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Cables and Accessories

Firm expands local cable offering

Cables and accessories supplier Webb Industries, part of JSE-listed Jasco Group, now distributed US-based cabling product manufacturer Times Microwave Systems’ SilverLine range of coaxial cables in South Africa.
 
 
Cables and Accessories

SABS revising standard to define water tree retardance

The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is revising the SANS 1339 standard for medium-voltage cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cables to further mitigate the phenomenon of water trees in this type of cable, manufacturer Aberdare Cables chief...
13 Jul 12
 
 
Electrically Speaking - Terry Mackenzie-Hoy

SF6 gas should be bad news for those who believe in global warming

There is a gas called sulphur hexafluoride, or SF6, for short. Most housewives are fully knowledgeable about SF6 and buy it with the groceries. Or not really.
06 Jul 12
 
 
Krohne

Company Announcement: KROHNE launches OPTIFLEX 2200 C/F level meter PDF Available

KROHNE introduces the new OPTIFLEX 2200 C/F level meter for liquids and solids at Achema 2012
 
 
Hi Tech Briefs

Innovative sensor systems come under the spotlight at Germany fair

Our everyday world is full of sensors – both visible and invisible. More and more data is collected and processed to moitor, control and regulate highly complex processes and procedures. Both production facilities and the products themselves are...
24 Jun 11
 
 
Hydraulics and Pneumatics

Diagnostic equipment prevents costly difficulties

The costly difficulties caused by water contamination in fluids can be averted through the continuous monitoring of oil water content, says industrial consumables and engineering firm Bearing Man Group (BMG’s) Filtration division. BMG...
 
 
Endress+Hauser

Focused on level 
measurement technology

Process automation specialist Endress+Hauser’s new Levelflex FMP5x series is integrated with SensorFusion technology, offering a guided radar measurement in difficult applications such as interface measurement with emulsions and in applications...
 
 
SPIRAX SARCO

Company Announcement: Electrical Equipment And Housings For Magnetic Level Switches PDF Available

Colima’s MEC Series level controls are designed specifically to monitor the liquid contained in a tank. The electrical equipment on the MEC series level switches comprises a support, including two contact holders, one fixed and one oscillating....
 
 
HITECH BRIEFS

Medical technology 
to come under the 
spotlight in November

Compamed, the world’s leading trade fair for medical equipment suppliers, opens its doors as part of Medica in Düsseldorf, Germany, from November 18 to 20.
11 Sep 09
 
 
ASSTECH

Company Announcement: Capacitive Sensors - Series 26 With Semicircular Active Area PDF Available

Attached please find a press release on: Capacitive sensors detect metals or non-metals, which exceed a certain capacity by approaching the active area. The higher the dielectric constant is of the material to be detected, the higher the...
 
 
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

New oil-analysis laboratory opens in Gauteng

JSE-listed scientific and industrial group Set Point Industrial Technology has opened its third WearCheck laboratory in Isando, east of Johannesburg.
04 Apr 08
 
 
COMPLETE AERIAL LIFT INSPECTION

The technology is here and the future is now for complete aerial

Companies making use of aerial lift devises that do not take cognisance of the need for regular inspections and testing, fail to realise the importance of these demonstrations, says SSA Pipeline Industries (Pty) Ltd. General Manager, JP Muller.
10 Aug 07
 
 
 
 
 
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