Electricity and Control April 2022

CONTENTS

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT

Features

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIoT 4 Smart manufacturing for the future battery gigafactory Dominique Scheider, Rockwell Automation

6 Digital transformation is here to help John Browett, CLPA Europe

8 How containerisation can benefit a business Benjamin Coetzer, Routed

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9 Products + services

ENERGY MANAGEMENT + THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT 10 Dispatchable renewables – the smart option Jan Fourie, Scatec

11 Managing electrical power systems Vladimir Milovanovic, Schneider Electric

12 Use industrial UPSs for industrial applications Ivor Becks, ABB South Africa

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14 Products + services

MEASUREMENT + INSTRUMENTATION 19 Wireless monitoring of remote reservoirs Ian Loudon. Omniflex, South Africa

20 Products + services

SAFETY OF PLANT, EQUIPMENT + PEOPLE 22 Safe motion monitoring in automation systems Carsten Gregorius and Udo Tappe, Phoenix Contact Electronics, Germany

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24 Products + services

Regulars 1 Comment Electric energy – consider a different paradigm 3 Cover article When the heat gets hot in the process 29 Reskilling, upskilling + training EPC practitioner skills training 30 Cybersecurity Bridging the divide between OT and IT security 31 Engineering the future Solar power for clean water in remote areas 32 Write @ the back A pioneering biodiversity offset

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