Motion Control Buyers' Guide
Procontrol Instrumentation

53 Eleventh Street, Springs

tel:  
+27 11 362 4292
fax:  
+27 11 362 4295
cell:  
+27 83 302 9198
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.procontrol.co.za

Core business offering: process control instrumentation and related equipment, including speed measurement.


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(Shared Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
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(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
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(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
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(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
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(Shared Agency)
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Section - Control systems & components
-Programmable controls
- PAC
- PC-based
-Visualisation
- HMI
-Controllers
- Electro-pneumatic
-Manifolds
- Drilled metal block
-Valves
- Check
- Directional control; Manual valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Pilot operated valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Pressure-compensated valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Solenoid pilot valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Solenoid valves & manifolds
- Electrically operated
- Flow control
- Manually operated
- Pneumatically operated
- Pressure regulating
- Proportional
- Quick exhaust
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Encoders
- Linear
- Rotary
-Gauges & indicators
- Counters
- Current
- Digital
- Energy; VAhr/kVAhr
- Energy; Whr/kWhr
- Flow
- Frequency
- Level
- Power factor
- Power; VA/kVA
- Power; W/kW
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Voltage
-Machine safety
- Over- under-speed protection
- Overload protection; Electrical
-Other
- Control panels
- Indicator lamps
- Switches; Manual
-Personnel safety
- Audible safety devices (alarms, klaxons, etc)
- Emergency stops
- Foot switches
- Light curtains & guards
- Movement sensors
- Photoelectric guards
- Presence sensors
- Programmable relays
- Safety controllers & shutdown systems
- Safety mats
- Safety relays
- Trip switches
- Vibration sensors
- Visual safety devices (beacons, etc)
-Presence sensors
- Capacitive sensors
- IR sensors
- Limit switch
- Magnetic sensors
- Proximity
- Thermal sensors
-Switches
- Flow
- Level
- Position
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Vibration
-Transmitters & transducers
- Accelerometers
- Angle
- Current
- Current transformers (CTs)
- Energy; VAhr/kVAhr
- Energy; Whr/kWhr
- Frequency
- Particle counters
- Potentiometers
- Power factor
- Power; VA/kVA
- Power; W/kW
- Strain gauge sensors
- Tacho generators
- Tilt transducers
- Torque sensors
- Turn rate sensors (gyros/solid state)
- Vibration
- Voltage
Section - Tools & equipment including software tools
-Electrical
- Electrical; Test equipment
-Pneumatic
- Pneumatic; Test equipment
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