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Rubicon Industrial Automation
9 Frank Street, Newton Park, Gqeberha
Core business offering: Supplier of industrial automation solutions for the manufacturing sector and related system integrators in South Africa.
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Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- desktop
- laptop
- tablet
-Industrial computers
- Rackmount
-Input devices
- Joysticks
- Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) extenders & switches
- Keyboards
- Touchscreens
-Communication medium
- Copper
- Optical fibre
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
- Plug in cards
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
- Mixed
-Applications
- Alarm management
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
- Handheld
- Printers
-Ethernet-based systems
-In-transit temperature/event
-Standalone data loggers
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Power
- Armoured
- PVC
- Silicon
-Signal
- Armoured
- Coaxial
- Computer, LAN
- Explosion proof / intrinsically safe
- Flat, ribbon
- High temperature
- Multiwire
- Optical fibre
- Screened
- Single conductor panel wires
- Temperature compensated cable
- Twisted pair
-Circular DIN, control
-Circular, mixed signal
-Circular, power
-Coaxial connectors
-D-subminiature
-Explosion proof
-Fieldbus interface
-Harsh environment
-High temperature
-I/O
-Optical fibre
-Rectangular, control, signal
-Rectangular, mixed signal
-Rectangular, power
-Termination tooling
-Thermocouple
-Watertight
-Batteries
- Primary
- Secondary (rechargeable)
-Battery chargers
-DC-DC converters
-Engine driven generators
-Instrument power supplies
-Mains AC-DC converters
-Mains/power conditioners
-Solar energy converters
-Standby power generators
-Uninterruptible power supplies
-19" racking
-Accessories
-Boxes - electronics
- Metal construction
- Plastic construction
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Industrial computers
- Wall mount
-Canopies
-Cases/housings
- Benchtop
- Card cages
- Portable
-Desks, consoles, furniture
-EMC control
- Shielded enclosures
- Shielding laminates, gaskets, coating
-Enclosures (special)
- Corrosion proof
- Environmentally protected
-Intercom systems (industrial)
-Pole mount accessories
-Pole mount accessories (stainless steel)
-Sub-rack systems
-Thermal control
- Fans, blowers
- Heat exchangers/airconditioners
- Heatsinks
-Heavy duty power switching
-Reed relays
- Dry-contact
- Mercury-wetted
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
- General purpose, control
- Plug-in
- Solid state (photo MOS)
- Solid state (zero-crossing)
- Time delay
-Switches
- Cam-operated
- Foot-operated
- Intrinsically safe
- Key-lock
- Magnetic
- Membrane, custom
- Pushbutton-control
- Rocker
- Rotary selector
- Thumb-wheel encoded output
-Busbar
-Cable glands
-Cable grommets
-Cable jointing kits
-Cable sleeving
-Cable tie installing tools
-Cable ties
-Cable/terminal marking systems
-Cable/terminal marking systems (stainless steel)
-Cabling conduit
-Ducting, trunking
-Electrical power
-Fibre-optic jointing kit
-Heat-shrink guns
-Heat-shrink tubing
-Insulating tape, coloured
-Lacing cord/ribbon
-Mounting clips, clamps
-Sleeve application tools
-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
-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
- Lightning arrestors
- Varistor (MOV)
-Thermal magnetic circuit breakers
-Visible alarms
- Annunciator displays
- Indicator lights
- Industrial beacons
- LED
- LED for traffic lights
-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
-Tab connector blocks (panel)
-Thermocouple
-Wire wrap
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-ASI
-CANbus
-CC-Link
-ControlNet
-DeviceNet
-Ethernet
-HART
-Interbus-S
-Network analysers
- ASI
- CANbus
- CC-Link
- ControlNet
- DeviceNet
- Ethernet
- Profibus
-Profibus
-Profinet
-Wireless (for industrial application only)
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- RTD
- Strain gauge
- Thermocouple
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Visual display
-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)
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
-Monitors/indicators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
-Capacitive & conductive
-Fibre-optic
-Float-operated
-Loadcell
-Optical, laser
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
-Machine vision lighting
-Machine vision systems
-Alarm indicators
-Analog panel meters
-Annunciator panels
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- LCD, flat-panel
- Touchscreens
-Handheld terminals
-HMI
-Keyboards
- Desktop
- Flat-panel
- Rackmount
- Sealed
-Keypads
- 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
-Scan rate less than 1ms per step
-Scan rate more than 1ms per step
-Differential pressure transducers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
-Centrifugal
- Glandless (without seal)
- Inline
- Multistage
- Self-priming
-Submersible
-Vacuum
-Acoustic
-Anemometers
-Current
-Density
-Displacement
-Fibre-optic
-Flow
-Level
-Loadcell
-Panel-mount indicators
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature switches
-Thermocouple extension cables
-Thermocouple reference units
-Thermocouples (Type S, T, etc)
-Counters
- Batch
- Handheld tally
- Mechanical
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
-Timers
- Analog
- Digital
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
-Conductivity
-Electrical power
-Pressure
-Temperature
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-Decade boxes, R/I/C
-mV simulators/calibrators
-Power, energy calibrators
-Pressure simulators/calibrators
-Thermocouple simulators
-Bonding/earthing
-Clampmeters
-Insulation testers
-Logic probes/pulsers
-Mains power analysers
-Multimeters
-Ohmmeters
-Oscilloscopes
-Phase rotation
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