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Regulars
Control systems + automation
4
XTS enables compact and fast linear machine
Stefan Ziegler, Beckhoff
6
When failure is not an option
Brian Roth, Antaira Technologies
10
Round UP
Drives, motors + switchgear
16
Monomer and VOC-free unsaturated polyester resin… in modern impregnation machines
Jaco de Beer, Tectra Automation
19
Round UP
Earthing + lightning protection
24
Lightning protection… ‘Separation Distance’ concept
Trevor Manas, Pontins
28
Round UP
Pressure + level measurement
30
Optimise your thickener efficiency for maximum profitability
Su-Anne Willemse, Endress+Hauser
33
Round UP
Energy+enviroFiciency: Focus on standby + back-up
36
Stabilising the power supply at Joburg’s Bara
Yen-Hsaing Jason Huang, Outreach Engineering
39
Future of diesel-generated power
Nalen Alwar, Cummins Power Generation
42
Round Up
Implementation of
Beckhoff
’s In-
dustry 4.0 and IoT concepts comes
with a wide range of requirements,
particularly for machine diagnos-
tics.
Read more on page 13
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FEATURES:
• Control systems+ automation
• Drives,motors+ switchgear
• Earthing+ lightning protection
• Pressure+ levelmeasurement
• Energy+ enviroFiciency: Focus onStandby+ back-up
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