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Scibotron
14 Regency Street, R21 Corporate Park , Centurion
Core business offering: ISO 9001 certified industrial automation software engineering company with a reputation for turning projects around through technical solutions, quality of software services and agility of project management. The client base includes companies such as Anglo American, Transnet, Hatch, SPX and Distell.
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Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- desktop
- laptop
- servers
- tablet
- workstations
-Input devices
- Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) extenders & switches
- Keyboards
- Mice, trackerballs
- Network interfaces (see I/O table)
- Touchscreens
-PC function cards, modules
- Graphics accelerator
- Mass storage magnetic
- Memory, solid state disk
-Peripherals
- Monitors/display systems
-Applications
- Alarm management
- Batch production
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Direct control
- Drivers
- DSP (digital signal processing) software
- Dynamic link to libraries (DLL)
- Expert systems
- Facility optimisation
- Fuzzy logic
- Link to Windows databases
- Manufacturing execution systems (MES)
- MRP, tracking, business
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- Soft PLC
- System simulation/PID tuning
- Virtual instruments
-Datasharing
- Clipboard
- DDE
- OLE
- OPC clients
- OPC servers
-Language
- C, Pascal, etc
- Java
- MS Visual Basic
- OOP (e.g. Visual C++)
- PLC languages
- Provides OCXs
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- TCP/IP
-Operating Systems
- .Net
-Operating systems
- Java
- Linux
- MacOS
- Unix
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
-Ethernet-based systems
-Logging printers
-Machine health monitoring
-PC based data acquisition
- automatic data acquisition
- intranet system
- presentation/analysis software
-MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems
-MIS - Management Information Systems
-Operator training simulators
-Process simulation & design
-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
- Unix
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-ASI
-ControlNet
-DeviceNet
-Ethernet
-HART
-Modbus
-Profibus
-Profinet
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Communications
- Fieldbus
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Functionality
- Adaptive gain
- Auto/self tuning
- Cascade control
- Logic
- Maths/calculations
- Pattern/profile
- PID/PD
- Ratio control
- Scaling of I/O
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- RTD
- Strain gauge
- Thermocouple
-Number of loops
- >16
- 1-16
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- 0-5V
- mA/mV
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Visual display
-DCS
-Emergency shut-down systems
-Entry level DCS
-Networked controllers
-Flowmeters (application)
- Batching
-Flowmeters (type)
- Clamp-on, non-invasive
- Coriolis
- Custody transfer
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Mass
-Monitors/indicators
-Pipeline monitors
-Regulators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
-Analytics & reporting
-Big data & cloud technologies
-Cybersecurity
-Industrial IT & networking
-Specialist consulting services
-System simulation
-Float-operated
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Ultrasonic
-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
-Current
-Density
-Flow
-Level
-Light intensity
-Mass
-Vibration
-Converters
- Programmable
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Temperature switches
-Control signal
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Frequency
-Level
-Pressure
-Temperature
-Vibration
Section - Services & Systems
-Batch production
-Blending
-Building management
-Energy management
-Food & beverage
-Mining & metals
-Petrochemical
-Water & waste water
Industry news: |
Unlocking mining efficiency with advanced processing control
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ABB’s Advanced Process Control system, powered by its Expert Optimizer platform, is emerging as a key enabler of smarter, more efficient mining operations. |
Yaskawa Southern Africa launches laser welding cell
October 2025, Motion Control & Drives
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Next-gen planetary gearboxes
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Miniature inductive sensors
October 2025, Sensors & Transducers, ifm - South Africa
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Industrial PC for high demand on 3D graphics or deeply integrated vision
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Beckhoff Automation’s C6043 industrial PC with NVIDIA GPU handles applications with high demands on 3D graphics or deeply integrated vision and AI program blocks with minimal cycle times. |
SAIMC: Johannesburg
October 2025, SAIMC
The Johannesburg Branch of the SAIMC hosted a successful Technology Evening on 10 September. The event was well attended and generously sponsored by Phoenix Contact.
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Record-breaking dragline relocation
October 2025, Motion Control & Drives
Draglines are key pieces of equipment in open-pit mining. BHP Mitsubishi Alliance entrusted Mammoet with the relocation of a 3100 ton Marion 8050 dragline from one end of the Peak Downs coal mine in Queensland, Australia to another, a full 27 km away. |
The expanding role of 3D cameras in industrial quality control
October 2025, Sensors & Transducers, TANDM Technologies
Across factory floors, warehouses, mines and research centres worldwide, computer vision paired with 3D camera technology is revolutionising quality control. |
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