Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry
AGRIGULTURE-focussed tech start-up, Aerobotics has expanded its Series A funding round from $2 million (R29 million). The funding round expansion came through a signed deal with Paper Plane Ventures and brings Aerobotics total funding to $4.6 million. The Cape Town...
Mar 29, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News, Metals & Alloys, Motors, Drives & Transmissions
THE auto industry is so complex that a regional automotive pact is required before it can succeed in Africa. That’s according former politician and now consultant, Alec Erwin, speaking at the National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufacturers...
Mar 29, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, Electrical & Electronics, ICT In Industry, Industrial Cleaning, Transport & Logistics
A SICK Automation LiDAR sensor was used to build a winning robotic platform in the prestigious Drexel University’s annual College of Engineering senior project design competition, pointing the way to a number of industrial applications, including smart warehouses. The...
Mar 27, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Business Tech, Commerce & Trade, Finance & Investment, Government & Municipal, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
CONNECTEDNESS is vital for the survival of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), Alex Granger, global speaker and co-founder of human capital consultants Twice Blue, told provincial government leaders and delegates at a 4th Industrial Revolution business...
Mar 14, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Transport & Logistics
THE growing maturity of intelligent automation technologies offers financial services companies an opportunity to drive more value for their customers and employees – and without the widescale destruction of jobs many people fear will accompany the rise of the...
Mar 8, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, Automation & Robotics, Education & Training, Forestry, Pulp & Paper, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Petrochemicals, Transport & Logistics
At a recent SAIMC Durban branch presentation, Hennie Prinsloo and John Owen-Ellis provided an introduction to what is required to design a complete analytical system. It started with an overview of the large quantity of information that is needed, and then took the...
Mar 4, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, Electrical & Electronics, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
THE E30443 IO-Link master display from IFM is an excellent choice for displaying process values for sensors which do not have a display, which are difficult to access or are not visible after installation caused by the application. That’s according to the company,...
Mar 1, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, ICT In Industry, KZN Industrial & Business News
MAPS 4, the latest Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) solution from Mitsubishi Electric for control and visualisation, extends connectivity options, adds user tools and increases the scope of its built-in functionality. That’s according to the company,...
Feb 4, 2019 | Automation & Robotics, EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Occupational Health
EMERSON has released AMS Inspection Rounds, a new application for the AMS Trex Device Communicator that it says will make it easier for operations teams to capture, report, and respond to abnormal plant conditions that pose risks to reliability, safety, and...
