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CIM Automation
Unit 5 Prestige Business Park, Democracy Way, Montague Gardens, Cape Town
Core business offering: Distributor of equipment for industrial and process automation, backed by strong technical support. Products include sensors, lighting, control systems and HMIs, communications systems, machine safety solutions, RFID, pneumatics, electric automation and process automation equipment.
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Section - Computers & Software
-Electrical design
-Motion control system design
-Communication medium
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- RS232/485/422
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
-Operating features
- Intrinsically safe
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
- Mixed
-Applications
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- Soft PLC
- System simulation/PID tuning
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- TCP/IP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Barcode systems
- Automated
-Ethernet-based systems
-Standalone data loggers
-Process simulation & design
-Monitors
- moisture
- vibration
-Alarms
-Number of I/O points
- 0-64k
-Reports
-Cable telemetry
- copper wire
- Ethernet LAN
-Remote sensing & control
- cellular
- radio link
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-In-stream/in situ
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-Out-of-stream/ex situ
- Pneumatic air filtration/conditioning
-Calibration, configuration & adjustment
- Point-to-point HART device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point Profibus device calibration/configuration
- Point-to-point proprietary device calibration/configuration
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Signal
- Explosion proof / intrinsically safe
- Multiwire
- Screened
-Circular DIN, control
-Fieldbus interface
-I/O
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-DeviceNet
-EtherCat
-Ethernet
-Modbus
-Profinet
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
-Universal Serial Bus (USB)
-Wireless (for industrial application only)
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Electric
-Emergency shutdown
-Limit switches
-Pneumatic
-Valve position transmitters
- Valve positioners
-Control valves (type)
- Ball
- Butterfly
-Solenoid
-Capacitive & conductive
-Fibre-optic
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Optical, laser
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Tilt switch
-Ultrasonic
-Analog I/O
- 65-256
-Digital I/O
- more than 512
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Operator interface panel
-Programming
- Function block diagram
- High level (C, Basic, etc.)
- Ladder diagram (relay logic)
-Actuators
- Linear
- Rotary
-Controllers/logic devices
-Cylinders
- Double acting
- Positioners
- Single acting
-Tubes & fittings
-Valves
- Manifolds
- Pressure
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
-Displacement
-Fibre-optic
-Flow
-Humidity
-Level
-Metal detectors
-Moisture
-Other
-Presence
-Thickness
-Vibration
-Vision
-Amplifiers & pre-amplifiers
-Converters
- A-D
- D-A
- mV/current
- Programmable
-Panel-mount indicators
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Counters
- Batch
- Panel mount
-Timers
- Panel mount
Section - Services & Systems
-Programmers
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- Factory automation
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
-Batch production
-Compressed air
-Food & beverage
-Marine
-Packaging and Labelling
-Pharmaceutical
-Pulp & paper
-Textiles
-Water & waste water
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-0/4-20 mA loop simulators/calibrators
-mV simulators/calibrators
-Pressure simulators/calibrators
Industry news: |
SAIMC knowledge sharing event
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Rethinking power for Africa’s data centres
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Lowering a steam generator into a nuclear power plant
March 2026, Motion Control & Drives
With different contractors working on the same site operating a wealth of machinery and equipment, effective planning and communication are critical to ensure a successful nuclear construction project. |
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