Electricity + Control August 2015

SOCIAL ENGINEERS

‘Inspiring Innovations’ at Phoenix Contact breakfast On 25 June 2015 Phoenix Contact hosted a breakfast at the Randpark Golf Course to introduce their most recent innovations. The company believes in investing in fundamental research which results in the development of high quality products that address special requirements in industry. An example of this is the unique 6 mm safety relay. Something previously thought to be impossible to achieve is now possible with their relay technology. These PSR mini safety relays are an exciting new innovation. Phoenix Contact has reinvented surge protection through the use of the new Safe Energy Control technology with spark gap without line follow current. The new SEC range is low maintenance and easy to install. These were just two of the inspiring innovations introduced at the breakfast. Enquiries: Dereck Stayne. Tel. 011 801 8200

Bruce Patton, Kevin Preston, Patrick Rowland, Sean Hadley, Peter Mauff, Dereck Stayne, Tony Rayner and Kevin Mann (Phoenix Contact).

Schneider Electric hosts successful services event for installed base customers Global specialist in energy management, Schneider Electric, recently held a two-day event to showcase its expertise in installed based services at its Midrand Schneider Electric Campus. Over 130 customers, representing industries such as Water and Wastewater (WWW), food and beverage; electrical utilities; Mining, Minerals and Metals (MMM); and facility management, attended the informative sessions by local and international Schneider Electric experts. The event highlighted that installed base services should be developed to assist companies in increasing productiv-

ity, reliability and safety; mitigating risk and limit downtime; keeping equipment up to date and extending its lifespan; cutting costs and increasing savings; and improving return on investment. Enquiries: Ntombi Mhangwani. Tel. 011 254 6400 or email ntombi.mhangwani@schneider-electric.com Chris Cowling (principal cyber security consultant), Rodrigo Garcia (service business manager), Bongani Twala (field services, Africa), Raedah Saman (field services business development director for Africa), Makhlouf Lebeze (process automation field services business development director), Danie Baden- horst (field services, South Africa), Mahesh Ananda-Kumar (E and P operate offer category manager), Europe and Africa zone), Karthik Perumal (projects and engineering centre) – advanced energy expertise – energy efficiency and thermal expert).

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