Schneider Electric has launched the PowerLogic ION9000 series advanced, accurate power quality meters. With rapid advancements in IoT, event analytics and accuracy, this addition to the EcoStruxure Power portfolio provides a complete power quality meter for critical power applications. The latest generation advanced power quality meters to build on the success of the ION7650, PowerLogic ION9000 is […]
Identifying leaks of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), used as an electrical insulator in extremely high-voltage utilities applications, generally requires the purchase or rental of an expensive gas detector or hiring an outside consultant. The alternatives are shutting down equipment and using a sniffer (which after some time, can determine only the approximate area of the leak), […]
Ensuring the safety of one’s employees is of paramount importance. The insurance industry is tightening requirements world-wide, and this has filtered into South Africa too. There are definite requests for compliance with local and international standards. Diesel Electric Services recently acquired Automatic Sprinkler Inspection Bureau (ASIB) approval to design, manufacture, install, maintain and commission fire pumps and […]
NewElec’s KD and KE 3-phase motor protection relays improve plant production capabilities across all industries. The company will assist with relay parameter settings and installation while leaving technical knowledge on-site for ease of use and front-end understanding. These motor protection relays have the following protection features: overload with user selectable thermal curves; load loss with user […]
A new blower station has been installed in a Chinese iron and steel factory. Three axial blowers now produce a maximum air volume of 10 000 Nm3/min at 0,65 MPa. The drive technology for this enormous blower has been provided by Siemens. The electric motors installed here are the largest of their type in China and […]
To ensure consistently high levels of steel production, steel producer Posco is modernising the blowers on its blast furnaces using Siemens drive technology. Thanks to the new blowers, Posco benefits from high availability and efficiency, short start-up times and low maintenance costs. The optimisation measures on the blowers include the installation of three Simotics HV motors […]
NGV Gas, a natural gas provider of commercial fleets and a division of CNG Holdings, is enabling the growth of gas-powered transport in South Africa through a rapidly expanding compressed natural gas distribution network of standalone and in-house fuelling stations in Gauteng and soon in KwaZulu-Natal too. In recent years, technology has improved significantly to […]
One of Africa’s leading manufacturers of wood-based products, specialising in particle board, kitchen tops, solid surfacing products and timber, has recently made the switch from customised to configured systems. The manufacturer has plantations and factories situated throughout the country. The company owns the entire integrated supply chain, managing the process from production of the raw […]
According to Corrado Ciuti, the owner of Termogramma, the application of thermal imaging is only limited by the imagination. The level of technology available also makes the difference: to provide consultancy services and inspections authoritatively, Termogramma relies on a full range of feature-rich tools. From Flir’s T640 thermal imaging camera, to high-tech clamp meters and […]
Having an in-house Projects Department to focus on the specific requirements of project houses, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and other tender-related project activity is starting to bear fruit for SEW-Eurodrive South Africa, which has clinched a major order for five M-Series industrial gear units for a mining operation in West Africa. The Projects Department, headed […]
