Motion Control Buyers' Guide
E & P Manufacturing

25 Brill Street, Arcadia, East London

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+27 43 743 0212
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+27 43 743 6587
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+27 83 280 6053
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[email protected]
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www.epm.co.za

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Core business offering: industrial switchgear, photo-electrics, PLCs, VDSs, instrumentation, motion control products, scada, safety products, motors and pneumatics.


Meier, Travis
Director/Engineer
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Meier, Byran
Director/Sales Manager
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ABB
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Banner
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Hellermann Tyton
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Kubler
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Legrand
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Majortech
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Phoenix Contact
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Red Lion Controls
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Rittal
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Rockwell Automation
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency, System Integrator/Installer)
Schneider Electric
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency, System Integrator/Installer)
Semikron
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Temperature Controls
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Turck
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
WIKA Instruments
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Section - Control systems & components
-Control components
- Control relays
-Programmable controls
- PLC
-Visualisation
- HMI
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Encoders
- Linear
- Rotary
- Synchros & resolvers
-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
- Overload protection; Mechanical
- Shear pins
- Torque limiters
-Other
- Control panels
- Indicator lamps
- Joysticks
- Switches; Manual
-Personnel safety
- Audible safety devices (alarms, klaxons, etc)
- Dual-hand controls
- Emergency brakes
- Emergency stops
- Foot switches
- Light curtains & guards
- Mechanical 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
- Vision systems
-Switches
- Flow
- Level
- Position
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Vibration
-Transmitters & transducers
- 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
- Vibration
- Voltage
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Electrical
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Fusible links
- Housings and enclosures
- Power contactors & isolators
- 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
- Soft starters; Autotransformer
- Soft starters; Electronic
- Soft starters; Other
- Soft starters; Resistance
- Soft starters; Star-Delta
-Controller motor sets
- AC; 3-phase; Frequency control; Closed loop
- AC; 3-phase; Frequency control; Open loop
- AC; Single phase; Frequency control; Closed loop
-DC controllers & starters
- Voltage control; 10-100 kW
- Voltage control; 1-10 kW
- Voltage control; Fractional kW
- Voltage control; Over 100 kW
-DC Motors
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
-Other
- Motor contactors & isolators
- Motor Control Centres (MCC)
Section - Power transmission & distribution
-Electrical
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Fusible links
- Housings and enclosures
- Power contactors & isolators
- 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
-Electrical
- Electrical; Test equipment
- Software; Electrical drive design
-Other
- Software; Safety design
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