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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: |
Innovate, accelerate, dominate
July 2025, Pneumatics & Hydraulics, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa
Festo’s latest innovations, revealed through the Ramp Up Campaign, offer a blueprint for performance excellence, using the anatomy of a race car as an analogy to simplify and powerfully communicate how their technologies address industry challenges. |
Driving digital transformation in the truck industry
June 2025, IT in Manufacturing, Siemens South Africa
Tatra Trucks, a leading truck manufacturer in Czechia, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software including Teamcenter software for product lifecycle management and the Mendix low code platform to help increase production volume and strengthen its ability to manufacture vehicles that meet specific customer requirements. |
Case History 198: Cascade control overcomes valve problems.
July 2025, Flow Measurement & Control, Editor's Choice
There are many processes where it is undesirable for the load to suddenly change quickly, for example in the paper industry. Examples of level control have involved reasonably fast tuning. An example of a level loop tuned this way and responding to a step change in setpoint is given.
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Advanced telemetry solutions
July 2025, Industrial Wireless, Editor's Choice
Namibia is one of the driest countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with an average annual rainfall below 250 mm. To address this challenge, the Namibia Water Corporation has employed one of southern Africa’s most powerful and well-proven telemetry solutions, designed and manufactured by SSE/Interlynx-SA. |
A reliable water supply: The make or break in building metros across South Africa
July 2025, Flow Measurement & Control, VEGA Controls SA
South Africa’s urban centres encounter substantial water supply challenges. Maintaining stable water infrastructure is essential for the health, economic vitality and well-being of communities. |
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