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Moore Process Controls
Moore Process Controls

6-8 Monza Close, Kyalami Business Park, Midrand

tel:  
+27 11 466 1673/9
fax:  
+27 11 466 1618
email:  
info@moore.co.za
url:  
www.moore.co.za

Iso Certification ISO 45001:2018

Core business offering: provides process automation and optimisation solutions to maximise returns on plants and assets. Offerings include DCS, PLC, SCADA, compressor control, production reporting, downtime management, predictive maintenance, control loop optimisation, alarm management, energy management, data Infrastructures, historians, web-based dashboards, digital twins, training simulators and cloud-based IIoT systems.


Vanderbijlpark
Spring, Texas, USA
Singapore

tel: +65 6742 0776
fax: +65 6742 0775
info@moore.co.za
Durban
Secunda
Shanghai China
Cloete, K.
Director - Sasolburg Office
Doman, Christo
Houston Office
christo.doman@moore-us.com
Dorfling, Eben
Director - Singapore & China Offices
ebend@moore.co.za
Maharaj, Oomesh
Business Development Engineer
oomesh.maharaj@moore.co.za
Strauss, H.J.
Director - Secunda Office
hendrik.s@moore.co.za
ABB
(Sub Agency)
APACS
(Sole Agency)
AVEVA
(System Integrator)
DIGNOS
(Manufacturer, Sole Agency)
Honeywell (alarm management)
(Sole Agency, System Integrator)
Honeywell (cybersecurity)
(Sub Agency, System Integrator)
Honeywell (Forge)
(System Integrator)
Honeywell (UniSim)
(System Integrator)
Matrikon OPC
(Sole Agency, System Integrator)
OSIsoft
(System Integrator)
Quadlog
(Sole Agency)
Rockwell Automation
(System Integrator)
Schneider Electric
(System Integrator)
Siemens
(System Integrator)
Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- desktop
- laptop
- servers
- tablet
- workstations
-Industrial computers
- Flat-panel
- PLC plug-in
- Rackmount
-Input devices
- Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) extenders & switches
- Network interfaces (see I/O table)
- Touchscreens
-Peripherals
- Hot-swappable power supplies
- Monitors/display systems
- Printers
-CAD
-Chemical design
-Electrical design
-Instrumentation design
-Mechanical design
-Plant design
-Safety engineering
-Simulation systems
-Communication medium
- Copper
- Optical fibre
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- PC/104 system
- PC-centric
- PLC-centric
-I/O blocks/modules
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
- Plug in cards
-Operating features
- Diagnostic capability
- High temperature
- Intrinsically safe
- Sealed units
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
- Mixed
-Applications
- Alarm management
- Artificial intelligence
- Asset management
- Batch production
- Calibration management
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Direct control
- Drivers
- Dynamic link to libraries (DLL)
- Expert systems
- Facility optimisation
- Fuzzy logic
- Link to Windows databases
- Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
- MRP, tracking, business
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- Soft PLC
- SPC/SQC
- System simulation/PID tuning
- Virtual instruments
-Datasharing
- DDE
- OLE
- OPC clients
- OPC servers
-Language
- C, Pascal, etc
- Java
- MS Visual Basic
- OOP (e.g. Visual C++)
- PLC languages
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- NetBEUI
- TCP/IP
-Operating Systems
- .Net
-Operating systems
- DOS
- Java
- Linux
- SPC
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
- Handheld
- Printers
-Ethernet-based systems
-Logging printers
-Machine health monitoring
-PC based data acquisition
- presentation/analysis software
-Portable data collection terminal
-Radio frequency tags
-Recorders
- events
-Standalone data loggers
-CIM/CAM - Computer Integrated/Aided Manufacturing
-EDMS - Engineering Document Management Systems
-EMI - Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence
-Emissions management
-ISO 9000 management systems
-Maintenence management
-MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems
-MIS - Management Information Systems
-MRP - Manufacturing Resource Planning
-Operator training simulators
-Process simulation & design
-Process/capacity planning
-Product data interchange
-Production management systems
-Quality management
-Utility optimisation
-Warehouse management systems
-Monitors
- air quality
- density
- dust
- gas
- scale build-up
- vibration
- water quality
-Sampling equipment
- gases
- liquids
- solids
-Alarms
-Integration into MES and ERP systems
-Number of I/O points
- 0-1024
- 0-32
- 0-512
- 0-64k
- Unlimited
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- >640
- 0-16
- 16-64
- 64-640
-Operating system
- .Net
- Linux
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
-Cable telemetry
- copper wire
- Ethernet LAN
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
- from rotating shaft
- infrared (IR)
- radio link
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-In-stream/in situ
- Hydraulic fluid filtration/conditioning
- Insulating oil filtration/conditioning
- Lubricating oil filtration/conditioning
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-Out-of-stream/ex situ
- Hydraulic fluid filtration/conditioning
- Insulating oil filtration/conditioning
- Lubricating oil filtration/conditioning
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-In-stream/in situ
- General purpose data-logger
- Valve shut-tight testing
- Valve stroke testing
-Condition monitoring
- Remote site condition monitoring
-Consulting
- Legislative
- Technical
-Education & training
- Computer-based
- Instructor-led
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Planning
- Predictive maintenance
- Site-embedded maintenance
- Testing
-Optimisation
- Energy
-Performance monitoring
- Energy
- Installation
- Lubrication
- Process/production
-Asset related
- Asset management software for intellectual assets (engineering related)
- Enterprise asset management software (EAM)
- Spares inventory management
-Calibration, configuration & adjustment
- Networkable Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Wireless Profibus device calibration/configuration
-Education & training
- Competency-based learning
- Simulation for training
-IoT driver & OPC software
-Maintenance
- Computerised maintenance management (CMM)
- Decision support
- Planning & scheduling
- Predictive maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Reliability engineering
-Optimisation & efficiency
- Asset optimisation
- Energy optimisation
- Expert systems
- Maintenance optimisation
- Process/production modelling
- Root cause analysis
- Simulation for optimisation
- Spares inventory optimisation
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Load management
-Mains AC-DC converters
-Mains/power conditioners
-Power factor correction
-19" racking
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Industrial computers
- Wall mount
-Enclosures (special)
- Corrosion proof
- Environmentally protected
-Sub-rack systems
-Compressor anti-surge
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-Arcnet
-ASI
-CANbus
-ControlNet
-DCS Data Highway
-DeviceNet
-EIA-485
-Ethernet
-Foundation Fieldbus
-HART
-IEEE-488
-LONWorks
-Modbus
-Network analysers
- ASI
- Beckhoff I/O
- CANbus
- DeviceNet
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus Foundation
- HART
- LONWorks
- Modbus
- PLC Data Highway
- Profibus
- Profinet
- Proprietary
- RS232/422/485
- Token ring
-Profibus
-Profinet
-Proprietary
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
-Token ring
-Universal Serial Bus (USB)
-Wireless (for industrial application only)
-Antennas
- extension cables
- indoor
- outdoor
-Power supplies
- batteries
- energy harvesting (thermal/vibration, etc)
- solar
-WirelessHART
- access points
- development kit
- field devices - actuators
- field devices - adaptors
- field devices - controllers
- field devices - transmitters
- gateways
- network managers
- protocol stack
- repeaters
- security managers
- wireless handheld terminals
- WirelessHART adaptors
-Wireless Ethernet port adaptor (aka modem)
-Wireless gateways
-Wireless I/O - analogue
-Wireless I/O - discrete
-Wireless I/O networks
-Wireless multihop range extenders
-Wireless range extenders/repeaters
-Wireless sensor networks
-Wireless serial port adaptor (RS-232/RS-422/RS-485) (aka modem)
-WiFi
- communication handsets
- embedded modules
- embedded sensors
- Ethernet port adaptor (aka modem)
- gateways - ADSL
- gateways - Bluetooth
- gateways - Ethernet
- handhelds (PDAs, tablets, smartphones, etc)
- in-vehicle network
- network storage devices
- printers - mobile
-WiFI
- serial port adaptor (RS-232/RS-422/RS-485) (aka modem)
-WiFi
- still/video cameras
- switch/controllers or routers
- WiFi PCIe/PCIe MC adaptor (aka modem)
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Electric
-Emergency shutdown
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Functionality
- Adaptive gain
- Auto/self tuning
- Cascade control
- Logic
- Maths/calculations
- Pattern/profile
- PID/PD
- Ratio control
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- RTD
-Number of loops
- >16
- 1-16
-Visual display
-DCS
-Emergency shut-down systems
-Entry level DCS
-Networked controllers
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-AC control
- Closed loop
- Flux vector
- Inverters - 1 phase AC
- Inverters - 3 phase AC
- Soft starter
-AC motors
- Induction motors - geared motor units
- Induction motors - over 10kW
- Induction motors - up to 10kW
- Synchronous motors - brushless
- Synchronous motors - permanent magnet
-DC control
- 4-quadrant control
- Speed control
-DC motors
- Brushless
- Geared
- Permanent magnet
- Wound field
-Flowmeters (type)
- Turbine
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Totalisers and correlators
-Explosion proof
-Intrinsic safety
- Batch controllers
- Totalisers
- Valve positioners
-Pressurisation
-Analytics & reporting
-Artificial intelligence
-Asset/calibration management
-Big data & cloud technologies
-Cybersecurity
-Industrial IT & networking
-Interoperability HW/SW
-M2M communication
-Smart sensors
-Specialist consulting services
-System simulation
-Wireless network/service providers
-Capacitive & conductive
-Fibre-optic
-Float-operated
-Loadcell
-Nucleonic
-Tank gauging
-Machine vision systems
-Visual inspection systems
-Automatic dispensing systems
-Batching
-Belt scales
-Blending
-Check weighers
-Density
-Drum filling
-Loadcell
-Weigh bridges
-Alarm indicators
-Displays
- Bar graphs
- Characters
- Display wall (control room)
- LCD, flat-panel
- Programmable message
- Touchscreens
-Handheld terminals
-HMI
-Keyboards
- Desktop
- Rackmount
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Display
-Multiprocessor
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- 20 mA loop
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Operator interface panel
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-Programming
- Diagnostic software
- Documenting software
- Function block diagram
- High level (C, Basic, etc.)
- IEC 1131
- Ladder diagram (relay logic)
- Logic diagram
- Sequential function chart
-Scan rate less than 1µs per step
-Scan rate less than 1ms per step
-Scan rate more than 1ms per step
-Actuators
- Linear
- Rotary
-Motors
-Valves
- Flow
-Capacitive
-Ultrasonic
-Current
-Density
-Displacement
-Fibre-optic
-Flow
-Gas
-Loadcell
-Mass
-Metal detectors
-Vibration
-Converters
- A-D
- D-A
- I-P, P-I
- mV/current
- Power (VAR, F, kWh, etc.)
- Programmable
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Counters
- Batch
-Differential pressure
Section - Services & Systems
-Consulting engineers
- Gap analysis
- Project management
- Systems specification
-Contractors
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Maintenance
- Materials handling
- Panel builders
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- DCS
- MES/CIM
- Other
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- CIM/CAM
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Information systems
- Materials handling
- Other
- Process control
- Production management
- Quality control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Telemetry
- Warehousing
-Training (excluding supplier/product specific training)
-Automotive
-Batch production
-Blending
-Boiler/furnace control
-Building management
-Chemicals
-Compressed air
-Energy management
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Gas, infrared heating systems
-HVAC control
-Kiln control
-Laboratory control & management
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Shop-floor data collection
-Sugar
-Textiles
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-Analysers
- Ash content
- Basis weight, consistency
- Boiler feed water
- Carbon concentration
- Chlorine
- Density
- Dissolved oxygen
- Flotation froth
- On-line process
- Oxygen
-Loop optimisation analysers & software
-Balances, mass
-Vibration/machine health
- Non-contact/ultrasonic
- Physical contact
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