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Mzukulu Technologies
49 Balmoral Drive, Durban North
Core business offering: IIoT products and solutions.
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Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- desktop
- laptop
- servers
- workstations
-Industrial computers
- Explosion protected
- Flat-panel
- Rackmount
- x86
-Input devices
- Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) extenders & switches
- Keyboards
- Mice, trackerballs
- Touchscreens
-PC function cards, modules
- Graphics accelerator
- Mass storage optical
- Memory, solid state disk
-Peripherals
- CRT/LCD terminals
- Monitors/display systems
- Printers
-Communication medium
- Copper
- Optical fibre
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- 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
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Link to Windows databases
- Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- Soft PLC
- System simulation/PID tuning
-Datasharing
- Clipboard
- DDE
- OLE
- OPC clients
- OPC servers
-Language
- C, Pascal, etc
- Java
- PLC languages
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- TCP/IP
-Operating systems
- Linux
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
- Printers
-Ethernet-based systems
-In-transit temperature/event
-Logging printers
-Machine health monitoring
-PC based data acquisition
- automatic data acquisition
- distributed data acquisition
-Recorders
- events
-Standalone data loggers
-CIM/CAM - Computer Integrated/Aided Manufacturing
-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
- 0-16
- 16-64
-Operating system
- Linux
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-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)
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Condition monitoring
- Remote site condition monitoring
-Consulting
- Technical
-Education & training
- Computer-based
- Instructor-led
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Predictive maintenance
-Performance monitoring
- Energy
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-DCS
-Entry level DCS
-Networked controllers
-Flowmeters (application)
- Batching
-Flowmeters (type)
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
-Monitors/indicators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
-Analytics & reporting
-Artificial intelligence
-Big data & cloud technologies
-Industrial IT & networking
-M2M communication
-Smart sensors
-Specialist consulting services
-Fibre-optic
-Loadcell
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
-Machine vision sensors
-Machine vision systems
-Visual inspection systems
-Automatic dispensing systems
-Batching
-Blending
-Check weighers
-Coriolis
-Drum filling
-Loadcell
-Alarm indicators
-Analog panel meters
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- Bar graphs
- Characters
- CRT
- Display wall (control room)
- LCD, flat-panel
- Programmable message
- Touchscreens
-HMI
-Keyboards
- Desktop
- Flat-panel
-Keypads
- Harsh-environment
- Outdoor (weather-proof)
-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
-Control transducers
- Displacement/position transducers
-Programmable motion control systems
- Custom system design
- Servo systems
- Stepper systems
-Rotary encoders
-Servo amplifiers
- Electronic
- Magnetic
-Servo motors
- Brushless DC motors
- Cage rotor induction motors
- Geared motor units
- Linear motors
- Stepper motors
- Synchro motors
-Differential pressure transducers
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Inductive
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Photoelectric
-Humidity
-Presence
-Strain gauges
-Vibration
-Converters
- A-D
- D-A
- mV/current
-Isolators
-Root extractors
-Panel-mount indicators
-Pyrometers (IR non-contact)
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature switches
-Control signal
-Electrical power
-Frequency
-Humidity
-Temperature
-Vibration
-Wireless
Section - Services & Systems
-Consulting engineers
- Project management
- Systems specification
-Contractors
- Factory automation
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- DCS
- MES/CIM
- PLC
- scada
-System integration/consulting
- Factory automation
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Telemetry
-Training (excluding supplier/product specific training)
-Batch production
-Boiler/furnace control
-Chemicals
-Energy management
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Furnace control & management
-HVAC control
-Sugar
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-mV simulators/calibrators
-Pressure simulators/calibrators
-RTD simulators/calibrators
-Thermocouple simulators
-Humidity
-Temperature
-Vibration/machine health
- Physical contact
| News from Mzukulu Technologies: |
Inductive Automation’s Ignition technology offers potential to disrupt the market
July 2018, SCADA/HMI, Mzukulu Technologies
‘Ignition by Inductive Automation’ is an industrial software platform with a variety of modules that can be combined to create custom HMI, scada and MES solutions. |
Industry news: |
All eyes on the modern DCS platform
January 2026, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers, Schneider Electric South Africa
Modernised DCS platforms are no longer confined to hardware-dependent architectures. These systems have evolved to combine the strengths of both PLCs and DCS while adding capabilities that make them more open, resilient and collaborative. |
Hydraulic system upgrades to boost performance and save money
January 2026, Pneumatics & Hydraulics, CT Hydraulics (Nqoba)
Those working with hydraulic or pneumatic systems know that keeping your machinery running at peak performance balances productivity and cost. As systems age, they often become less efficient, requiring more energy and more frequent repairs. The good news is that you don’t always need to invest in an entirely new machine to solve these problems. |
Modernising Vertical Filter Press Machines with Future-Focused Control Systems
January 2026, System Integration & Control Systems Design
Project and Industry
Pressure Filter Specialists approached us to modernise vertical filter press machines for the Minerals and Metals industry. The goal was to improve reliability, reduce downtime, ... |
Strain wave gearheads for precision and compact design
November 2025, Motion Control & Drives, DNH Tradeserve t/a DNH Technologies
Strain wave gearheads from maxon are a specialised type of gearhead where precision and compact design are crucial. |
ABB and Compu-Power bring high-efficiency UPS innovation to IS3 X-Change 2025
January 2026, News
ABB recently participated in the 31st annual IS3X-Change 2025 in Cape Town, alongside its long-standing channel partner Compu-Power. |
Africa’s brightest young battery innovators
January 2026, News, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric and Enactus, the international NGO dedicated to inspiring students through entrepreneurial action, have announced the winners of the 2025 Energy Transition Battery Innovation Challenge, funded by the Schneider Electric Foundation. It empowers young innovators to design battery solutions addressing the region’s most pressing energy challenges. |
Africa’s strategic role in powering the global clean energy future
January 2026, News
The 2026 Africa Energy Indaba is to spotlight Africa’s mineral wealth, industrialisation potential and the urgent need for sustainable value chain development. |
Siemens and HD Hyundai to accelerate revitalisation of USA shipbuilding
January 2026, News
Siemens Digital Industries Software has signed a memorandum of understanding with HD Hyundai to drive the revitalisation and modernisation of the commercial shipbuilding industry in the USA. |
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