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Simotech
4 Volt Street, Middelburg
Core business offering: Electrical engineering supplier and solutions provider, and approved VAR partner of Siemens in South Africa, with access to OEM support on all Siemens industrial equipment.
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Sole Agency | This company has been granted exclusive distribution rights by this brand's owner |
Shared Agency | This is one of several companies with official rights to distribute this brand |
Sub Agency | This company purchases from an officially appointed local distributor |
Manufacturer | This company manufactures this brand |
System Integrator | This company is an approved installer or system integrator of this brand | |
ACTOM
(Shared Agency) |
Siemens
(Sub Agency, System Integrator) |
Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- laptop
- servers
- workstations
-Industrial computers
- Rackmount
-Applications
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Expert systems
- Operator interface
- Programming languages
- System simulation/PID tuning
-Language
- PLC languages
-Network communications
- Low-level networks
- TCP/IP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Number of I/O points
- 0-64k
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- >640
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
- radio link
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
-In-stream/in situ
- Other
- Thermal imaging/thermography
-Consulting
- Technical
-Education & training
- Computer-based
- Instructor-led
- Onsite
-Maintenance
- Calibration
- Hardware repair
- Maintenance
- Predictive maintenance
- Site-embedded maintenance
- Testing
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Signal
- Computer, LAN
- Optical fibre
- Temperature compensated cable
-Fieldbus interface
-I/O
-Optical fibre
-Instrument power supplies
-Uninterruptible power supplies
-Relays
- DIN-rail mount
-Switches
- Key-lock
- Pushbutton-control
- Rocker
- Rotary selector
-CBE (circuit breakers for equipment)
-Emergency stop switches
-Fuses
- Fast-acting
- Normal
- Slow-blow
-Optical isolators
-Protection relays
- Over/under voltage
- Over-current
- Pump protection
- Thermal overload, motor protection
-Connectorised buslines
-Fieldbus terminal blocks
-I/O system
-PLC interface
-Pluggable terminal blocks
-Screwed clamp
-Screwless spring cage
Section - Networks for Communication & Control
-4-20mA analog loop
-Ethernet
-HART
-Network analysers
- Profibus
-Profibus
-Profinet
-Remote I/O
-Wireless (for industrial application only)
-ISA100
- field devices - transmitters
-WirelessHART
- field devices - transmitters
-Wireless Ethernet port adaptor (aka modem)
-Wireless I/O networks
-Wireless range extenders/repeaters
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-DCS
-Entry level DCS
-Networked controllers
-PACs - Programmable Automation Controllers
-AC control
- Closed loop
- Inverters - 1 phase AC
- Inverters - 3 phase AC
- Soft starter
-AC motors
- Induction motors - geared motor units
- Induction motors - over 10kW
- Induction motors - up to 10kW
-DC control
- Speed control
-Flowmeters (type)
- Clamp-on, non-invasive
- Coriolis
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Doppler ultrasonic
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
- Mass
- Vortex
-Intrinsic safety
- Totalisers
- Transmitters - flow
- Transmitters - level
- Transmitters - pressure
- Transmitters - temperature
- Valve positioners
-Cybersecurity
-Industrial IT & networking
-Capacitive & conductive
-Loadcell
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Ultrasonic
-Batching
-Coriolis
-Loadcell
-Displays
- LCD, flat-panel
- Touchscreens
-Handheld terminals
-HMI
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
-Networking organisation
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- 20 mA loop
- Ethernet
- Fieldbus
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Programming
- Diagnostic software
- Documenting software
- Function block diagram
- Ladder diagram (relay logic)
- Sequential function chart
-Scan rate less than 1ms per step
-Scan rate more than 1ms per step
-Clutches and brakes
-Gearboxes
-Programmable motion control systems
- Servo systems
-Servo amplifiers
- Electronic
-Servo motors
- Geared motor units
- Synchro motors
-Differential pressure transducers
-Pressure gauges/indicators
-Pressure-electrical transducers
-Capacitive
-Limit switch
-Magnetic
-Ultrasonic
-Flow
-Level
-Loadcell
-Mass
-RTDs (Pt 100, Ni)
-Thermocouple extension cables
-Thermocouples (Type S, T, etc)
-Thermowells
-Differential pressure
-Flow
-Level
-Pressure
-Temperature
-Wireless
Section - Services & Systems
-Contractors
- Maintenance
- Panel builders
- System wiring/installation
-Hardware repair
Section - Test, Measurement & Calibration
-Analysers
- Carbon concentration
- Chlorine
- Colorimetric
- Gas
- Hydrocarbon
- Oxygen
-Pyrometers
-Redox measurement
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