Sparks Electrical News June 2022

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New electrical concept store opens in Gauteng

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A t the recent launch of the new Voltex Alberton store, the company allowed its suppliers the opportunity to showcase their products to customers. The well-supported event saw over fifteen companies from the electrical trade taking part and it provided a sense of a return to normality as people from the industry reconnected after having been kept apart since the start of the pandemic. Voltex prides itself on being South Africa’s lead ing electrical wholesaler of the finest electrical products and services. Founded in 1964 and still

growing, its mission includes providing Southern Africa with the best supplies available both locally and internationally. The company has trusted, ex pert advice and solutions and an extensive product inventory consisting of well-known house brands and leading international brands. Its extensive of fering includes solutions to all things relating to power generation, renewable energy and commer cial and industrial lighting, and a wide variety of other highly specialised and specific products and services. Voltex has your solution to almost any electrical project, problem or installation.

Stone Stamcor: Michael Toth and Louis Pelser.

The Lascon Lighting team.

HellermanTyton: Lee Vermeulen and Andre Kieser.

CCG: John Whipp.

Waco: Ravi Naidoo (left) and his Waco team.

Lesco: Stanley Rangan and Astrid Wendelstadt.

Three-D Agencies: Pat Tanski, Mark Jenkins and Ian Downard.

Schneider Electric: Tumi Chindoamhora and Nadine Combrinck.

Crabtree: Brendan Ambrosius, Irma Perini and Josiah Molefe.

Pioled Lighting: Vanessa Naidoo and Vineshan Narainsamy.

Enhancing safety with mobile solutions N etworking people, plants and systems, us ing data as efficiently as possible – that is the purpose of enterprise mobility solutions.

Seen at NAMPO: Electrical companies exhibit to the agricultural industry

Grain SA’s NAMPO Harvest Day is one of the largest agricultural exhibitions under private ownership in the southern hemi sphere and it takes place annually, just outside of the town of Bothaville, in the Free State province of South Africa. Companies from the electrical indus try, including ACDC Dynamics, Pratley and Zest WEG, took the opportunity to showcase their products to this sector at this year's event which was held from 16 20 May. NAMPO enables producers and other role players in the agricultural industry to experience the latest technology and products on offer in the farming industry first-hand and on one terrain. The NAM PO Harvest Day also offers producers the opportunity to obtain knowledge from experts in their various agricultural fields by means of debating and discussion panels. A unique aspect of the NAMPO

Harvest Day is that it is a multifaceted presentation that offers a wide spectrum to the producer.

Smartphones or tablets enable companies to im prove their productivity, and the safety of their em ployees. Modern production facilities constantly exchange data. This flood of data is usually managed by cen tral controls. However, for comprehensive and time ly monitoring of processes, data must be available closer to the process and more directly – preferably in real time and with low latency. Modern, intrinsi cally safe smartphones and tablets can serve as decentralised mini data centres or digital gateways, for example, in combination with professional software, sen sors, beacons or other smart peripheral devices. The accu mulated data can be transferred to the mobile device in real time and evaluated there with the corresponding applications, at any location and any time. This way, companies do not only improve their productivity, but they achieve even more: They significantly raise employee safety – especially in hazardous areas. Providing the right safety level In industries with extensive factory premises or potentially explosive areas, employees frequently work alone, outside the range of hearing and vision of their colleagues. They are ex posed to higher risks in their daily work and depend on quick assistance in the case of an emergency. If no appropriate safe ty precautions are taken, injuries, accidents and consequential damage to people and equipment can easily occur. The com pany must ensure that the accident is detected, and the rescue chain set in motion swiftly. Especially when the injured person is unable to act or no one has noticed the accident. In case of critical hazards, it is therefore mandatory to set up a certified lone-worker protection solution (LWP). Equipped with sophisticated lone worker protection software, enterprise mobility solutions reliably protect their users: Pro grammable 3D motion sensors automatically trigger an alarm in the event of a hazard, report the exact location of the incident and document the entire process for later investigation. A com prehensive lone worker protection system consists of Personal

Enquiries: www.nampo.co.za

Alarm Signal Terminals PAST (mobile phone, wireless device), Personal Alarm Signal System PASS (software on server) and connection between the PASS and PAST (telephone or wire less network). For larger scale lone worker protection solutions, it is essential that mobile devices can easily be integrated into cloud server systems. The Pepperl+Fuchs brand ecom offers such solutions. The specialist for industrial communication and explosion protection combines state-of-the-art lone worker protection applications with personal emergency response devices. Industrial enterprises are under constant pressure to increase the operational efficiency and productivity of employees, with out sacrificing safety. ecom´s mobile communication solutions as components of a personal emergency response system also meet highest business requirements: Many tasks can be carried out alone, since another person is no longer neces sary for the reason of safety. Besides the obvious advantage of having a constant means of communication with workers in the field – it also enables them to exchange information and data at any time while moving around a plant or work site. Us ers also benefit from all the components of mobile solutions, including cameras, bar code scanners, and major integrated software solutions. Digitising processes increases safety effectiveness

ACDC Dynamics.

Enquiries: www.pepperl-fuchs.com

Pratley.

Zest WEG.

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