Electricity + Control May 2015

LIGHT + CURRENT

New technology improves efficiency on tried-and-trusted equipment Cape Brick remains the longest-running manufacturer of the most energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly quality con- crete masonry products in the Western Cape, through its commitment to customer service excellence and product innovation. A major contributing factor to this ongo- ing success is maintaining long-standing relationships with equally reputable part- ners such as Pan Mixers South Africa (PMSA) – the largest supplier of concrete brick, block and paving making machinery inAfrica, which has remained an equipment supplier-of-choice to Cape Brick’s Philippi manufacturing plant for more than 15 years. Cape Brick'sAnthony Gracie reveals that the company recently added a supervisory con- trol and data acquisition (SCADA) system, which serves the mixing and block plants on an integrated platform. “The SCADA system displays visual, ani- mated graphics of machine operation, ma- chine parameter control and data capture. It has proven to be a tool that we cannot run without, as its advanced and interactive efficiency increases daily manufacture by between 10 and 20 %.” Another innovative PMSA concrete solu- tion supplied recently to Cape Brick is the FL Ludwig wall scraper mounted probe. According to Gracie, the tool ensures a highly-consistent water dosing in the mixture, which ultimately results in more predictable concrete. Enquiries: Quintin Booysen.Tel. 011 578 8700 or email quintin@panmixers.co.za

Compact video pyrometer for hot metalwork

simultaneous use of the measurement devices at multiple infrared measuring facilities.The pyrometer optris CTVideo 3M, designed for a temperature range from 50 °C to 1 800 °C, has a special spectral range of 2,3 µm, making it the ideal IR pyrometer for temperature measurement of metallic surfaces starting from 50 °C. It also al- lows for measurements through glass.The intelligent LED display works optionally as alarm signal, target support, self-diagnosis or temperature-code display. Enquiries: Scott Hunter.Tel: 010 595 1831 or email sales@instrotech.co.za

Optris , specialists in non-contact temperature measurement, have announced a world exclusive - their pyrometer optris CTVideo 3M, the new benchmark in the area of industrial pyrometers regarding the size and durability of the miniaturized sensing heads. These heads are especially developed for the use in small and cramped surroundings and are perfect for applications

with limited space. The very advanta- geous cost-performance-ratio sup- ports the integration of the pyrom- eters within OEM solutions and