Electricity and Control November 2021

CONTENTS

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT

Features

CONTROL SYSTEMS + AUTOMATION

4 Advancing automation at Maluti Mountain Brewery Siemens South Africa

6 Grid friendly control for the power grid of the future Wolf Schulze at IEH, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Nils Johannsen, Beckhoff Automation

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8 Collaboration in the industrial automation ecosystem Eplan

10 Products + services

DRIVES, MOTORS + SWITCHGEAR

11 Intelligent drives in Industry 4.0 Sydney Govender, Danfoss Drives South Africa

13 The switchgear solution for Africa’s biggest retail distribution centre Eaton Africa

15 Products + services

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SENSORS + SWITCHES

18 Products + services

PLANT MAINTENANCE, TEST + MEASUREMENT

22 Smart maintenance anytime, anywhere Pepperl+Fuchs 24 IR windows facilitate safe maintenance Teledyne FLIR

26 Products + services

Regulars

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1 Comment Maintenance is more than a once-off matter 3 Cover article What exactly is IO-Link? 28 Cybersecurity Best practice for cyber risk management Driving innovation in XDR 30 Reskilling, upskilling + training Investing in the next generation of engineers 31 Engineering the future Feasibility confirmed for SA’s Hydrogen Valley 32 Write @ the back Could fewer sales mean higher profits? Recycling IT hardware for reuse

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