Electricity + Control May 2017

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Regulars
Analytical instrumentation
4 Intelligence and Cost Efficiency = Smart Transmitters Jens Baar, WIKA
6 Round UP
Control systems + automation
10 Performance Leap for Embedded PCs Andreas Thome, Beckhoff Automation
12 Round UP
Drives, motors + switchgear
16 Driven by Drives: Energy Efficiency for a Better Tomorrow Anna Hildebrand Jensen, Danfoss
20 Total South African Drive Solution for Kazakhstan Gold Mine Rudi Swanepoel, SEW EURODRIVE South Africa
21 Round UP
Sensors switches + transducers
26 Sensors Play Key Role in Pushing Industry into Fourth Age Gerry Bryant, Countapulse Controls
28 Round UP
Standby + back-up
32 In Conversation … Case for Diesel and Gas Engines Crown Publications Editor, Peter Middleton, talks to Kenny Gaynor,
Director of Power Generation at Cummins Southern Africa
36 How Battery Technology is Redefining the Future of Energy Supply Ken Boyce, UL LLC
38 Round UP
The Hengstler Acuro X65, avail-
able from the official southern
African distributor, Countapulse
Controls, is billed as the explo-
sion proof absolute encoder that
will fit where other encoders
won’t. Read more on page 31.
FEATURES:
· Analytical instrumentation
· Control systems+ automation
· Drives,motors+ switchgear
· Sensors, switches+ transducers
· Standby+ back-up
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CONTENTS
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31 Cover article
39 Light+Current
39 CESA News
41 Bizz Buzz
43 Social Engineers
44 Clipboard
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