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Opto Africa Automation
Block D, 91 Main Avenue, Ferndale
Core business offering: automated weighing solutions, platform scales and filling stations, M2M technologies, systems and software integration, scada systems, PC-based control solutions, turnkey weighbridge solutions.
Industrial IOT, data visualisation, ERP integration, EDGE controller, PLC, industrial automation.
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Section - Control systems & components
-Control components
- Control relays
- Other
-Valves
- Electrically operated
- Flow control; Flow control valves
- Integrated circuits
- Pneumatically operated
- Sequence
- Timing
-Controllers
- Electro-hydraulic
- Electro-mechanical
- Electro-pneumatic
-Valves
- Electrically operated
- Flow control
- Pressure regulating
Section - Electro, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, including mechatronics & robotics
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Gauges & indicators
- Energy; VAhr/kVAhr
- Energy; Whr/kWhr
- Power; VA/kVA
- Power; W/kW
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Voltage
-Machine safety
- Over- under-speed protection
- Overload protection; Electrical
- Overload protection; Mechanical
-Other
- Analytical instrumentation
- Control panels
- Indicator lamps
- Switches; Manual
-Transmitters & transducers
- Energy; VAhr/kVAhr
- Energy; Whr/kWhr
- Frequency
- Potentiometers
- Power factor
- Power; VA/kVA
- Power; W/kW
- Strain gauge sensors
- Voltage
Section - Motors, drives & motor controllers
-AC controllers & starters
- Soft starters; Other
- Traction control
-Other electric motors
- Stepper
-Other
- Motor Control Centres (MCC)
Section - Services
-Design & engineering
- Engineering
- System integration/consulting
-Maintenance
- General maintenance
-Manufacture
- Control panel
- DB
- MCC
-Corporate
- Exhibitions
-Plant & maintenance
- Asset management
- Condition monitoring
- Energy efficiency
- Shutdown
-Training & education
- Electrical drive systems; Courses/seminars at customers' premises
- Electrical drive systems; Courses/seminars by arrangement
- Electrical drive systems; Regular courses/seminars
Section - Tools & equipment including software tools
-Electrical
- Electrical; Test equipment
- Software; Electrical drive design
-Other
- Laboratory equipment
- Software; Safety design
| News from Opto Africa Automation: |
Control architecture leads to faster, easier product development for refrigeration
May 2024, IT in Manufacturing, Editor's Choice, Opto Africa Automation
What’s the secret to providing superior service and staying competitive in a changing market? You might learn something from ALTA Refrigeration’s experience. Over ten years, it transformed itself from a custom engineering services company into a scalable industrial equipment manufacturer, using an edge-oriented control architecture to manage a growing installed base.
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Industry news: |
Achieving clean and dry compressed air for faultless operation
Fourth Quarter 2025, Pneumatic systems & components, Artic Driers International
Compressed air is an expensive source of motive power so it makes good sense to supply clean, dry compressed air to your distribution system.
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A technological leap with the proportional valve terminal
Fourth Quarter 2025, Editor's Choice, Festo South Africa
Festo continually makes bold technological leaps to keep pace with global advancements. Controlled Pneumatics is redefining the boundaries of compressed air technology to meet the demands of today’s most advanced applications.
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Robotic filling systems for the pharmaceutical industry
Fourth Quarter 2025, Other technologies, Horne Technologies
Pharma Integration, a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, aims to replace traditional mechanical filling lines with compact, fully automated systems that are 100% robot-driven using machines known as Azzurra. Their integrated Faulhaber drives play a crucial role in the fill-finish process, ensuring the highest precision and safety across multiple production steps. |
Strain wave gearheads for precision and compact design
Fourth Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, DNH Technologies
Strain wave gearheads from maxon are a specialised type of gearhead where precision and compact design are crucial. |
Customised electromechanical systems for Africa’s toughest industrial environments
Fourth Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components
Hexagon Electrical, a South African-based manufacturer of specialised electromechanical equipment, is reinforcing its position as a leading custom solutions provider to the mining, utilities, industrial and renewable energy sectors. |
Sustainability is transforming fluid power
Third Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Technews Publishing
Sustainability is reshaping the future of fluid power. With the growing demand for cleaner, more efficient technologies and tightening global regulations, fluid power systems are being re-engineered for higher efficiency, lower emissions and reduced material usage. |
World’s hottest engine
Fourth Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Editor's Choice
Scientists have built the world’s smallest engine. It’s also the world’s hottest. It could provide an unparalleled understanding of the laws of thermodynamics on a small scale, and provide the foundation for a new, efficient way to compute how proteins fold. |
Axial piston pump series for next-gen hydraulic applications
Fourth Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components
Moog has launched its new AXP Axial Piston Pump Series, a next-generation hydraulic solution engineered to deliver optimal performance, reliability and cost efficiency for industrial applications.
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