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Fox Controls Rand
Suite 151, 1st Floor, Blairgowrie Plaza, 64 Conrad Drive, Blairgowrie, Randburg
Core business offering: Import and distribution of measurement and control instrumentation and automation, sensors, PLCs, power supplies, safety scanners, counters, timers, hour meters, tally counters, clickers, water batch controllers, smart relays, MMIs, and also length measuring systems, cable length meters, meter counters and wire length counters.
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Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Recorders
- events
-Standalone data loggers
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Instrument power supplies
-Mains AC-DC converters
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
- General purpose, control
- Plug-in
- Time delay
-Switches
- Key-lock
- Pushbutton-control
- Thumb-wheel encoded output
-Emergency stop switches
-Key-lock switches
-Light curtains
-Visible alarms
- Industrial beacons
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Functionality
- Auto/self tuning
- Logic
- PID/PD
- Ratio control
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
- Strain gauge
- Thermocouple
-Number of loops
- 1-16
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- mA/mV
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 48x48
- 48x96
-Visual display
-Totalisers and correlators
-Intrinsic safety
- Totalisers
-Capacitive & conductive
-Optical, laser
-Ultrasonic
-Automatic dispensing systems
-Batching
-Digital panel meters
-Digital process indicators
-Displays
- LCD, flat-panel
- Touchscreens
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
-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
-Programming
- Diagnostic software
- Documenting software
- Function block diagram
- 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
-Controllers/logic devices
-Control transducers
- Displacement/position transducers
-Flexible shafts
-Programmable motion control systems
- Custom system design
- Pneumatic drive systems
-Rotary encoders
-Capacitive
-Colour mark
-Edge detection
-Hot metal
-Inductive
-Infrared
-Laser
-Limit switch
-Machine guard
-Magnetic
-Photoelectric
-Ultrasonic
-Displacement
-Fibre-optic
-Level
-Light intensity
-Metal detectors
-Other
-Presence
-Thickness
-Converters
- A-D
- D-A
-Isolators
-Counters
- Batch
- Handheld tally
- Mechanical
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
-Timers
- Analog
- Digital
- Panel mount
- Rail mount
Section - Services & Systems
-Shop-floor data collection
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
| News from Fox Controls Rand: |
Low-profile touchless switches
November 2022, Operator Interfaces, Switches & Relays, Fox Controls Rand
LED illumination and indoor/outdoor durability make these low-profile touchless switches ideal for clean and functional industrial and public applications. |
A new breed of PLC with HMI
October 2014, PLCs, DCSs & Controllers, Fox Controls Rand
The new 95 mm IDEC SmartAXIS Touch is a breed of its own and the perfect combination of PLC processing and HMI monitoring and control. Available in 65K TFT colour or monochrome, SmartAXIS Touch is an ... |
Slimline power supplies
September 2004, Electrical Power & Protection, Fox Controls Rand
Idec Electronics is offering its new PS5R range of switched mode DIN rail mounted plastic power supplies. These new models deliver the power of a traditional power supply in half the space, without sacrificing ... |
Intelligent machine terminal
April 2004, Operator Interfaces, Switches & Relays, Fox Controls Rand
The machine terminal 2480, part of the BDE 2400 product group, is an intelligent terminal for use in machine monitoring, job booking, quality and DNC applications. Production data is automatically collected, ... |
Industry news: |
PC-based control for a food capsule and pod packaging machine
September 2025, Fieldbus & Industrial Networking, Editor's Choice, Beckhoff Automation
For TME, a machine builder specialising in the packaging of powdered foods, Beckhoff’s PC-based control technology offers unlimited opportunities when it comes to performance and innovative capacity in terms of flexibility, scalability and openness.
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Electromagnetic flow measurement
September 2025, Flow Measurement & Control, Siemens South Africa
The SITRANS FM electromagnetic flowmeters from Siemens deliver high-precision volume measurement of electrically conductive liquid applications – from water, wastewater and irrigation to hygienic processes and even mining slurries with magnetic particles. |
Tough chain and induction hardened sprockets
September 2025, Motion Control & Drives, Bearing Man Group t/a BMG
BMG’s Tsubaki Titan chain series offers significant improvements in wear life, particularly in demanding applications like abrasive and dusty conditions. |
Proven drive technology solutions for the sugar industry
September 2025, Motion Control & Drives, SEW-EURODRIVE
As the South African sugar industry continues to optimise efficiency, uptime and sustainability across cane handling, processing and refining, SEW-EURODRIVE is helping drive this momentum with its world-class drive technology and local service support. |
How manufacturers achieve zero-leakage demands in hydraulic cylinders
September 2025, Pneumatics & Hydraulics
Imagine a world where your hydraulic cylinders never leaked. The answer lies in a holistic approach that focuses on the fundamental components and their interactions, particularly the cylinder rod and its surrounding environment. |
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