Motion Control Buyers' Guide
Mark Marusich

18 Soetdoring Crescent, Falcon Crest, Vredenburg

tel:  
+27 87 822 1994
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+27 82 654 9585
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.cmwautomation.co.za

Core business offering: PLCs, scada, industrial Ethernet hardware, HMI hardware/software and reporting software. System integration of leading brands.


Marusich, Mark
Owner/Director
[email protected]
Cermate - (HMIs)
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Fernhill (scada software)
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Laumas
(System Integrator/Installer)
LS Electric
(System Integrator/Installer)
Pluto Live Report
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Radix Electrosystems
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
SatVUE
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Schneider Electric
(System Integrator/Installer)
Section - Control systems & components
-Control components
- Control relays
- Other
-Programmable controls
- PAC
- PC-based
- PLC
-Visualisation
- HMI
Section - Electro, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, including mechatronics & robotics
-Asset management
-Condition monitoring
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Encoders
- Rotary
-Gauges & indicators
- Energy; VAhr/kVAhr
- Energy; Whr/kWhr
- Flow
- Frequency
- Power factor
- Power; VA/kVA
- Power; W/kW
- Pressure
- Temperature
-Machine safety
- Overload protection; Electrical
-Other
- Analytical instrumentation
- Control panels
-Personnel safety
- Dual-hand controls
- Emergency stops
- Light curtains & guards
- Vibration sensors
- Visual safety devices (beacons, etc)
-Presence sensors
- Capacitive sensors
- IR sensors
- Limit switch
- Proximity
- Sensors
-Transmitters & transducers
- Current transformers (CTs)
- Energy; VAhr/kVAhr
- Energy; Whr/kWhr
- Frequency
- Power factor
- Power; VA/kVA
- Power; W/kW
- Strain gauge sensors
- Vibration
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Electrical
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Housings and enclosures
- Protection (thermal, magnetic, electronic, CT, overvoltage)
- Surge arrestors
Section - Motors, drives & motor controllers
-AC controllers & starters
- 3-phase; frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; 10 - 100 kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; Fractional kW
- 3-phase; frequency control; Over 100 kW
- Direct on line (DOL)
- Direct torque control
- Flux vector control
- Single phase; Frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- Single phase; Frequency control; Over 10 kW
- Soft starters; Electronic
-DC Motors
- Brushless
- Geared
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
-Other electric motors
- Stepper
-Other
- Motor contactors & isolators
- Motor Control Centres (MCC)
Section - Power transmission & distribution
-Electrical
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Housings and enclosures
- Protection (thermal, magnetic, electronic, CT, overvoltage)
- Surge arrestors
Section - Services
-Design & engineering
- Engineering
- System integration/consulting
-Manufacture
- Control panel
- DB
- MCC
Section - Tools & equipment including software tools
-Hydraulic
- Software; Hydraulic design
-Other
- Software; Safety design
- Vibration analysers
-Pneumatic
- Software; Pneumatic design
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