Electricity and Control August 2021

CONTENTS

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT

Features

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT 4 Manufacturing needs people Omron Industrial

6 Cobots enable high-mix low-volume production Oliver Giertz, Mitsubishi Electric

7 TSN: An evolving technology Arno Stock, Renesas Electronics

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8 Products + services

ENERGY MANAGEMENT + THE INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT 12 Investing in renewable energy in Africa Leigh Darroll, Electricity + Control

15 Reducing energy usage in macadamia processing Energy Partners - Refrigeration

16 Products + services

SENSORS + SWITCHES 20 Products + services

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PLANT MAINTENANCE, TEST + MEASUREMENT 23 Mill maintenance – fuelling stable power supply Babcock Africa

24 Advances in pipeline leak detection KROHNE

25 Modernising plant assets for longevity Patrick Kazadi, Schneider Electric

26 Products + services

Regulars

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1 Comment

What do we need to know?

3 Cover article Cables – the crucial conduit for the security of energy supply

29 Reskilling, upskilling + training Social development in the just energy transition

30 Engineering the future A new narrative for a Net Zero world

31 Cybersecurity Learning from the Kaseya global ransomware attack

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32 Write @ the back Ground-breaking plastics recycling technology

2 Electricity + Control AUGUST 2021