Automating the cleaning of tanks, totes, vats, vessels or any other type of container offers many benefits. Typically, the top reason to automate is to improve cleaning thoroughness. However, the... 

High youth unemployment, combined with a national skills shortage and the fact that just over a third of the population is between 15 and 35 years old, means that South Africa – already contending... 

Festo Holdings Group is a worldwide automation giant which was founded in 1925. Although it had been operating in South Africa through a distributor before 1973, Dr Wilfried Stoll (General Manager... 

South Africa’s analytical and scientific instruments sector is facing significant challenges due to rising costs, exchange rate fluctuations, load shedding and specialised skills shortages.... 

This year’s Youth Month theme Accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future places the spotlight on the importance of empowering today’s youth with the knowledge and skills to... 

SKF has extended its range of data collection devices with a new model that it says offers faster measurement collection and greater diagnostic power. The new SKF Microlog Analyzer dBX tool can be... 

Deep Automation is Epiroc’s cutting-edge set of automation systems and applications, used to orchestrate loaders and trucks in underground mining operations. Developed with interoperability in... 

A severe talent shortage is becoming a near existential challenge for mining companies globally, according to auditing firm PwC’s ‘Mine 2023: The era of reinvention’ report.  In a presentation on... 

Enterprise open source platform company Red Hat has launched a range of new application (app) management platforms and tools that are powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to... 

Many of the challenges being faced in industrial environments can be solved by upscaling, software company Industry Software Solutions and Support (IS³) MD Dion Govender has said. In an address to... 

Building on last year’s theme of “creating digital champions”, software company Industry Software Solutions and Support (IS³) has turned its focus to sustainability at this year’s X-Change 2023... 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry and is currently holding its annual general meeting in Istanbul, Türkiye, has... 

Gauteng educational engineering equipment manufacturer Amtec Techniquip is expanding its range of didactic training benches, in response to the increased need for training in the renewable energy... 

Unplanned downtime is a major challenge for companies active in manufacturing, as it not only leads to lost productivity and revenue but can also result in additional costs, owing to emergency... 

Germiston-based variable frequency drives (VFD) distributor iTek Drives last month inaugurated a training centre aimed at transferring and enhancing knowledge related to Optidrive product... 

Amid the emergence of Industry 4.0 and an increasing emphasis on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors, new generations of mining engineers are expected to embrace a... 

Carbon reduction company First Mode purchased 80 Bordline energy storage system (ESS), 2.6 MWh lithium-ion battery systems from electrification and automation corporation ABB in May, to help power... 

Operational technology software provider AVEVA continuously strives to advance its technologies in the mining sector as both the local and global mining sectors evolve. AVEVA Select partner,... 

Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric and information technology management company 4Sight have embarked on a project at a prominent South African mining group that sees both... 

(Virtual Showroom): From industrial automation to autonomous vehicles to care robots, mastering the challenges of the future will require powerful 3D sensors that capture their surroundings... 

(Virtual Showroom): German sensor pioneer Pepperl+Fuchs is breaking new ground in ultrasonic sensor technology for CAN-based applications in mobile machines. For the first time, machine builders... 

(Virtual Showroom): SMS group has successfully upgraded the existing automation system at ArcelorMittal Tubarão’s hot strip mill in Tubarão, Brasil. The new automation project for the roughing mill... 

(Virtual Showroom): At the end of February 2023, the new aluminum cold rolling mill (CRM) at North China Aluminum New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (NCA) in China successfully rolled its first... 

(Virtual Showroom): Saarloha Advanced Materials Pvt. Ltd. (Saarloha), a Kalyani Group company, has awarded an order to SMS group for a continuous casting plant to produce India’s largest round... 

Dennis Phillips, National Sales Manager at PFERD-South Africa, outlines the future trends driving the local and international metal fabrication sectors and highlights the advanced CC-GRIND ROBUST... 

Bidvest Mobility, a leading provider of mobile computing and barcoding solutions, will showcase its latest innovations in supply chain software and technologies in partnership with Datalogic, a... 

Paltech, the leading South African original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for valves and pumps, is pleased to announce its strategic distribution partnership with Schneider Electric Global, a... 

IO-Link is used as a communication protocol for complex measuring tasks in factory automation and radar level sensors enable communication with IO-Link. VEGA explains that its VEGAPULS 42 radar... 

Today’s manufacturers are under pressure to be more flexible, reduce downtime, increase efficiency and, above all, keep personnel safe. These efforts are complicated by yet another requirement: the... 

The National Treasury has provided insight into some of the legislative changes that have been proposed in the long-awaited Public Procurement Bill, which is expected to be officially tabled before... 

By Zuko Mdwaba, Salesforce Area VP / Africa Executive & South Africa Country Leader The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI), data and CRM innovations presents one of history’s most... 

The annual SAPICS Conference, Africa’s leading event for the supply chain profession, has the proud distinction of being one of few conferences to offer impactful workshops as a value-add. The 2023... 

South African consultancy Cebisile Investment and Advisory (CIBA) in 2022 opened an office in Reims, France, and sees much potential for this to bolster its future growth and development, as well... 

UK specialist chemicals and sustainable technologies company Johnson Matthey has signed a three-year strategic supply agreement with Norwegian hydrogen company Hystar to supply membrane electrode... 

Artificial intelligence (AI), as part of the growing use of technology that is reshaping society and how people work and live, is set to become more pervasive and infuse many systems with... 

Africa Automation Technology Fair 2023, co-located with the inaugural InfoSecurity Africa 2023, concludes  Energy and water security remain top concerns in South Africa and were among prevalent... 

Schneider Electric and Amtec Techniquip, a South African manufacturer of quality educational engineering equipment, has in the last four years seen its partnership grow in leaps and bounds;... 

Amid increasing automation in Africa’s overhead crane industry, local crane manufacturer Condra Cranes has noted a significant increase in the number of tender documents specifying provision for... 

Automation specialist Omron recently launched the HD-1500, the strongest and newest addition to their series of mobile robots, boasting a heavy payload capacity of up to 1 500 kg. The company notes... 

Drive technology and drive automation specialist SEW-EURODRIVE emphasises the use of renewable and efficient energy sources and says it strives to maximise the energy efficiency of its drives.... 

By Refilwe Buthelezi PrEng, President – Engineering Council of South Africa Abstract 

Orica, one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solutions providers and trusted partner and technology pace-setter, continues to reinforce its commitment to innovation and value...