IBG
ABB South Africa (Motion)

ABB Campus, 2 Lake Road, Longmeadow Business Estate North, Modderfontein

tel:  
+27 10 202 5000
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
https://new.abb.com/drives

Core business offering: Full portfolio of variable speed drives and motors in low-voltage and medium-voltage ratings, and also the AC500 PLC portfolio. Build-and-service centre for large AC motors. Drives Service Centre and Drives Training Centre.


Alrode
Durban
Longmeadow, Modderfontein (HQ)
Port Elizabeth
McCree, Sean
Head of Product Management
[email protected]
Rughoonandan, Ritesh
National Sales Manager
[email protected]
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ABB
(Manufacturer, Sole Agency)
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Machine health monitoring
-ISO 9000 management systems
-Maintenence management
-Production management systems
-Monitors
- gas
- vibration
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Handheld/portable
- Hardwired point-to-point device calibrator/configurator
- Hardwired point-to-point HART device calibrator/configurator
- Hardwired point-to-point Profibus device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable HART device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable Profibus device calibrator/configurator
- Network capable proprietary device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless HART device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless Profibus device calibrator/configurator
- Wireless proprietary device calibrator/configurator
-Condition monitoring
- Remote site condition monitoring
-Consulting
- Technical
-Education & training
- Instructor-led
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Planning
- Predictive maintenance
-Asset related
- Asset management software for intellectual assets (engineering related)
- Enterprise asset management software (EAM)
-Calibration, configuration & adjustment
- Networkable HART device calibration/configuration
- Networkable Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Networkable proprietary device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point HART device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point proprietary device calibration/configuration
- Wireless HART device calibration/configuration
- Wireless Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Wireless proprietary device calibration/configuration
-Maintenance
- Decision support
- Planning & scheduling
- Predictive maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Reliability engineering
-Optimisation & efficiency
- Asset optimisation
- Energy optimisation
- Expert systems
- Maintenance optimisation
- Root cause analysis
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Boxes - electronics
- Plastic construction
-Cabinets
- Free-standing
- Wall mount
-Enclosures (special)
- Corrosion proof
- Environmentally protected
-Reed relays
- Dry-contact
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
- General purpose, control
- Plug-in
-Switches
- Key-lock
- Pushbutton-control
- Rotary selector
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-HART
-Network analysers
- HART
- PLC Data Highway
- Profibus
- Profinet
-Profibus
-Profinet
-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
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-DCS
-Emergency shut-down systems
-Entry level DCS
-Networked controllers
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-AC control
- 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)
- Coriolis
- Mass
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Switches
-Explosion proof
-Flameproof
-Intrinsic safety
- Transmitters - flow
- Transmitters - level
- Transmitters - pressure
- Transmitters - temperature
- Valve positioners
-Analytics & reporting
-Asset/calibration management
-Cybersecurity
-Industrial IT & networking
-Smart sensors
-Specialist consulting services
-Wireless network/service providers
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Operator interface panel
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-Servo motors
- Brushless DC motors
- Cage rotor induction motors
- DC motors
- Geared motor units
- Synchro motors
-Peripherals
- grippers
- welding
-Robots
-Flow
-Gas
-Level
-Mass
-Vibration
Section - Services & Systems
-Building management
-Energy management
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Food & beverage
-HVAC control
-Marine
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Petrochemical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-Analysers
- Gas
- Oxygen
-Flow calibrators
-Thermistor simulators
-Leak detection
-Temperature
-Vibration/machine health
- Non-contact/ultrasonic
- Physical contact
-Water-in-oil
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