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2023 ▾

Fourth Quarter 2023: Feature Articles

  • Axiom ups its game
  • Condition monitoring for critical hydraulic equipment
  • How to protect against water hammer
  • Inovance brings advanced motion control to South Africa
  • Why choose a quality quick coupling?


Third Quarter 2023: Feature Articles

  • Cavity cartridges for lower pressure systems
  • Going underground for energy storage
  • How to get the best of both worlds with hydraulics and electric
  • How to solve the pressure connection problem
  • Robot-assisted workflows in the food and beverage industry
  • World’s largest concentrated solar farm
  • Sustainable machines for groundworks
  • The world’s largest magnet
  • Time follows function


Second Quarter 2023: Feature Articles

  • Axiom raises the bar
  • Beckhoff’s XPlanar greatly increases testing capacity and throughput
  • Easy couplings for extreme conditions
  • Gear business driven by sustainability
  • How Danone SA pulled off its new automated palletising system
  • Managing wear and friction in mini motors
  • Paving the way for way for ultra-fast sustainable computers
  • PC-based control for additive manufacturing with solid-state metals
  • Robot breaks world record
  • Smart Mine joins Bosch Rexroth Africa to transform mining with AIoT solutions
  • Hydrosense Hydraulics partners with TMA Winches


First Quarter 2023: Feature Articles

  • Drive-based predictive maintenance solutions
  • Hydrogen: the key to energy turnaround
  • Managing compressed air
  • Why efficient filtration is critical in hydraulic systems
  • Siemens Hour of Engineering sparks interest in STEM
  • A new breed of transport system
  • Automated cultivation of biomass


2022 ▾

Fourth Quarter 2022: Feature Articles

  • Bipedal robot breaks Guinness record
  • Cables for repetitive movement and robotics
  • Fuel for the future
  • Motion control in unmanned aircraft
  • Revolutionary zero-emission seaglider
  • Rugged, reliable electro-hydraulics
  • SA Gauge: A shining example of South African resilience
  • Welding with cobots


Third Quarter 2022: Feature Articles

  • Common myths about machine safety
  • Expanding the market for Dura-Bar
  • Hägglunds Fusion: the power of one
  • Saving energy and protecting the impact on the environment
  • The best of hydraulics meets the advantages of electric
  • The strength of your machine is defined by its pivot joints
  • The world’s lightest electric mountain bike


Second Quarter 2022: Feature Articles

  • Ball screws with nut cooling
  • Concept to solution the short way
  • Festo Process Automation solutions for all production levels
  • Impact of innovative technologies on the mining industry
  • New motors for servo drive system
  • Pneumatics and digital transformation: overcome what’s holding you back
  • Reduced costs for packaging process
  • The advantages of robotics and simulation for your business
  • The world’s smallest electric subsea valve actuator
  • Ultra-compact robot-based cake production with PC control
  • Wireless communication and control of electro-pneumatic manifolds and IO


First Quarter 2022: Feature Articles

  • Cobot boosts production by 15%
  • Condition monitoring on offshore oil platforms
  • Digital prototyping grows sales 500%
  • Handling the heat
  • How smart pneumatics enhances machine safety and operation
  • Individually configurable assembly line
  • More parts for less cost
  • The ‘P’ in predictive maintenance represents progress, not pain