijsmus discusses the company’s Slimline Vibrating Wire Piezometer. Camerawork: Kutlwano Matala. Editing: Nicholas Boyd. Recorded: 10.06.2020

Accessories developed to complement range

31st January 2020 A range of communications accessories has been developed to complement electrical and digital building infrastructure supplier Legrand’s three uninterruptible power supply (UPS) ranges. These devices include network interfaces for real time control of the UPS and for managing numerous events that... →

MORE UPS THAN DOWNS The Legrand UPS range is complemented by the recently launched communications accessories

Flowmeter continues to offer control solutions

By: Halima Frost 31st January 2020 Instrumentation, solutions and services supplier Endress + Hauser’s Promag H 100 electromagnetic flow meter has been widely adopted by the South African food and beverage, as well as life sciences industries, since its introduction to the market. Promag H 100 is a multivariable measurement... →

PRO FLOW The Promag H 100 controls the flow of materials through proven sensor technology and ultra-compact transmitter electronics

Blue Cube Systems

31st January 2020 Blue Cube Systems is a technology company focused on real-time in-line instrumentation for the mineral processing industry. It provides analysers that deliver consistent benefits for mineral processing plants. The Mineral Quantifier in-line, or MQi, Analyser technology is based on diffuse... →

Successful installation creates further opportunities

By: Halima Frost 31st January 2020 Subsequent to the successful installation of an automated control solution at a confectionary manufacturer, in KwaZulu-Natal, engineering solutions provider Hybrid Automation has seen an uptick in demand for control systems in the fast-moving consumer goods sector. “The need for the upgrade was... →

PERFECT PANEL The installation included control panels, which offered a new human-machine interface

SA Gauge turns up the heat with new temperature laboratory

By: Cameron Mackay 12th July 2019 Industrial pressure gauge manufacturer and distributor SA Gauge’s investment in establishing a South African National Accreditation System- (SANAS-) accredited temperature laboratory complements the company’s existing SANAS-accredited pressure laboratory. The latest addition will allow for... →

MERCURY RISING SA Gauge’s new temperature laboratory has met the management and technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and is technically competent to produce valid calibration results

New combustion emission monitoring equipment offered to Africa

By: Cameron Mackay 12th July 2019 Mining, industrial and processing solutions provider RTS Africa Technologies is the exclusive supplier of laser-based online gas analysers and monitoring recording equipment, from Norwegian company NEO Monitors; as well as, more recently, a range of both multiple channel and portable instruments,... →

IAN FRASER South Africa needs to grasp the new wave of global automation more firmly

Flexible modular drive system added to range

By: Cameron Mackay 12th July 2019 Automation solutions provider Schneider Electric has added the new Altivar Process Modular (APM) drive system to its range of Altivar Process variable-speed drives (VSDs), which were displayed at the company’s stand at the Africa Automation Fair, held in Johannesburg last month. “This is a... →

DRIVE FOR FLEXIBLE LOADS The APM drive system provides flexibility for end-users in terms of late changes to the load in the design and installation phase of a project

Roadshow highlights motion control products to industry

By: Halima Frost 18th January 2019 Electrical solutions provider Magnet Group hosted a roadshow with about five of power management company Eaton’s technicians in October to highlight Eaton’s DILM range of contractors, circuit breakers and overload relays to Magnet clients and end-users. The roadshow, which visited the Durban,... →

ON SHOW The DILM Range was highlighted at the recent roadshows held by Magnet

Engineering firm changes name

18th January 2019 Engineering consultants SMC Pneumatics South Africa has changed its name to SMC Corporation ZA, which reflects the growing range of non-pneumatic components being developed by SMC globally, owing to its continued focus on research and development (R&D). With the objective of producing cutting... →

SO CONTROLLING SMC ZA motor control devices are distributed globally

Companies to boost cobot industry

By: Halima Frost 18th January 2019 Electronics company Omron Corporation and collaborative arm robot manufacturer Techman Robot have provided collaborative robots, or cobots, that can be used for a variety of applications such as electronics assembly, product testing and inspection. This comes after both companies signed an... →

ARMING THE FUTURE Collaborative robots are the way of the future, working in conjunction with people, rather than replacing them

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