Electricity + Control May 2015

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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
Compact video pyrometer for hot metalwork
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
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