A backbone of connectivity is critical to ensuring South Africans experience the true depth of the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT). Despite finally emerging on to the market as a... 

By Thabang Byl Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric The Energy Internet presents a futuristic evolution of electricity systems and is conceptualised as an energy sharing network. The... 

Automation and expert control systems can provide health and safety benefits for tanker filling practices, says engineering, integration and manufacturing company Iritron divisional manager Gerhard... 

Amid the emergence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), energy management and automation multinational Schneider Electric and the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) Faculty of Engineering... 

Downtime can be costly for any business, especially for growing ones that need to be operational around the clock. Power management company Eaton’s uninterruptable power supply (UPS) systems are... 

Sustainability can play an important role in acquiring and retaining customers, as well as in developing new market opportunities, says automation specialist Omron. One area where the company wants... 

New backup & restore solution reliably secures and saves data from VEGA sensors When a level or pressure sensor is taken out of service and replaced, it takes countless important sensor settings... 

By Carlos Valderrama is based in Bogota and in his role as Global Offer Manager for the Food and Beverage Industry within SKF Lubrication Management, he supports a number of customers in ensuring... 

BEKA Schréder has supplied a complete smart lighting solution for a public walkway in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The aim of the project was to uplift an unsafe walkway, enabling the general public... 

Revealed during LG Showcase MEA 2023, this product line-up is a must-have for every household LG MEA recently hosted its LG Showcase MEA 2023, which welcomed LG’s top executives, guests and... 

The recent hype around artificial intelligence (AI), spurred by millions rushing to explore AI chatbot ChatGPT and AI image generator DALL-E, has led to renewed interest and thought about the use... 

The recent hype around artificial intelligence (AI), spurred by millions rushing to explore AI chatbot ChatGPT and AI image generator DALL-E, has led to renewed interest and thought about the use... 

On the once bone-dry soil of a diamond mine in South Africa's central Free State province, Susan Masoha now harvests big bunches of tomatoes, eggplants and spinach. The former cleaner at the mine... 

World’s first level sensor with integrated cyber security delivered to customers En route to customers with maximum cyber security: Developed and certified according to IEC 62443-4-2, the radar... 

Speaking on the sidelines of the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, Spanish mining technology company Torsa Global’s business development director Gabino de Diego told Mining Weekly that 2023 is... 

The just energy transition (JET) in South Africa provides global power technologies leader Hitachi Energy with opportunities to supply the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with... 

Water leaks and non-revenue water, dysfunctional water and wastewater infrastructure, high-cost water treatment technologies, poor water planning and accountability, dwindling water resources and... 

Although about two-thirds of the earth’s surface is covered by water, there is an equally large proportion of the world’s population living in areas that suffer water scarcity. The groundwater is... 

By Kate Mollett, Regional Director at Commvault Africa Data is arguably the most important business asset today, and it is also the chief target of ransomware, which, along with other cybercrime... 

As Fujifilm South Africa celebrates its tenth anniversary in the country, the technology group has unveiled a new head office in Sandton. Marking a new chapter for the company’s presence in South... 

By Kate Mollett, Regional Director at Commvault Africa Data is arguably the most important business asset today, and it is also the chief target of ransomware, which, along with other cybercrime... 

Mobile robots are becoming an integral part of future-oriented factories. Autonomous mobile robots, also known as AMRs, have become progressively more versatile and can support various... 

By Hennie Colyn, Direct Sales Executive: Process Automation at Schneider Electric  The oil and gas industry plays a major role in the global economy and has in recent years come under increasing... 

Omron Automation is an industrial automation partner that creates, sells, and services fully integrated automation solutions that include robotics, sensing, motion, logic, safety, and more. These... 

Tokyo-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and solutions provider Synspective and  London-based risk management platform Insight Terra have entered into a strategic partnership to... 

“The fundamental role that lubrication plays in machine and equipment reliability and lifecycle cannot be overstated,” notes Amine Benna, Sales Manager for SKF, Morocco. “Customers using... 

Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of proximity detection systems, continues to play a pivotal role in the quest for zero harm in the mining sector. An acknowledged leader in the field, the... 

Ongoing loadshedding has put significant pressure on the South African building industry, as productivity can be affected if companies do not have backup power or reliable alternative lighting... 

As digital technologies advance and use cases are steadily developed and proven, and the digital era opens up endless possibilities and opportunities, the journey to the integrated fifth-generation... 

At this time of automated, centrally-managed and smart control in South Africa’s building construction industry, Building Management Systems (BMS) plays a lead role as a computer-based approach to... 

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,... 

As the number of I/O and sensor components, controllers and HMIs that can be mounted in the field has surged in the last years, larger and larger parts of the overall controller architecture can be... 

Ethernet modules for field applications The decentralised DI modules serve as a gateway between binary sensors and the fieldbus. This means that binary switching signals in the field can be... 

One sensor for different applications Whether in factory automation, applications with coolants and lubricants or in mobile applications: these inductive sensors are convincing due to their... 

Accurate measurement data even with ultrapure water The SU Puresonic detects water flow rates with high precision at volumes up to 1000 l/min. Thanks to ultrasound technology, this also applies to... 

By Dwibin Thomas, Cluster Automation Leader at Schneider Electric “Focus on fixing the problem, never focus on the blame. Problems are only resolved when solutions are sought,” notes author... 

South Africa experiences regular power outages that are often blamed on power generators being shut down owing to boiler tube leaks, but a well-established and proven solution is available from... 

When cost margins were eating away the mine’s profits, Hildebrand Wilhelm, ore processing manager for QKR Namibia Navachab operations and his team started to employ a new technology in mining:... 

Endress+Hauser looks back on seven eventful decades It was an unlikely pair that came together in 1953 to create a company: on one side, the Swiss engineer Georg H Endress, just 29, and on the... 

International elemental analysis company Innov-X-Africa is representing technology solutions provider Evident – formerly known as Olympus – at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba – which... 

By Vladimir Milovanovic, Vice President, Power Systems, Energy Management Business, Schneider Electric The ripple effect of South Africa’s loadshedding is well publicised, impacting the entire user... 

Over the past two decades, technology has advanced exponentially, altering almost every generation’s perspective and interaction with the world. This has also brought about change to the academic...