Apr 24, 2019 | Food & Beverage, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News
FOOD fraud is a $50 billion annual industry and you’re probably eating some of the evidence. That’s according to printing and traceablity experts PageMark Africa, citing statistics from Michigan State University’s Food Fraud Initiative. “Most of us are...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
A new TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) calculator offers proof that Bredel hose pumps can save time, money and materials in challenging, abrasive fluid handling applications. Developed by Bredel, a brand of Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, the new calculator...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control
CONTROL valve testing has traditionally meant using complicated testers that require extensive training, the removal of the valve, and often one-to-two hours of test time on the bench. According to Comtest that’s about to change with the arrival of Fluke’s new 710 mA...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, ICT In Industry, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control
THE monitoring of measurements of illuminance, temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity and CO2 is critical in the manufacture and storage of electronics, pharmaceuticals and frozen foods and other temperature sensitive applications. The ongoing tightening of...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, Metals & Alloys
THE replacement of steel by aluzinc in the manufacture of Shaw Controls motor control centres (MCCs) is giving a range of benefits to the company’s customers, according to the Senior Manager Operations, Anderson Kohler. “Traditionally, we used only steel for our MCCs,...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control
INSTROTECH is offering Kobold’s MMA range of industrial temperature probes, or insertion resistance thermometers, with or without transmitters. According to the company, the MMA is engineered using 316 stainless steel and incorporates high accuracy Pt100 resistance...
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 | Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
KSB Pumps and Valves is intensifying its focus on aftermarket services that add value to customer operations far beyond the supply and maintenance of its own products. That’s according to the company’s SupremeServ Division Manager, Grant Glennistor (pictured), who...
Mar 4, 2019 | Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Pumps, Valves, Pipes & Fittings
SEVERAL condition-monitoring technologies are useful for monitoring steam systems to determine how well they are functioning. Among those technologies is infrared (IR) thermography, in which technicians use thermal imagers to capture two dimensional images of the...
