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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: |
Unlocking mining efficiency with advanced processing control
October 2025, IT in Manufacturing
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
Yaskawa Southern Africa has partnered with Industrial Manufacturing Systems South Africa to introduce the Megmeet laser welding cell, a breakthrough solution combining precision robotics with cutting-edge laser technology. |
Next-gen planetary gearboxes
October 2025, Motion Control & Drives, SEW-EURODRIVE
Leading the way in planetary gear unit innovation, SEW-EURODRIVE is extending its reach across a growing range of industries, delivering the advantages of this powerful technology through locally engineered solutions that ensure faster lead times. |
Miniature inductive sensors
October 2025, Sensors & Transducers, ifm - South Africa
The inductive IY/IZ type sensors from ifm are used in various industrial areas where space is limited. |
Industrial PC for high demand on 3D graphics or deeply integrated vision
October 2025, Industrial Computer Hardware, Beckhoff Automation
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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