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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: |
Next-gen planetary gearboxes
Fourth Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, SEW-EURODRIVE
Leading the way in planetary gear unit innovation, SEW-EURODRIVE is extending its reach across a growing range of industries, delivering the advantages of this powerful technology through locally engineered solutions that ensure faster lead times. |
Driving fluid power forward
Fourth Quarter 2025, Editor's Choice
The National Fluid Power Association is developing its latest Industrial Technology Roadmap for 2025, showing how hydraulics and pneumatics are changing to meet new industrial demands.
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The opportunity and impact of MEPS electric motor regulations
Third Quarter 2025, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Editor's Choice, WEG Africa
South African companies are gearing up for the new Minimum Energy Performance Standards, part of a global trend towards energy-efficient electric motors. |
Hydraulic system upgrades to boost performance and save money
Fourth Quarter 2025, Hydraulic systems & components, CT Hydraulics (Nqoba)
Those working with hydraulic or pneumatic systems know that keeping your machinery running at peak performance balances productivity and cost. As systems age, they often become less efficient, requiring more energy and more frequent repairs. The good news is that you don’t always need to invest in an entirely new machine to solve these problems.
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BMG and Danfoss Drives reaffirm their long-standing partnership
Fourth Quarter 2025, News & events, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
BMG and Danfoss Drives are celebrating a decade of close collaboration, strengthening BMG’s original distribution agreement for Danfoss variable speed drives and soft starter range.
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The advantages of using an adjustable cable gland
Fourth Quarter 2025, Shaft power components
Pratley continues to demonstrate its engineering leadership with its innovative adjustable cable gland, designed to significantly reduce maintenance and labour costs across a wide range of industrial applications. |
The role of analogue gauges in a digital world
Fourth Quarter 2025, Pneumatic systems & components, SA Gauge
With so much focus on digital systems, remote monitoring and automation, it’s easy to assume that traditional analogue gauges are outdated. Yet in almost any plant, mine or processing facility, you’ll still find them in daily use. There’s a good reason for this. |
Heavy impact, smart control
Fourth Quarter 2025, Hydraulic systems & components, Editor's Choice, Axiom Hydraulics
Every now and then a project lands on your desk that’s equal parts heavy machinery and fine control - a tantalising mix for any engineer. A client approached Axiom Hydraulics with a project exactly like this. |
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