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Westplex
5 Stirrup Lane, Woodmead, Sandton
Core business offering: Westplex offers a range of visual inspection and identification products that offer accuracy, reliability and high performance in production environments. These include smart cameras, vision sensors and industrial ID readers/code quality verifiers, as well as advanced conveyor belt condition monitoring systems and ultra-slow motion high speed cameras.
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Section - Computers & Software
-Industrial computers
- Compact, embeddable (PC/104, PCI, ISA bus) modules
-PC function cards, modules
- Counter/timer
- I/O (analog/digital)
- IEEE-488 (HPIB)
- Image processing
- Relay
-Communication medium
- Copper
- Optical fibre
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Fieldbus
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
- Plug in cards
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
- Mixed
-Applications
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Direct control
- DSP (digital signal processing) software
- Dynamic link to libraries (DLL)
- Fuzzy logic
- Link to Windows databases
- Programming languages
- SPC/SQC
- System simulation/PID tuning
- Virtual instruments
-Datasharing
- DDE
- OLE
- OPC clients
-Language
- C, Pascal, etc
- MS Visual Basic
- OOP (e.g. Visual C++)
-Network communications
- Fieldbus
- NetBEUI
- TCP/IP
-Operating systems
- Linux
- Windows 2000
- Windows 3.1
- Windows 95/98
- Windows CE
- Windows NT
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Ethernet-based systems
-PC based data acquisition
- A-D conversion boards
- automatic data acquisition
- data acquisition cards
- distributed data acquisition
- presentation/analysis software
-Alarms
-Number of I/O points
- Unlimited
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- 64-640
-Operating system
- Linux
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
-Cable telemetry
- Ethernet LAN
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cellular
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Handheld/portable
- Other
-In-stream/in situ
- General purpose data-logger
-Handheld/portable
- Data-logger
-Condition monitoring
- Remote site condition monitoring
-Maintenance
- Calibration
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-DeviceNet
-Ethernet
-Foundation Fieldbus
-IEEE-488
-Modbus
-Remote I/O
-RS232/422/485
-Universal Serial Bus (USB)
-WirelessHART
- field devices - controllers
- repeaters
- wireless handheld terminals
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Machine vision lighting
-Machine vision sensors
-Machine vision systems
-Visual inspection systems
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
-Networking organisation
- Remote I/O
-Programming
- IEC 1131
-Scan rate more than 1ms per step
-Computer interfaces
-Programmable motion control systems
- Servo systems
- Stepper systems
Section - Services & Systems
-Contractors
- Factory automation
- Process control
-Programmers
- Other
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- Factory automation
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Telemetry
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-Spectrometers (UV, IR, etc.)
-Coating thickness
-Particle size
-Thermal imaging
-Vibration/machine health
- Physical contact
| News from Westplex: |
Machine vision solutions
Africa Automation Fair 2019 Preview, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Westplex specialises in machine vision products and systems for visual inspection, and is a country-wide, one-stop source for a wide range of industrial machine vision products. Westplex represents world ... |
Barcode reader for complex applications
January 2019, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Cognex recently launched its new Dataman 470 barcode series. Most manufactured products use a 1-D or 2-D barcode to automate and simplify identification and capturing of data, but users must be able to ... |
Product quality, verification and package inspection
February 2018, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
In addition to improving material handling, logistics efficiency, product quality and package safety and integrity, machine vision can also be implemented on the processing side to reduce scrap, improve ... |
Why use image-based barcode readers?
August 2017, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Image-based barcode readers are rapidly replacing laser scanners in a wide range of industries including food, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and logistics, but when considering a transition ... |
Machine vision solutions
Africa Automation Fair 2017 Preview, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Westplex specialises in machine vision products and systems for visual inspection, and is a country-wide, one-stop source for a wide range of industrial machine vision products. Westplex represents world ... |
What to look for in a vision sensor
March 2017, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
On paper, all vision sensors look like they could get the job done. But, selecting a sensor with these five features will help ensure that error-proofing applications run smoothly and accurately. 1. ... |
High speed cameras monitor processes
August 2016, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Companies are pushing high speed manufacturing and packaging processes in an effort to maximise manufacturing output. Equipment is often pushed up to or past designed operational speeds in an effort to ... |
Cognex introduces new vision sensor
March 2016, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Cognex Corporation has launched the new In-Sight 2000 series, a product line that combines the power of its industry-leading In-Sight vision systems with the simplicity and affordability of a vision sensor.
Ideal ... |
Successful machine vision inspection
March 2016, Sensors & Transducers, Westplex
Industrial production of goods is subject to strong competition today. Successful manufacturing companies have a high degree of mechanisation, increasing quality standards, increasing manufacturing speeds, ... |
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