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Switchgear for Elandsfontein Phosphate Mine
JB Switchgear Solutions, near Johannesburg, was recently awarded a contract by
DRA in Cape Town for the design, manufacture and supply of numerous boards,
variable speed drives and soft starters destined for the Elandsfontein Phosphate
Mine project, which is currently being developed in their site located near Saldanha
in the Western Cape, approximately 95 kms north of Cape Town. The project is
supported technically and financially by EEM’s major shareholder, Phosfanatia
International, a European business with investments in the phosphate industry. In
this instance, JB Switchgear supplied their proven and IEC 61439 certified Eagle
series of motor control centres.
Enquiries: Johan Basson.Tel. +27 11 027 5804 or email
HMI with Codesys 3 PLC and visualisation
RET has introducedTurck's new HMI series
TX500 features HMI PLCs with high-end
touch displays and fast processors that
are ideal for use in small to medium-size
machines which have processes that have
to be controlled, operated and visualized
locally.
EachTX500 is equipped with a Profinet
master and EtherNet/IP scanner, as well as
a Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU master.
The HMIs can also be run as slaves in both
Modbus protocols. Codesys3 allows the
lean and simple programming of the PLC
and visualisation functions.The latest pro-
cessor technology of the units guarantees
the smooth handling of computing inten-
sive processes right through to moving
image visualisations. The high resolution
TFT display with 64 000 colours enables the
attractive and high performance display of
graphics and animations.The front panel of
theTX500 series is protected to IP66.
Enquiries: BrandonTopham.
RET Automation Controls. Email
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