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RS South Africa
RS South Africa

20 Indianapolis Street, Kyalami Business Park, Kyalami, Midrand

tel:  
 +27 11 691 9300
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Core business offering: product and service solutions for engineers, builders and maintenance professionals. More than 650 000 industrial and electronic products sourced from over 2500 leading suppliers. Online shopping for delivery to your door within 4 to 6 working days.
Kyalami, Midrand

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ABB
(Shared Agency)		 Adafruit
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Allen-Bradley
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Baco
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Binder
(Shared Agency)		 Bosch
(Shared Agency)
Crouzet
(Shared Agency)		 Crydom
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Druck
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Eaton
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 ebm-papst
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 ETA
(Shared Agency)
Festo
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Harting
(Shared Agency)		 Harwin
(Shared Agency)
Honeywell
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Igus
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Klaxon
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Kraus & Naimer
(Shared Agency)		 Legrand
(Shared Agency)		 Legris
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Lovato
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Merlin Gerin
(Shared Agency)		 Mitsubishi Electric
(Shared Agency)
Moeller
(Shared Agency)		 Moflash
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 NSK
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Omron
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Panasonic
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Pepperl+Fuchs
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Phoenix Contact
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Rockwell Automation
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 RS Pro
(Sole Distributor/Sole Agency)
Schneider Electric
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Siemens Digital Industries
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 SKF
(Shared Agency)
SMC
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Sunon
(Shared Agency)		 Telemecanique
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)
Traco Power
(Authorised Resellers/Dealer/Sub-Agency)		 Weidmuller
(Shared Agency)		 Werma
(Shared Agency)
Section - Actuators & manipulators
–+ Electrical
-Linear
- Other
- Servo
- Stepper
-Mechanical
- Screw jacks
-Other
- Feed units
- Grippers
- Other manipulators
-Rotary
- Other
- Servo
- Stepper
–+ Electro-hydraulic
-Linear
-Rotary
–+ Electro-pneumatic
-Linear
-Rotary
–+ Hydraulic
-Cylinder components & accessories
- Bar stock; Cast-iron
- Bar stock; Chrome plated
- Bar stock; Steel
- Barrels
- Boots & bushes
- Cylinder tubing; Seamless steel
- Cylinder tubing; Stainless steel
- Cylinder tubing; Welded steel
- Micro-hydraulics components
- Nuts, pistons & rods
- Other
- Packing
- Rings
- Seals & sleeves
-Cylinder variants
- Braked cylinders
- Cushioned cylinders
- Custom
- Double acting
- Double rod end
- High water content (HWCF)
- Low profile
- Metric
- Mill-type
- Miniature
- Rodless
- Single acting
- Spring return
- Telescoping
-Linear
- Other
- Servo
-Mechanical
- Screw jacks
-Other
- Feed units
- Grippers
–+ Pneumatic
-Cylinder components & accessories
-Cylinder variants
- Braked cylinders
- Cushioned cylinders
- Custom cylinders
- Double rod end
- Double-acting
- Low profile
- Metric
- Mill-type
- Miniature
- Rodless
- Single-acting
- Spring return
- Telescoping
-Linear
- Other
- Servo
-Mechanical
- Screw jacks
-Other
- Feed units
- Grippers pressure/vaccum
- Other manipulators
- Vacuum cups
- Vacuum pads
-Rotary
- Other
- Servo
Section - Control systems & components
–+ Electrical
-Control components
- Control relays
- Other
-Programmable controls
- PAC
- PC-based
- PLC
-Visualisation
- HMI
–+ Hydraulic
-Manifolds
- Drilled metal block
- Modular
- Rotary
-Valves
- Accumulator charge, bleed
- Cartridge
- Check
- Counterbalance
- Deceleration
- Directional control; ball
- Directional control; manual
- Directional control; pilot operated
- Directional control; solenoid direct
- Directional control; solenoid pilot
- Electrically operated
- Flow control; Flow control valves
- High water content (HWCF)
- Hydraulically operated
- Integrated circuits
- Manually operated
- Modular
- Piloted
- Pneumatically operated
- Priority flow
- Proportional
- Sequence
- Servovalve
- Timing
–+ Miscellaneous systems & components
-Controllers
- Electro-hydraulic
- Electro-mechanical
- Electro-pneumatic
–+ Pneumatic
-Manifolds
- Drilled metal block
- Modular
- Rotary
-Valves
- Check
- Deceleration
- Directional control; Manual valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Pilot operated valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Pressure-compensated valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Solenoid pilot valves & manifolds
- Directional control; Solenoid valves & manifolds
- Electrically operated
- Flow control
- Manually operated
- Pneumatically operated
- Pressure regulating
- Proportional
- Quick exhaust
- Sequence
Section - Electro, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, including mechatronics & robotics
–+ Manufacturing systems
-Robotics & mechatronics
- Mechatronic components
- Peripherals; Welding
- Robots
Section - Gauges, indicators, transmitters, sensors, encoders & switches
–+ All instrumentation
-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
- Analytical instrumentation
- 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
- Sensors
- Thermal sensors
- Vision systems
-Switches
- Flow
- Level
- Position
- Pressure
- Temperature
- Vibration
-Transmitters & transducers
- Accelerometers
- Angle
- 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
- Turn rate sensors (gyros/solid state)
- Vibration
- Voltage
Section - Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Optimisation
–+ Alternative technologies
-Other
- Anticorrosive coatings
- Grease
- Lubricating oil
- Lubricators
–+ Electrical
-Electrical
- Cable on reels or cut to length
- Cable sets, made up
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Fusible links
- Housings and enclosures
- Power contactors & isolators
- Protection (thermal, magnetic, electronic, CT, overvoltage)
- Surge arrestors
–+ Hydraulic
-Hydraulics
- Fittings; Barbed fittings
- Fittings; Couplings
- Fittings; Couplings, quick-acting
- Fittings; Flanged
- Fittings; Flared
- Fittings; Flareless
- Fittings; Flexible couplings
- Fittings; Metric
- Flow dividers; Non-rotary
- Flow dividers; Rotary
- Flow restrictors
- Hose protectors
- Hose reels
- Hoses; Non-conductive
- Hoses; Regular hydraulic
- Hoses; Self-retracting (coiled)
- Hydraulic fluid
- Noise suppressors
- O-Ring bosses
- O-Rings
- Shock absorbers
-Valves
- Relief; Pilot-operated
- Relief; Relief valves
- Relief; Servo-operated
- Surge damping
–+ Pneumatic
-Pneumatic
- Fittings; Barbed
- Fittings; Couplings
- Fittings; Couplings, quick-acting
- Fittings; Flanged
- Fittings; Flared
- Fittings; Flareless
- Fittings; Flexible couplings
- Fittings; Metric fittings
- Flow dividers, non-rotary
- Flow restrictors
- Hose protectors
- Hose reels
- Hoses; Non-conductive
- Hoses; Regular pneumatic
- Hoses; Self-retracting (coiled)
- O-Ring bosses, pneumatic
- O-Rings, pneumatic
- Tubing, pneumatic
–+ Shaft power
-Shaft power
- Bearings; Needle
- Bearings; Plain
- Bearings; Thrust
- Belt drive components
- Belt drives
- Chain drive components
- Chain drives
- Seals, mechanical
- Variable speed drives; Hydraulic
- Variable speed drives; Pneumatic
- Variable speed V-belts
Section - Motors, drives & motor controllers
–+ Alternative technologies
-Controllers
-Motors
–+ Electrical
-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
- Matrix converter
- Regenerative
- Resistance
- Single phase; Frequency control; 1 - 10 kW
- Single phase; Frequency control; Fractional kW
- Single phase; Frequency control; Over 10 kW
- Soft starters; Autotransformer
- Soft starters; Electronic
- Soft starters; Other
- Soft starters; Resistance
- Soft starters; Star-Delta
- Traction control
-AC Motors
- 3-phase
- 3-phase; 1-10 kW
- 3-phase; Fractional kW
- 3-phase; Synchronous
- Geared
- HV; 3-phase
- MV; 3-phase
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
- Single phase; 1-10 kW
- Single phase; Fractional kW
- Single phase; Over 10 kW
- Single phase; Synchronous
- Traction
-Controller motor sets
- AC; 3-phase; Frequency control; Closed loop
- AC; 3-phase; Frequency control; Open loop
- AC; Single phase; Frequency control; Closed loop
- AC; Single phase; Frequency control; Open loop
- DC; Motor controller combination; Closed loop
- DC; Motor controller combination; Open loop
- DC; Pulse width modulation (PWM); Closed loop
- DC; Pulse width modulation (PWM); Open loop
-DC controllers & starters
- Current control; 10-100 kW
- Current control; 1-10 kW
- Current control; Fractional kW
- Current control; Over 100 kW
- Regenerative
- Starters
- Traction control
- Voltage control; 10-100 kW
- Voltage control; 1-10 kW
- Voltage control; Fractional kW
- Voltage control; Over 100 kW
-DC Motors
- 10-100 kW
- 1-10 kW
- Brushless
- Fractional kW
- Geared
- Over 100 kW
- Servomotor; Geared
- Servomotor; Ungeared
- Traction
-Other electric motors
- Stepper
-Other
- Motor contactors & isolators
–+ Hydraulic
-Controller motor combinations
- Hydrostatic drive systems
- Other
-Controllers
- Other
-Motors
- Other
–+ Pneumatic
-Controller motor combinations
-Controllers
-Motors
- Other
- Turbine
- Vane
Section - Power generation & storage
–+ Electrical
-Alternators & generators
- AC alternators; 0-120 V
- AC alternators; 120-600 V
- AC alternators; Over 600 V
- DC generators; 0-120 V
- DC generators; Over 600 V
-Batteries
- Automotive
-Other
- AC power supplies; 0-120 V
- AC power supplies; 120-600 V
- AC power supplies; Over 600 V
- DC power supplies; 0-120 V
- DC power supplies; 120-600 V
- DC power supplies; Over 600 V
- Other sustainable systems
- Power factor correction
- Solar systems
- Uninterruptable power supplies
-Transformers
- 0-120V
- 120-600V
- Over 600V
–+ Hydraulic
-Accumulators & intensifiers
- Accumulators; Bellows or diaphragm
- Accumulators; Bladder
- Accumulators; Non-separator
- Accumulators; Piston
- Accumulators; Spring-loaded
- Decontaminator, pipe & tube
- Filters, filtration systems & accessories
- Heat exchangers
- Hydraulic reservoirs
- Intensifiers; Continuous action
- Intensifiers; Single action
- Intensifiers; Variable displacement
-Oil coolers
- Air cooled
- Water-cooled
-Power packs
- Custom
- High water content (HWCF)
- Standard
-Pumps
- Air-operated
- Fixed displacement
- Ganged
- Gear
- Hand/foot operated
- High water content (HWCF)
- Piston
- Plunger
- Staged
- Vane
- Variable displacement
-Valves
- Air bleed
- Pressure reducing
–+ Lubrication
-Other
- Filters
- Filtration systems
- Separators
–+ Pneumatic
-Compressors & pumps
- Compressors; Diaphragm
- Compressors; Oil-free
- Compressors; Reciprocating
- Compressors; Rotary screw
- Compressors; Rotary vane
- Pumps; Other
- Pumps; Vacuum
-Dryers
- Absorbtive
- Absorbtive, regenerative
- Chemical
- Other
- Refrigerant
-Other
- Condensate drains
- Filters
- Lubricators
- Receivers
- Relief valves
- Separators
- Service units
- Silencers
- Anticorrosive coatings
- Grease
- Lubricating oil
- Lubricators
–+ Electrical
-Electrical
- Cable on reels or cut to length
- Cable sets, made up
- Circuit breakers
- Connectors
- DB panels
- Fuses
- Fusible links
- Housings and enclosures
- Power contactors & isolators
- Protection (thermal, magnetic, electronic, CT, overvoltage)
- Surge arrestors
–+ Hydraulic
-Hydraulics
- Fittings; Barbed fittings
- Fittings; Couplings
- Fittings; Couplings, quick-acting
- Fittings; Flanged
- Fittings; Flared
- Fittings; Flareless
- Fittings; Flexible couplings
- Fittings; Metric
- Flow dividers; Non-rotary
- Flow dividers; Rotary
- Flow restrictors
- Hose protectors
- Hose reels
- Hoses; Non-conductive
- Hoses; Regular hydraulic
- Hoses; Self-retracting (coiled)
- Hydraulic fluid
- Noise suppressors
- O-Ring bosses
- O-Rings
- Shock absorbers
-Valves
- Relief; Pilot-operated
- Relief; Relief valves
- Relief; Servo-operated
- Surge damping
–+ Pneumatic
-Pneumatic
- Fittings; Barbed
- Fittings; Couplings
- Fittings; Couplings, quick-acting
- Fittings; Flanged
- Fittings; Flared
- Fittings; Flareless
- Fittings; Flexible couplings
- Fittings; Metric fittings
- Flow dividers, non-rotary
- Flow restrictors
- Hose protectors
- Hose reels
- Hoses; Non-conductive
- Hoses; Regular pneumatic
- Hoses; Self-retracting (coiled)
- O-Ring bosses, pneumatic
- O-Rings, pneumatic
- Tubing, pneumatic
–+ Shaft power
-Shaft power
- Bearings; Needle
- Bearings; Plain
- Bearings; Thrust
- Belt drive components
- Belt drives
- Chain drive components
- Chain drives
- Seals, mechanical
- Variable speed drives; Hydraulic
- Variable speed drives; Pneumatic
- Variable speed V-belts
Section - Services
–+ Electrical
-Maintenance
- General maintenance
Section - Tools & equipment including software tools
–+ All tools & equipment
-Electrical
- Electrical; Test equipment
-Hydraulic
- Cleaning equipment for fluid power lines
- Hose assembly equipment
- Hydraulic; Test equipment
-Mechanical
- Screw jacks
-Other
- Alignment tools
- Laboratory equipment
- Leak detection
- Mechanical
- Test equipment
- Tribology equipment
- Vibration analysers
-Pneumatic
- Cleaning equipment for pneumatic lines
- Hose assembly equipment
- Leak detection
- Pneumatic; Test equipment
- Software; Pneumatic design
News from RS South Africa:
RS PRO a key partner for planned maintenance
Third Quarter 2024, Other technologies, RS South Africa

RS PRO, the own-brand of RS, offers a comprehensive selection of over 80 000 products spanning all industries and technologies.

Raspberry Pi 5 announced
25 October 2023, DSP, Micros & Memory, Editor's Choice, RS South Africa

The R-Pi 5 comes with new features and is over twice as fast as its predecessor, the R-Pi 4, thanks to an upgrade to the main processor.

Key technological trends
First Quarter 2023, Other technologies, RS South Africa

As we embark on a new year, it is fascinating to acknowledge the leaps and bounds made in technology over the course of 2022. Spearheaded by sustainability, big data analysis needs, privacy concerns, connectivity, security considerations, and global communication needs, there were undeniable advances in both hardware and software development throughout the year.

TUKS campus taken over by robots!
Third Quarter 2022, News & events, RS South Africa

Several teams of third-year engineering students took to the track for the ultimate robot showdown as the highly anticipated annual TUKS Robot Race Day took place at the campus recently. Now in its ...
RS Components trebles its SKF bearings portfolio
Third Quarter 2021, News & events, RS South Africa

RS Components has added 4000 SKF bearings to its portfolio, increasing the offering to a total of 6000. This is the first step in RS significantly increasing its SKF range offer across bearings, power ...
Hacking for a difference
Second Quarter 2021, News & events, Editor's Choice, RS South Africa

The annual Geekulcha Hackathon recently saw more than 100 coders, developers and programmers challenge each other in an online contest.The event has become a highlight in the African developer world. ...
New generation motion control solutions
2nd Quarter 2018, Other technologies, RS South Africa

From adding smart capabilities and upgrading systems to ongoing maintenance, the huge range of products on offer from RS Components fits almost every motion control application.
Everything an engineer needs
2nd Quarter 2017, Electrical switching & drive systems & components, RS South Africa

RS Components offers everything engineers need to design, develop and deploy world-class motion control solutions. From adding smart capabilities and upgrading systems, to dealing with sustainability ...
UJ’s Sasol Solar Challenge success
4th Quarter 2014, News & events, RS South Africa

Sponsored by RS Components, the University of Johannesburg’s solar team recently came in the top five in the Sasol Solar Car Challenge. This is a single stage solar car racing event from Pretoria to Cape ...
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