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OMNIFLEX designs and manufactures electronic products and systems for the automation and control industry worldwide, specialising in industrial networking, remote I/O systems, process automation systems, signal conditioning, and alarm and event management.

The company was founded in 1965 in South Africa and was originally named CONLOG, developing expertise in systems integration and product development for the process control and instrumentation market.

The company's products are now sold on 5 continents and include such well known brands as OMNI16 alarm annunciators, MAXIFLEX process automation and remote I/O systems, and OMNITERM signal conditioning and RTU systems.

History.

Over the early years the company, under the CONLOG brand, grew to become the largest manufacturer of instrumentation for the process control industry in Africa and became a well respected designer and manufacturer of innovative products and systems of superior quality.

In 1997 the CONLOG industrial products business was acquired by the present owners and the name of the company changed to OMNIFLEX.

OMNIFLEX owns all of the intellectual property rights for the entire range of industrial products sold under the CONLOG brand and provides full technical and service support for all these products sold over the past 38 years.

OMNIFLEX continues to market these products under the OMNIFLEX brand and continues to invest in research and development to maintain its state-of-the-art technology base.

Mission.

OMNIFLEX has as its core business, the design and manufacture of industrial automation electronic products and systems.

OMNIFLEX has as its strategy the ongoing investment in research and development of electronic products for the control and instrumentation market globally.

As a world-wide supplier of automation products, OMNIFLEX provides technical training, backup and application engineering support to a variety of locally based distributors and value adding re-sellers in order to provide superior levels of technical assistance to system integrators and end users in their own environment.

Real-time event monitoring of critical SHE alarms
02 September 2005 - Omniflex
Real-time alarm/event monitoring of critical SHE alarms with true first up monitoring. The Maxiflex 32SOE Sequence of Event module from Omniflex monitors 32 Digital Inputs and creates time-stamped events to a resolution of 1ms upon change of state. By using multiple 32SOE modules with the Maxiflex P3 CPU, powerful low cost sequence-of-events systems can be constructed with up to 480 time-stamped inputs per system.
SMS Alarm Monitor informs the right person fast!
08 August 2005 - Omniflex
The Teleterm Silent Sentry is a new low cost, state-of-the-art Alarm Monitor capable of monitoring a wide range of input types and sending SMS Alarm messages upon detection of an alarm condition.
Annunciators send alarm messages by SMS
07 July 2005 - Omniflex
Omniflex now offer plant engineers the convenience of having alarms from the their alarm annunciators sent direct to their mobile phones. These days most people have a mobile phone and these can now be used a simple way of being notified of an alarm that has occurred.
Remote displays for safety critical alarms
30 May 2005 - Omniflex
The remote Omniflex displays provide from 8 to 120 points of annunciator display in a stand-alone panel-mount package, to work with remote alarm annunciator logic for safety critical alarms. The remote displays recently launched by Omniflex provide from 8 to 120 points of annunciator display in a stand-alone panel-mount package.
Accurate alarm/trip amplifers with safety in mind
30 May 2005 - Omniflex
The Omniflex Dual Trip Amplifier is all you need for safety critical applications, where set points reached using 4-20mA, 0-10V (1-5V), or other inputs need to trigger alarms. The Omniflex Dual Trip Amplifier is all you need for safety critical applications, with set poits reached using 4-20mA, 0-10V (1-5V), Universal Inputs such as TC, mV, RTD, V, or frequency signals, producing an alarm to either alarm annunciators, PLCs or DCS Systems.
Three-in-one annunciator sounds the alarm
30 May 2005 - Omniflex
Alarm annunciator has all the functionality of an annunciator application integrated into a single unit: annunciator, pushbuttons and audible, no other auxiliary devices are required. The OMNI-8P alarm annunciator is now available from Omniflex. The P stands for Pushbutton as the Pushbutton station and audible is integrated into the front of the unit.
Alarm annunciator has all the functionality of an annunciator application
25 February 2005 - Omniflex
Alarm annunciator has all the functionality of an annunciator application integrated into a single unit: annunciator, pushbuttons and audible, no other auxiliary devices are required.The OMNI-8P alarm annunciator is now available from Omniflex.
Take the load off your DCS, SCADA and PLC
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
The last two to three years have seen a resurgence in the use of annunciators as a dedicated device in industry, allowing DCS, SCADA and PLC systems to get on with their main function. Take the load off your DCS, SCADA and PLC. We have in the last two to three years seen a resurgence in the use of annunciators as a dedicated device in industry.
Telemetry systems that are voltage compatible
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
Have you ever had the problem with Telemetry applications where your field instrumentation is 24Vdc but the Radio equipment runs off 12 volts? We have encountered this on numerous occasions so we decided we would do something about it. We have now launched the PT L50C-D, this is a new combined power supply dual charger 110/220/240Vac to 24V dc and 12Vdc.
Charger powers up telemetry systems
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
A new solution from Omniflex aims to solve voltage incompatibility problems in remote telemetry applications. The PT L50C-D is a novel combined power supply and dual charger that runs from a universal 85 to 264V AC input and is designed specifically for those applications that need to maintain both 12 and 24V systems. The PT L50C-D charges two 12V batteries (sealed lead acid) and provides a 24V load connection and a 12V load connection.
An end to site-wide fire alarm obsolescence
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
Do you have Obsolescence Issues with your site-wide fire alarm monitoring systems? If the answer is 'yes', the solution suggested by Omniflex is its new 'fire alarm detection interface unit'. Omniflex has developed a bipolar polarity swap interface module which is now widely used for detection of site-wide fire alarms. This fire alarm detection interface unit enables all site-wide fire alarms to have tristate monitoring for the detection of healthy, unhealthy and live alarms. The Module is Din rail mounting and provides eight input channels, 16 output channels and it has LED indication; green for 'input healthy', red for true fire alarm, and extinguished for 'input fault'.
Take the load off your DCS, SCADA and PLC
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
The last two to three years have seen a resurgence in the use of annunciators as a dedicated device in industry, allowing DCS, SCADA and PLC systems to get on with their main function. Take the load off your DCS, SCADA and PLC. We have in the last two to three years seen a resurgence in the use of annunciators as a dedicated device in industry.
An end to site-wide fire alarm obsolescence
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
Omniflex has developed a bipolar polarity swap interface module which is now widely used for detection of site-wide fire alarms, thereby overcoming fire alarm monitoring obsolescence issues.
Omniflex has developed a bipolar polarity swap interface module
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
Omniflex has developed a bipolar polarity swap interface module which is now widely used for detection of site-wide fire alarms, thereby overcoming fire alarm monitoring obsolescence issues.
Telemetry systems that are voltage compatible!
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
Have you ever had the problem with Telemetry applications where your field instrumentation is 24Vdc but the Radio equipment runs off 12 volts? We have, so we decided we would do something about it.
Charger powers up telemetry systems
23 February 2005 - Omniflex
A new solution from Omniflex aims to solve voltage incompatibility problems in remote telemetry applications. The PT L50C-D is a novel combined power supply and dual charger that runs from a universal 85 to 264V AC input and is designed specifically for those applications that need to maintain both 12 and 24V systems. The PT L50C-D charges two 12V batteries (sealed lead acid) and provides a 24V load connection and a 12V load connection.
Transferring I/O information around the plant?
15 December 2004 - Omniflex
Conet is the solution, a uniquely positioned communications infrastructure designed to blend the many communications standards into a network of networks, integrating networks into a unified system.
Omniterm B gives a formidable line-up of products
04 October 2004 - Omniflex
Designed for SIL 1 applications and with selected modules having Ex i ratings, the Omniterm B is the smallest range of products covering the largest range of signal conditioning applications. Designed for SIL 1 applications and with selected modules having Ex i ratings, an overview of the range is shown below.
Water industry remote control monitoring systems
20 September 2004 - Omniflex
Water industry remote control and monitoring systems with the Omniflex Maxiflex T2 CPUs, a remote terminal unit or programmable controller dedicated to data acquisition and telemetry applications. Water industry remote control and monitoring systems with Maxiflex remote terminal unit or programmable controller.
Conlog products supported by Omniflex
17 May 2004 - Omniflex
Omniflex, formerly known as Conlog, are reminding their customers that there are no obsolescence issues regarding the Conlog brand of Omni16 alarm annunciators, I/O systems and signal conditione.
Radiation monitoring for brain imaging centres
20 April 2004 - Omniflex
The Wolfson Brain Imaging centre chose the Omniflex Maxiflex I/O system to gather data from their existing Lab Impex Beta and Gamma radiation in air monitors, stack flow monitors and pumps.
Conet OPC Server with date and time stamp handling
14 April 2004 - Omniflex
Omniflex have just released a Conet OPC server upgrade that handles date and time stamped events from source, to review the chronological sequence of events leading up to an alarm or trip.
Omniflex appointed preferred supplier by British Nuclear Fuels Limited
15 March 2004 - Omniflex
Further to the successful Procurement Vendor Desktop Assessment conducted on Omniflex Limited by BNFL in January 2004, Omniflex Limited has been recognised as a preferred supplier.
Omni16c Annunciators have been assessed as suitable to be used in safety related applications
20 February 2004 - Omniflex
Omni16c Annunciators have been successfully assessed as suitable to be used in safety related applications of Safety Integrity Level 1 in accordance with IEC61508:2000, making it first in its field.
Omniflex Announces New Solution for battery-backed DC power systems
20 November 2003 - Omniflex
After customer feedback, Omniflex introduce the Powerterm Charger/power supply series, suitable for DIN rail mounting and ideal for RTU's, dataloggers, alarm systems and remote field instrumentation.
'Omniterm' solves all your Loop problems
19 November 2003 - Omniflex
Instrumentation loop problems are frustrating at the best of times and downright time consuming affairs for plant maintenance staff to deal with: most problems relate to isolation and ground faults.
Cut inventory: Use a Universal Transmitter
18 September 2003 - Omniflex
Omniflex has come up with the Omniterm TXB Universal four-wire transmitter, designed for the widest range of signal conditioning applications in a single off-the-shelf product .
UK and Irish distributors sought by Omniflex
05 August 2003 - Omniflex
Omniflex, one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products and systems for the Control and Automation Industry worldwide, are looking for new distributors throughout the UK and Ireland.
HART Network module for data acquisition
27 June 2003 - Omniflex
Omniflex Automation Products has released a HART Network Interface Module for its highly successful Maxiflex 1000 Series Data Acquisition System, able to monitor up to 30 HART devices.
Custody transfer systems using Maxiflex
12 May 2003 - Omniflex
They require no user application programs when used for data acquisition or telemetry application making them the ideal equipment for this type of system. Simply plug them in; connect field wiring and power up. All I/O is scanned automatically and I/O status assembled into the Data Interchange Table.
Programme-less front end i/o systems for HMIs
16 April 2003 - Omniflex
A new set of Maxiflex CPUs from Omniflex are programme-less, requiring no user programmes when used for any data acquisition or telemetry application: simply plug in, connect field wiring and power up.
Tank level monitoring using Hart data acquisition
04 April 2003 - Omniflex
Omniflex has released a Hart Network Interface Module for its highly successful Maxiflex 1000 Series Data Acquisition System, allowing the connection of up to 30 Hart enabled devices.
Total radiological monitoring systems
03 April 2003 - Omniflex
BNFL and AEA in the UK have installed cost effective Omniflex radiological monitoring systems to collect data from their Harwell or Labimpex monitors for processing by plant SCADA systems.
Multiple temperature monitoring system
23 March 2003 - Omniflex
Omniflex has OmniWatch, a temperature monitoring system with a difference: sixteen temperatures can be monitored at once, from any 3 wire RTDs or thermocouples.
Annunciator spares for obsolete Rochester UC30
03 March 2003 - Omniflex
The Omni30 Annunciator has been designed as a replacement for the obsolete RIS UC30 series products, but is based upon the most advanced, field proven Omniflex Omni16C annunciator technology.
New MAXIFLEX CPU for Inter-networking
04 April 2000 - Omniflex
Omniflex has announced the release of the most versatile CPU ever designed for the Maxiflex RTU product range. This addition considerably enhances what is already a powerful remote I/O system that uses the field proven Conet local area inter-networking technology.


 

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