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Emerson ASCOAventicsTopworx
11 Quark Crescent, Linbro Business Park, Frankenwald, Sandton
Core business offering: Floor-to-cloud solutions that make the world safer, smarter and more sustainable. Product brands include ASCO, AVENTICS, Movicon, PACSystems TESCOM and TopWorx. Solutions cover a wide range of industries including factory automation, food and beverage, hydrogen, industrial and medical.
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Gripper & Co |
Cape Town
tel: +27 21 447 7203
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Tectra Automation |
Johannesburg
tel: +27 11 971 9400
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Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- workstations
-Industrial computers
- Board level
- Compact, embeddable (PC/104, PCI, ISA bus) modules
- Explosion protected
- Flat-panel
- Pentium architecture
- PLC plug-in
- Rackmount
- RISC architecture
- Wall mounted, embeddable
-PC function cards, modules
- Counter/timer
- Graphics accelerator
- I/O (analog/digital)
- IEEE-488 (HPIB)
- Image processing
- Mass storage magnetic
- Mass storage optical
- Mass storage tape
- Memory, solid state disk
- Relay
-Instrumentation design
-Mechanical design
-Motion control system 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
- 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
- OPC clients
- OPC servers
-Language
- PLC languages
-Operating systems
- Linux
- Windows 2000
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 7
- Windows 95/98
- Windows CE
- Windows NT
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-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
-Process simulation & design
-Product data interchange
-Production management systems
-Utility optimisation
-Monitors
- dust
-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
- OS/2 Warp
- QNX
- Unix
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-In-stream/in situ
- Lubricating oil filtration/conditioning
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-Out-of-stream/ex situ
- Lubricating oil filtration/conditioning
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-In-stream/in situ
- Lubricant
- Pneumatic air
- Valve shut-tight testing
- Valve stroke testing
-Sampling/ex situ
- Spectral analysis (of process fluids)
-Consulting
- Technical
-Education & training
- Instructor-led
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Planning
- Predictive maintenance
- Testing
- Tribology
-Optimisation
- Energy
-Performance monitoring
- Energy
- Installation
- Process/production
-Asset related
- Asset management software for intellectual assets (engineering related)
- Enterprise asset management software (EAM)
- Spares inventory management
-Calibration, configuration & adjustment
- Networkable HART device calibration/configuration
- Networkable Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point HART device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Wireless HART device calibration/configuration
- Wireless Profibus device calibration/configuration
-Education & training
- 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
- Maintenance optimisation
- Process/production modelling
- Simulation for optimisation
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Explosion proof
-Fieldbus interface
-Harsh environment
-High temperature
-I/O
-Watertight
-Cabinets
- Explosion protected
- Free-standing
- Industrial computers
- Wall mount
-Enclosures (special)
- Corrosion proof
- Environmentally protected
-Switches
- Intrinsically safe
- Key-lock
- Magnetic
- Pushbutton-control
- Rocker
-Emergency stop switches
-Gas burner safety control
-Hazardous gas detection
-IS barriers, signal isolation
-Key-lock switches
-Safety limit switches
-DIN rail-mount
-Fieldbus terminal blocks
-I/O system
-PLC interface
-Screwed clamp
-Screwless spring cage
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-ASI
-CANbus
-ControlNet
-DeviceNet
-EtherCat
-Ethernet
-Foundation Fieldbus
-HART
-IEEE-488
-Modbus
-PLC Data Highway
-Profibus
-Profinet
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
-Wireless (for industrial application only)
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Electric
-Emergency shutdown
-Limit switches
-Partial stroke testing devices
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
-Control valves (applications)
- Cryogenic
- Globe - sanitary
- Hygienic
- Pump protection
- Re-circulating
- Safety release
- Severe service/harsh application valves
- Slurry control
- Steam conditioning
- Steam de-superheaters
-Globe
- double seated
- split-body
- three-way
-Lined valves
-Manifolds
-Pinch-type sleeve
-Rotary control valves
-Shut tight valves
-Sliding/knife gate
-Solenoid
-Weir-type diaphragm
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
-Functionality
- PID/PD
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- RTD
- Thermocouple
-Number of loops
- >16
- 1-16
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Visual display
-DC control
- 4-quadrant control
- Speed control
-Explosion proof
-Fire detection & extinguishing equipment
-Flameproof
-Gas detection
-Intrinsic safety
- Batch controllers
- Sensors
- Shunt diode safety barriers
- Solenoid valves
- Valve positioners
-Type 'n' protection
-Analytics & reporting
-Artificial intelligence
-Big data & cloud technologies
-Industrial IT & networking
-Specialist consulting services
-System simulation
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- Bar graphs
- Characters
- CRT
- Display wall (control room)
- LCD, flat-panel
- Programmable message
- Touchscreens
-Handheld terminals
-HMI
-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
-Air dryers
-Controllers/logic devices
-Cylinders
- Double acting
- Positioners
- Rodless
- Single acting
-Filters
-Pneumatic conveying systems
-Pressure/vacuum switches
-Seals
-Tubes & fittings
-Valves
- Check
- Flow
- Gauge
- Isolation
- Manifolds
- Pressure
- Servo
-Clutches and brakes
-Impactors - magnetic
-Programmable motion control systems
- Custom system design
- Pneumatic drive systems
- Servo systems
-Differential pressure transducers
-Instrument manifolds
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Regulators
- Pilot operated pressure reducing
- Rupture disk
- Self-acting back pressure
- Self-acting pressure reducing
-Edge detection
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Peripherals
- grippers
- welding
-Robots
-Timers
- Analog
- Digital
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
-Control signal
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Pneumatic
-Pressure
-Temperature
Section - Services & Systems
-Consulting engineers
- Systems specification
-Contractors
- Factory automation
- Panel builders
-Programmers
- MES/CIM
- PLC
- scada
-System integration/consulting
- CIM/CAM
- Factory automation
- Materials handling
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
-Ultrasonic welding & cleaning
-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
-Induction heating systems
-Injection moulding
-Laboratory control & management
-Laser-based
- welding
-Marine
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Sugar
-Textiles
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
News from Emerson ASCOAventicsTopworx: |
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This article examines a unique approach known as zoned safety, which reduces complexity in the design of redundant pneumatic safety circuits. It explains the advantages of the concept over the traditional ... |
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When choosing the right valve for the job, it is important to understand the demands of the application and the relative merits of each valve type. |
Should solenoid valves be classed as commodity items?
February 2018, Valves, Actuators & Pump Control, Emerson ASCOAventicsTopworx
Engineers seeking operational longevity and high-quality performance should think beyond initial purchase price, as any other strategy is likely to cost far more in the long run. The technology
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