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Rietz Automation
Unit 2, Main Reef Business Park, Main Reef Road, Boksburg
Core business offering: System integration, panel building, commissioning, electrical drawings and software.
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Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
- Handheld
-Ethernet-based systems
-PC based data acquisition
- automatic data acquisition
-MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems
-MRP - Manufacturing Resource Planning
-Warehouse management systems
-Monitors
- air quality
- density
- gas
- vibration
- water quality
-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
-Reports
-Cable telemetry
- copper wire
- Ethernet LAN
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Control valves (type)
- Ball
- Butterfly
-Rotary control valves
-Solenoid
-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
-Flowmeters (application)
- Batching
-Flowmeters (type)
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Mass
-Monitors/indicators
-Float-operated
-Loadcell
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Ultrasonic
-Vibrating fork
-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 switches
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
Section - Services & Systems
-Consulting engineers
- Project management
- Systems specification
-Contractors
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Panel builders
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- PLC
- scada
-System integration/consulting
- Electrical
- Factory automation
- Information systems
- Materials handling
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Warehousing
-Automotive
-Batch production
-Blending
-Boiler/furnace control
-Chemicals
-Compressed air
-Energy management
-Food & beverage
-Furnace control & management
-Gas, infrared heating systems
-HVAC control
-Induction heating systems
-Injection moulding
-Kiln control
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Packaging and Labelling
-Petrochemical
-Pharmaceutical
-Power generation & distribution
-Pulp & paper
-Rubber & plastics
-Sugar
-Textiles
-Water & waste water
Industry news: |
All eyes on the modern DCS platform
January 2026, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers, Schneider Electric South Africa
Modernised DCS platforms are no longer confined to hardware-dependent architectures. These systems have evolved to combine the strengths of both PLCs and DCS while adding capabilities that make them more open, resilient and collaborative. |
Hydraulic system upgrades to boost performance and save money
January 2026, Pneumatics & Hydraulics, CT Hydraulics (Nqoba)
Those working with hydraulic or pneumatic systems know that keeping your machinery running at peak performance balances productivity and cost. As systems age, they often become less efficient, requiring more energy and more frequent repairs. The good news is that you don’t always need to invest in an entirely new machine to solve these problems. |
Modernising Vertical Filter Press Machines with Future-Focused Control Systems
January 2026, System Integration & Control Systems Design
Project and Industry
Pressure Filter Specialists approached us to modernise vertical filter press machines for the Minerals and Metals industry. The goal was to improve reliability, reduce downtime, ... |
Strain wave gearheads for precision and compact design
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Strain wave gearheads from maxon are a specialised type of gearhead where precision and compact design are crucial. |
ABB and Compu-Power bring high-efficiency UPS innovation to IS3 X-Change 2025
January 2026, News
ABB recently participated in the 31st annual IS3X-Change 2025 in Cape Town, alongside its long-standing channel partner Compu-Power. |
Africa’s brightest young battery innovators
January 2026, News, Schneider Electric South Africa
Schneider Electric and Enactus, the international NGO dedicated to inspiring students through entrepreneurial action, have announced the winners of the 2025 Energy Transition Battery Innovation Challenge, funded by the Schneider Electric Foundation. It empowers young innovators to design battery solutions addressing the region’s most pressing energy challenges. |
Africa’s strategic role in powering the global clean energy future
January 2026, News
The 2026 Africa Energy Indaba is to spotlight Africa’s mineral wealth, industrialisation potential and the urgent need for sustainable value chain development. |
Siemens and HD Hyundai to accelerate revitalisation of USA shipbuilding
January 2026, News
Siemens Digital Industries Software has signed a memorandum of understanding with HD Hyundai to drive the revitalisation and modernisation of the commercial shipbuilding industry in the USA. |
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