Schneider Electric South Africa - SA Instrumentation & Control Buyers' Guide (IBG)

Cape Town tel: +27 21 551 0988 [email protected]	KwaZulu-Natal tel: +27 31 268 1555 [email protected]
Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 230 5820 [email protected]	Bloemfontein tel: +27 11 254 6400 [email protected]

Archer, Rayno Director: Finance	Dalglish, Zanelle Director Sustainable Development & Academy [email protected]	Duncan, Jonathan Secure Power VP Anglophone Africa [email protected]
Labuschagne, Casper Regional Sales Manager: Namibia [email protected]	McCutcheon, Quintin Marcom and DX Director – Anglophone Africa [email protected]	Myeza, Angel Offer Marketing Vice President Anglophone Africa [email protected]
Nhlapo, Siphumelele Anglophone Cluster HR VP [email protected]	Pillay, Devan Anglophone Cluster President [email protected]	Rampathi, Vikash Segment Marketing Lead [email protected]
Sargent, Roland Segment Sales Manager [email protected]	Soupen, Oriel Systems Integrator Channel Manager [email protected]	Springorum, Walter Distribution Manager Sales - Buildings BU [email protected]
Suren, Naidoo Field Services VP Anglophone [email protected]	Vladimir, Milovanovic Vice President, Power Systems Anglophone Africa [email protected]

AGE Technologies (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 869 3925
	Durban tel: +27 31 903 6076
ARB Electrical Wholesalers	Durban tel: +27 31 910 0200
	Pietermaritzburg tel: +27 33 394 6584
	Richards Bay tel: +27 35 789 9666
Artiflex Engineering (SI)	Pretoria tel: +27 12 653 1027
Associated Systems (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 477 2572
Autocon Systems (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 823 5555
Autocontrol Systems (SI)	Harare, Zimbabwe tel: +263 475 3376/7
Autotronixl (SI)	Durban tel: +27 31 705 0400
Bee Gee Electrical	East Rand tel: +27 11 815 4630
Bellco	Cape Town tel: +27 21 440 7100
Cable & Wire Electrical	Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 373 0121
Century Electrical	Evander tel: +27 17 632 1220
CMW Automation (SI)	Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 379 1329
Convenient Software Solutions (SI)	Durban tel: +27 31 903 5077
DSK Electrical Wholesalers	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe tel: +263 946 2411
Electrahertz	East Rand tel: +27 11 397 1750
	Pretoria tel: +27 12 804 0120
Electrahertz Automation (SI)	Pretoria tel: +27 12 804 0120
Electric Centre	Pretoria tel: +27 12 322 1641
	Tzaneen tel: +27 15 307 1213
	Pietermaritzburg tel: +27 33 345 4545
Electronic & Power Manufacturers	East London tel: +27 43 743 0212
Elegance Lighting & Electrical	Secunda tel: +27 17 610 7410/1
Emtec	George tel: +27 44 874 4788
Engco Investments	Mozambique tel: +258 148 5803/4/5
Estlec (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 435 9804
Factory Automation Services (SI)	Durban tel: +27 31 564 8946
Force Electrical	Newcastle tel: +27 34 375 7150
Iritron (SI)	Pretoria tel: +27 12 349 2919
Itsmart (SI)	Klerksdorp tel: +27 18 464 3352
Jade Lee Electrical Wholesalers	Midrand tel: +27 11 315 4826
Kaltron (SI)	Cape Town tel: +27 21 945 2111
Keens Electrical	Rustenburg tel: +27 14 597 1311
Kusasa Engineering (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 454 3132
Kuso Electrical	Centurion tel: +27 12 653 6150
Lichtenburg Technical Services	Lichtenburg tel: +27 18 632 1531
Lido Electrical	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 334 7500
Lodicon (SI)	Cape Town tel: +27 21 949 1941

M&P Cables	Botswana tel: +267 395 1270
Magnet Industrial Supplies	Durban tel: +27 31 274 1050
	Pietermaritzburg tel: +27 33 342 2054
	Richards Bay tel: +27 35 797 4866
MC Design and Controlling Services (SI)	Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 451 3249
Megawatt Wholesalers	Pretoria tel: +27 12 323 4101
Mercury Electrical	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 907 1416
Monoquadros	Mozambique tel: +258 130 7427/8
NIPS Electrical Wholesalers	Polokwane tel: +27 15 293 2120
Northern Electrical Services	Botswana tel: +267 241 5530
Northlite Electrical	Phalaborwa tel: +27 15 781 5703
	Polokwane tel: +27 15 291 1864
Oxley Incorporated (SI)	Cape Town tel: +27 21 554 3318
P Wilson Electrical	Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 487 0887
Prime Instrumentations (SI)	Klerksdorp tel: +27 18 462 7561
Process Dynamics (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 394 5412
Proworx (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 83 268 8367
Quick Volt Electrical	Standerton tel: +27 17 712 6871
Sharps Electrical	Botswana tel: +267 395 2341
Software Services (SI)	Swellendam tel: +27 28 514 2525
Stop Electric	Namibia tel: +264 6 420 7664
Supervisory & Control Expertise (SI)	Vanderbijlpark tel: +27 16 982 3700
Switchrite	Cape Town tel: +27 21 511 2025
Synchronised Traffic Systems (SI)	Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 379 4822
Systems Management & Services (SMS) (SI)	Witbank tel: +27 13 656 0736
Technoserve - Atlantis(SI)	Cape Town tel: +27 21 577 2611
Technoserve - Montague Gardens(SI)	Cape Town tel: +27 21 551 3357
Telecontrols	Nelspruit tel: +27 13 753 3363
Telecontrols (SI)	Nelspruit tel: +27 13 753 3363
Union Electrical	East Rand tel: +27 11 873 4060
Vescotech	Potchefstroom tel: +27 18 297 7193
Voltex	Newcastle tel: +27 34 312 6121
	Port Elizabeth tel: +27 41 504 8200
Voltex Electrical	Centurion tel: +27 12 656 8813
Voltex/Coland	East London tel: +27 43 743 5201
VRS Electrical Wholesaler	Durban tel: +27 31 709 6646
Welkom Industrial Controls (SI)	Welkom tel: +27 57 396 5907
Witbank Electrical Wholesalers	Witbank tel: +27 13 692 5042
Woodrow Eng Sales (SI)	Kimberley tel: +27 53 831 2094
WSP Projects SA (SI)	Johannesburg tel: +27 11 233 7800

APC by Schneider Electric
(Manufacturer, Sole Agency)

Asco Power Technologies
(Manufacturer)

AVEVA
(System Integrator)

Eliwell
(Sub Agency)

Invensys
(Manufacturer)

Merlin Gerin
(Manufacturer)

Modicon
(Manufacturer, Sole Agency)

Nu-Lec
(Sole Agency)

Pelco
(Shared Agency, System Integrator)

Schneider Electric
(Manufacturer, Sole Agency)

Square D
(Manufacturer)

Telemecanique
(Manufacturer)

Section - Computers & Software
–+ Computers & peripherals
-Computers
- servers
- tablet
-Industrial computers
- Compact, embeddable (PC/104, PCI, ISA bus) modules
- Flat-panel
- Pentium architecture
- PLC plug-in
- Rackmount
- RISC architecture
-Input devices
- Joysticks
- Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) extenders & switches
- Keyboards
- Mice, trackerballs
- Network interfaces (see I/O table)
- Touchscreens
-PC function cards, modules
- I/O (analog/digital)
- Image processing
-Peripherals
- CRT/LCD terminals
- Hot-swappable power supplies
- Monitors/display systems
–+ Engineering design software
-CAD
-Electrical design
-Instrumentation design
–+ I/O sensor/computer interfacing
-Communication medium
- Copper
- Optical fibre
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- 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
–+ Industrial software for PCs
-Applications
- Batch production
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Direct control
- Drivers
- Dynamic link to libraries (DLL)
- 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
-Datasharing
- DDE
- OLE
- OPC clients
-Language
- Java
- MS Visual Basic
- OOP (e.g. Visual C++)
- PLC languages
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- IPX/SPX
- Low-level networks
- NetBEUI
- TCP/IP
-Operating Systems
- .Net
-Operating systems
- BeOS
- DOS
- Java
- Windows 2000
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 95/98
- Windows CE
- Windows NT
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
–+ Data acquisition & logging systems
-Ethernet-based systems
-PC based data acquisition
- automatic data acquisition
- data acquisition cards
- distributed data acquisition
- intranet system
- presentation/analysis software
-Portable data collection terminal
-Radio frequency tags
-Recorders
- events
- videographic
-Standalone data loggers
–+ Manufacture/management systems
-EDMS - Engineering Document Management Systems
-EMI - Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence
-MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems
-MIS - Management Information Systems
-MRP - Manufacturing Resource Planning 
–+ Scada - Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition
-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
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
–+ Telemetry & remote control systems
-Cable telemetry
- Ethernet LAN
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
–+ Plant optimisation services
-Optimisation
- Energy
-Performance monitoring
- Energy
- Process/production
–+ Plant optimisation software
-Asset 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
-Optimisation & efficiency
- Asset optimisation
- Energy optimisation
- Expert systems
- Maintenance optimisation
- Process/production modelling
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
–+ Cables for instrumentation & control
-Signal
- Coaxial
- Computer, LAN
- Optical fibre
–+ Connectors for instrumentation & control
-Fieldbus interface
-I/O
-Optical fibre
-Termination tooling
-Thermocouple
–+ Energy sources/management
-Batteries
- Secondary (rechargeable)
-Battery chargers
-DC-DC converters
-Instrument power supplies
-Load management
-Mains AC-DC converters
-Power factor correction
-Prepayment systems
-Standby power generators
-Uninterruptible power supplies
–+ Industrial cabinets & enclosures
-19" racking
-Accessories
-Boxes - electronics
- Metal construction
- Plastic construction
-Cabinets
- Free-standing
- Industrial computers
- Wall mount
-Thermal control
- Fans, blowers
- Heat exchangers/airconditioners
–+ Industrial switches & relays
-Heavy duty power switching
-Reed relays
- Dry-contact
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
- General purpose, control
- Plug-in
- Solid state (zero-crossing)
- Time delay
-Switches
- Cam-operated
- Foot-operated
- Intrinsically safe
- Key-lock
- Magnetic
- Pushbutton-control
- Rocker
- Rotary selector
–+ Instrumentation & control installation
-Busbar
-Cable/terminal marking systems
-Ducting, trunking
–+ Protection systems & alarms
-Audible alarms
- Bells
- Horns, sirens
- Programmable voice annunciators
-CBE (circuit breakers for equipment)
-Emergency stop switches
-EMI suppression filters
- Power-line
- Signal line
-Fuses
- Fast-acting
- Normal
- Slow-blow
-Intrusion alarms 
-IS barriers, signal isolation
-Key-lock switches
-Light curtains
-Optical isolators
-Protection relays
- Over/under voltage
- Over-current
- Phase balance
- Phase sequence
- Pump protection
- Thermal overload, motor protection
-Rope-pull switches
-Safety limit switches
-Smoke/fire detection
-Surge protection/suppression
- Gas discharge
- Lightning arrestors
- Varistor (MOV)
-Thermal magnetic circuit breakers
-Visible alarms
- Annunciator displays
- Indicator lights
- Industrial beacons
- LED
–+ Terminal blocks for instrumentation & control
-Connectorised buslines
-DIN rail-mount
-Fieldbus terminal blocks
-Fuse terminal blocks
-I/O system
-Patching/cross-connection
-PLC interface
-Pluggable terminal blocks
-Screwed clamp
-Screwless spring cage
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
–+ Industrial networking/communication systems
-4-20mA analog loop
-ASI
-CANbus
-DeviceNet
-EtherCat
-Ethernet
-Foundation Fieldbus
-Interbus-S
-LONWorks
-Modbus
-Profibus
-Proprietary
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
-Seriplex
-Token ring
-Universal Serial Bus (USB)
-Wireless (for industrial application only)
-WorldFIP
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
–+ Electric drives, inverters & motors
-AC control
- Closed loop
- Flux vector
- Inverters - 1 phase AC
- Inverters - 3 phase AC
- Soft starter
-DC control
- 4-quadrant control
- Speed control
–+ Hazardous areas equipment
-Flameproof
-Intrinsic safety
- Batch controllers
- Sensors
–+ Level measurement
-Float-operated
-Optical, laser
-Ultrasonic
–+ Machine vision
-Machine vision sensors
–+ Mass measurement
-Automatic dispensing systems
-Batching
-Belt scales
-Blending
-Drum filling
-In-motion
-Loadcell
-Weigh bridges
–+ Operator interfaces & annunciators
-Alarm indicators
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- Bar graphs
- Characters
- Display wall (control room)
- LCD, flat-panel
- Programmable message 
- Touchscreens
-Handheld terminals
-Keyboards
- Custom
- Flat-panel
- Sealed
-Keypads
- Harsh-environment
- Key-switch
- Membrane
- Outdoor (weather-proof)
-Portable servers
–+ PLCs - Programmable Logic Controllers
-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
–+ Position/motion control
-Computer interfaces
-Control transducers
- Displacement/position transducers
- Synchros & resolvers
- Tacho generators
-Programmable motion control systems
- Custom system design
- Servo systems
- Stepper systems
-Rotary encoders
-Servo motors
- DC motors
- Linear motors
- Stepper motors
- Synchro motors
–+ Pressure measurement
-Differential pressure transducers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
–+ Proximity sensors and switches
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
–+ Sensors
-Current
-Fibre-optic
-Interface in solids/liquids
-Level
-Loadcell
-Metal detectors
–+ Timers and counters
-Counters
- Batch 
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
-Timers
- Analog
- Digital
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
Section - Services & Systems
–+ Services (industrial)
-Contractors
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Industrial lighting
- 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
–+ Services (Personnel, PR, advertising, training, institutes, associations, etc.)
-Training (excluding supplier/product specific training)
–+ System integration: process or technology specific
-Automotive
-Batch production
-Blending
-Boiler/furnace control
-Building management
-Chemicals
-Energy management
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-HVAC control
-Injection moulding
-Kiln control
-Marine
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Shop-floor data collection
-Sugar
-Textiles
-Water & waste water