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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Remote monitoring in remote and harsh environments
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The value of service-level agreements
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Next-generation road-legal race car.
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Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) will move to the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software and use it to develop the next generation of its single-seater road-legal race car, Mono.

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