Electricity + Control June 2015

CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION

ROUND UP

Collaboration creates single platform for electrical engineering solutions Schneider Electric , the global specialist in energy management and automation, has stated that Eplan is its major E-CAD solutions provider to design the products of its energy division on a global scale. Eplan Platform enables Schneider Electric to optimise its complete workflow from design to production.The solution helps to structure and to centralise the components' database and facilitate knowledge management. All the know-how is embedded, up-to-date and available for each entity.With Eplan Platform, Schneider Electric plans to significantly increase productivity by standardising all the components and reusing them. specific design processes, explains M Frédéric Abbal, Executive Vice-President, Energy division at Schneider Electric.With the imple- mentation of Eplan Platform, Schneider Electric expects to centralise its know-how, enhance collaboration between sites and balance workload according to the different projects.” Haluk Menderes, Managing Director Eplan, adds: “The combina- tion of our 30 years of experience in engineering solutions and the know-how of one of the worldwide largest player in the energy domain will bring the best in class processes and a greater electri- cal engineering and manufacturing efficiency to Schneider Electric.”

“For a long time, each entity of Schneider Electric’s Energy Division across the world has worked with its own tools and implemented

Enquiries: Ntombi Mhangwani.Tel. 011 254 6400 or email ntombi.mhangwani@schneider-electric.com

New controllers for heat-process industry

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has released a number of new UTAdvanced series controllers including four DIN rail 1 mounting type controllers and one 1/8DIN panel type program controller.This is part of Yokogawa’s ongoing effort to expand its controller busi- ness by satisfying market needs and giving customers a greater range of choices. UTAdvanced series controllers are mounted on furnaces and other types of heat process-related industrial facilities for the measure- ment, display, and control of operating variables such as temperature, pressure, and flow rate. In recent years, it has become more common for equipment manufacturers to integrate the setting, manipulation, and display functions of programmable logic controllers (PLC) and other embedded control devices on touch panels and other types

of user interfaces, and to mount the hardware on DIN rails inside panel boxes.There is an increasing need for such DIN rail mounting type controllers. The UTAdvanced series controllers come in two sizes: 1/4 DIN and 1/8 DIN. While 1/4DIN controllers are more popular because they have large display panels and provide a wider range of I/O signal choices, there are certain applications where space is at a premium that require a smaller device. For just such applications, Yokogawa has added more 1/8DIN controllers to its product line-up. The UTAdvanced controller comes standard with a sequence control function based on the ladder logic programming language, which is widely used by engineers. Enquiries:Tel. 011 831 6300 or email Christie.cronje@za.yokogawa.com

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