April 2001
SuiteVoyager supplies the first scalable, extensible and multilingual manufacturing information portal for the world of industrial automation enabling companies to harness data from all of their plant realtime and historical data sources in a secure and consistent manner. It allows users to visualise plant floor information coming from Wonderware InTouch systems, AlarmSuite databases, I/O servers and Industrial SQL historian over the intranet/internet via a browser such as internet Explorer 5+.
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Cables and Cable Accessories
An overview of thermal monitoring of electric power cables
M Engelbrecht (African Cables) ,
Monitoring cable temperature allows performance optimisation
Engineering Projects and Plant
Automation for raw material handling at EMSA
PLCs, SCADA and Industrial Communications
Reviewing the role of a SCADA system
H Landsberg (Spero Group) ,
Providing a human friendly interface between user and machine
The environmental responsibility of industrial waste disposal - a case study
S Solyom (Streamworks) ,V Gray (V Squared Marketing),
SCADA forms an integral part of a waste management system
Valves and Actuators
Exploring the applications of a digitally controlled, electrically operated hydraulic control valve
M Louw (Liquid Automation Systems) ,
Reviewing the characteristics and benefits of a hydraulic control valve and its applications
