Tag: Automation
Overhead cranes move toward full automation
GROWING awareness of the benefits of full crane automation is currently the most noticeable trend in Africa’s overhead crane industry.
This is according to Marc...
Celebrating 100 years in electrical excellence
PHOENIX Contact, headquartered in Blomberg, Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany - manufacturers of industrial automation, interconnection and interface solutions - celebrates 100 years as an international company...
HAW Cape Town expansion necessitates premises relocation
Hydraulic & Automation Warehouse’s (HAW) Cape Town Branch relocated to premises in Milner Street, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town at the end of the second...
New approaches from OMRON for more efficiency in High-Mix, Low-Volume (HMLV) packaging
Five challenges in packaging and palletizing processes and how they can be overcome with the help of smart robotics solutions.
Robot-assisted automation solutions offer support
Smart...
Diarise: Electra Mining Africa
5-9 September at the Expo Centre, Nasrec, Johannesburg.
CELEBRATING 50 years this year, Electra Mining Africa is pulling out all the stops to deliver an...
Festo PUN-H-T tubing and fitting combinations for multiple applications
OVER the past 49 years, Festo South Africa has earned a reputation for providing cleverly designed components. The company’s absolute Automation 2.0 campaign focuses...
IO-Link master: Connection of sensors to the PLC and to the IT world
Industry 4.0 ready via new IoT core
Separation between automation and IT network
4 or 8 IO-Link ports with full V1.1 functionality
PROFINET,...
The security certified IIoT edge gateway enables remote troubleshooting and monitoring
OMRON has announced the addition of the RT1-Series for industrial remote access into its line up of industrial automation solutions. The turnkey solution enables...
Technology is fueling an automotive evolution
The automotive industry is racing towards a technological transformation. Car manufacturers are no longer only differentiating themselves by the engine or exterior designs to...
Driverless trucks –a way forward
CONSIDERING the intense focus that automation is receiving from various truck original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), driverless trucks will become a reality in the foreseeable...