Motion Control Buyers' Guide
AC/DC Dynamics

26 Nguni Drive, Longmeadow West, Edenvale

tel:  
+27 10 202 3300
fax:  
+27 87 807 5411
email:  
info@acdc.co.za
url:  
www.acdc.co.za

Core business offering: LV switchgear, drives and instrumentation, solar and wind generators, enclosures, inductive and photoelectric sensors, telemetry systems, ventilation, generator sets, hygiene products, lighting, tools and wiring accessories.


Cape Town

tel: +27 21 510 0710
fax: +27 87 807 5279
cape@acdc.co.za
Pinetown, Durban

tel: +27 31 700 4215
fax: +27 87 807 5435
kzn@acdc.co.za
Germiston

tel: +27 11 418 9600
fax: +27 87 807 5411
info@acdc.co.za
Edenvale HO

tel: +27 10 202 3300
fax: +27 87 807 5411
info@acdc.co.za
Riverhorse, Durban

tel: +27 31 492 4800
Docherty, Zara
Branch Manager Pinetown - KZN
zara@acdc.co.za
Gopal, Dean
TC Brand Manager
DeanG@acdc.co.za
Jackson, Paul
Franchise and Distributor Manager
PaulJ@acdc.co.za
MacLannen, Gregory
CFO
gregory@acdc.co.za
Maio, Mario
Managing Member
mario@acdc.co.za
Raath, Rudy
Terasaki Brand Manager
rudy@acdc.co.za
Ross, Sara
Marketing Manager
sarar@acdc.co.za
Sher, Farrel
Product Specialist Datalogic & Rhomberg
FarrelSher@acdc.co.za
Silva, Tino
Branch Manager - Cape Town
tino@acdc.co.za
Snyman, Jason
Brand Manager - MET
JasonS@acdc.co.za
Stewart, Daryn
Solar Product Specialist
daryns@acdc.co.za
Sutton, Doug
Branch Manager Riverhorse KZN
doug@acdc.co.za
Tesselaar, Quintin
Cape Sales Manager
quintint@acdc.co.za
Watt, Chris
Brand Manager: Gewiss
chrisw@acdc.co.za
Woods, Charles
Managing Member ACDC Green Solutions
charles@acdc.co.za
AC/DC Express Ballito
Ballito
tel: +27 32 946 2131
fax: +27 32 946 2194
AC/DC Express Bellville
Bellville
tel: +27 87 285 0287
fax: +27 21 949 0128
AC/DC Express Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein
tel: +27 51 101 0206
fax: +27 51 430 5930
AC/DC Express Centurion
Tshwane
tel: +27 12 003 2030
fax: +27 12 653 3288
AC/DC Express Lichtenburg
Lichtenburg
tel: +27 18 632 2027
fax: +27 86 605 8346
AC/DC Express Nelspruit
Nelspruit
tel: +27 13 752 3797
fax: +27 13 752 2230
AC/DC Express Polokwane

tel: +27 15 297 6136
fax: +27 15 297 4667
AC/DC Express Rustenburg

tel: +27 87 150 1354/5
fax: +27 86 276 4725
AC/DC Express Somerset West
Somerset West
tel: +27 87 310 0120
fax: +27 21 853 6536
AC/DC Express Steelpoort
Steelpoort
tel: +27 13 230 9535
fax: +27 13 230 9750
AC/DC Express Strubens Valley
Roodepoort
tel: +27 11 675 2137
fax: +27 86 566 1877
AC/DC Express Strydom Park
Randburg
tel: +27 11 251 5600
fax: +27 11 251 5601
Ampmaster Electrical Wholsalers
Pretoria, South Africa
tel: +27 12 327 0811
fax: +27 12 327 6547
Becor Electrical Wholesalers
Bethlehem, South Africa
tel: +27 58 303 5845
fax: +27 58 303 4511
Bee Gee Electrical
Springs, South Africa
tel: +27 11 815 4630
fax: +27 11 815 3020
CAD technical and Industrial supplies
Vredenburg
tel: +27 22 713 3333
fax: +27 86 520 9164
Century Electrical
Vereeniging, South Africa
tel: +27 16 440 1500
Control Systems Rustenburg
Rustenburg, South Africa
tel: +27 14 537 2812
fax: +27 14 537 2804
CPE Distributors
Richards Bay
tel: +27 35 751 1857
Dakota
Harrismith, South Africa
tel: +27 58 622 1194/5/6
fax: +27 58 622 1197
Dakota Bethlehem
Bethlehem, South Africa
tel: +27 58 622 1194
fax: +27 58 622 1197
Edenvale Wholesalers
Edenvale, South Africa
tel: +27 11 453 0223
fax: +27 11 453 0200
Elecmec Transmisssions
Polokwane
tel: +27 15 297 1617/1715
fax: +27 15 297 0630
Elecosales Electrical Suppliers
Boksburg
tel: +27 11 826 6688
fax: +27 11 826 3095
Electro Field Services
Middleburg
tel: +27 13 282 6758
fax: +27 86 517 3659
Electro-Tech
East London
tel: +27 43 743 0890
fax: +27 43 743 0893
Electro-Tech (Windhoek)
Windhoek, Namibia
tel: +27 92 646 1236690/1
fax: +27 92 646 1228268
Electroware Industrial Supplies
Vereeniging
tel: +27 16 455 2690
fax: +27 16 455 2665
Elektro Vroomen
Bloemfontein
tel: +27 51 400 0400
fax: +27 51 400 0423
Ellies Electronics
Upington
tel: +27 54 331 3949
fax: +27 54 331 3944
GK Electrical
Carolina
tel: +27 71 659 5340
fax: +27 86 670 6045
H.S.E Supplies CC
Cape Town
tel: +27 21 511 8030
fax: +27 21 511 8009
Haslop & Mason Engineering
Port Elizabeth
tel: +27 14 451 0935
fax: +27 41 451 0945
Hot Pot Electrical
Lephalale
tel: +27 14 763 3148
fax: +27 86 511 1324
Ideal Elec & Mining supplies
Johannesburg, South Africa
tel: +27 11 616 8272/9
fax: +27 11 616 8283
J.F Electrical
Gabarone
tel: (27)00267 241 9452
fax: (27)00267 241 9453
Jade lee Electrical
Midrand
tel: +27 11 315 4826
fax: +27 11 805 3420
Jupiter Electrical Wholesalers
Germiston
tel: +27 11 873 3422
fax: +27 11 873 9797
Kambula Electrical cc
Vryheid
tel: +27 34 980 0504
fax: +27 34 980 0504
Khanyisa Electrical Suppliers
Kyalami, South Africa
tel: +27 11 466 4137
fax: +27 11 466 4140
Lido Electrical (Steelport)
Steelpoort
tel: +27 13 230 9182
fax: +27 13 230 9190
M Electrical Distributors
Port Shepstone
tel: +27 39 682 4049
fax: +27 39 682 4192
MDM Electrical
Phalaborwa
tel: +27 15 781 3165
fax: +27 15 781 3186
Pact Electrical
Benoni
tel: +27 11 421 0731
fax: +27 11 421 2420
PK'S Electrical Wholesalers
Bethel
tel: +27 11 647 5888
fax: +27 11 647 2864
Power Electrical
Ladysmith
tel: +27 36 631 1503
fax: +27 36 631 1609
Powerite
Richards Bay
tel: +27 35 789 5856
fax: +27 35 789 5820
Precision Electrical Wholesalers
Randfontein
tel: +27 11 692 1694/8
fax: +27 11 692 4337
Pumps & Transmissions
Piet Retief
tel: +27 17 826 1205
fax: +27 17 826 2523
R.A Distributors
Alberton
tel: +27 11 907 7318/9
fax: +27 11 907 7551
Radio Transmission Services Secunda
Secunda
tel: +27 17 634 2616
fax: +27 86 626 6977
Rob Stirrat Agencies
Cape Town
tel: +27 21 447 0105
fax: +27 21 447 6486
Romor Electrical Wholesalers
Johannesburg
tel: +27 11 435 1493
fax: +27 11 435 1496
Rubicon Automation
Alberton, South Africa
tel: +27 11 907 7456
fax: +27 11 907 7456
Rubicon Electrical Distributors
Port Elizabeth
tel: +27 41 451 4359
fax: +27 41 454 1296
Solly's Electrical Wholsalers
Polokwane
tel: +27 15 297 1475
fax: +27 15 297 5933
Stop Electric
Walvis Bay
tel: 0026 464 207 664
fax: 002 464 209 451
The Electrical Shoppe
Pietermaritzburg
tel: +27 33 345 9327
Thomas Electrical
Marble Hall
tel: +27 13 261 2087
fax: +27 13 261 2087
Tradelander
Klerksdorp
tel: +27 18 468 2510
fax: +27 18 468 2510
Union Electrical Wholesalers
Germiston
tel: +27 11 873 4060
fax: +27 11 873 8376
Uphando Electrical Distributors
Klerkdorp
tel: +27 18 468 3344
fax: +27 18 468 3303
Witbank Electraical Wholesalers
Witbank
tel: +27 13 692 5042
fax: +27 13 692 4930
WJ Cotter Elektries
Malmesbury
tel:
Zetty Electrical Wholsalers
Pretoria, Centurion
tel: +27 12 653 5170
fax: +27 12 653 5142
Section - Control systems & components
-Control components
- Control relays
-Programmable controls
- PLC
-Visualisation
- HMI
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
-Encoders
- 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
- Joysticks
- Switches; Manual
-Personnel safety
- Foot switches
- Light curtains & guards
- Photoelectric guards
- Presence sensors
- Safety relays
- Trip switches
-Presence sensors
- Capacitive sensors
- Limit switch
- Magnetic sensors
- Proximity
- Vision systems
-Switches
- Flow
- Level
- Position
- Pressure
- Temperature
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-Electrical
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- 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)
- Flux vector control
- Single phase; Frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- Single phase; Frequency control; Fractional kW
- Soft starters; Autotransformer
- Soft starters; Electronic
- Soft starters; Star-Delta
-Other
- Motor contactors & isolators
- AC power supplies; 0-120 V
- AC power supplies; 120-600 V
- DC power supplies; 0-120 V
- Power factor correction
- Solar systems
- Uninterruptable power supplies
-Transformers
- 0-120V
- 120-600V
- Over 600V
Section - Power transmission & distribution
-Electrical
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Housings and enclosures
- Power contactors & isolators
- Protection (thermal, magnetic, electronic, CT, overvoltage)
- Surge arrestors
- Electrical; Test equipment
News from AC/DC Dynamics:
Industrial electronic sounders
May 2013, Perimeter Security, Alarms & Intruder Detection, AC/DC Dynamics

AC/DC Dynamics offers a wide range of industrial electronic sounders (alarms) and light beacons in various options from flashing patterns to adjustable light speeds and adjustable volumes and sounds. The ...

New products from AC/DC Dynamics
April 2011, News, AC/DC Dynamics

AC/DC Dynamics will be showing a range of new products. These include solar and wind generators, adhesives that cure under water, test stripping tools designed for twin flat and earth, the latest power ...

Industry news:
How to clean compressed air effectively
First Quarter 2026, Pneumatic systems & components

ISO-Reliability Partners has taken another step in bringing to market highly effective solutions to combat contamination in all its forms. The locally designed and patented Air Wizard inline water trap is proudly manufactured in South Africa. It has been SABS tested for the separation of water, oily fluids, rust and solid particulates from pneumatic compressed air or gas lines.

Top questions about pressure gauges
First Quarter 2026, Pneumatic systems & components, Editor's Choice, SA Gauge

Some questions never go out of date, and in our industry, a few have been asked for decades. At SA Gauge, we hear them every week. Here are the ten questions we hear most often, and the practical answers that can save time, money and frustration.

Beckhoff expands economy drive system
First Quarter 2026, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, Beckhoff Automation

Beckhoff’s new AM1000 servomotor joins the company’s economy drive system. The compact, powerful motor and the AX1000 servo drive provide users with a perfectly coordinated, cost-optimised drive system.

UKZN’s SMART lab wins aviation award
First Quarter 2026, News & events

The SMART Lab at UKZN was awarded first place in the Aviation Research and Development category at the Civil Aviation Authority of South Africa’s award ceremony for outstanding contributions and achievements in the aviation sector.

Innovative sealing and bearing solution for pulp machine
First Quarter 2026, Shaft power components, SKF South Africa

A leading South African manufacturer of paper-making equipment sought to modify an existing pulp machine and turned to trusted partner SKF to assist with the redesign of a critical sealing arrangement.

AfricaAI secures continental rights to deploy advanced robotics platforms across Africa
First Quarter 2026, News & events

AfricAI has signed a multi-year exclusive distribution and deployment agreement with Micropolis Robotics, granting AfricAI sole and exclusive rights to commercialise, deploy and scale Micropolis’s advanced robotics platforms across Africa.

Compressed air piping design
First Quarter 2026, Pneumatic systems & components, Editor's Choice, Artic Driers International

When designing a compressed air pipeline, remember that size matters. The internal size of the pipe, along with the pressure and air volume, determine the velocity of the compressed air in the pipeline.

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