SAIMC: Durban branch April 2012, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions
‘The evolution of emergency shutdown devices (ESD) in the process industry.’
The April Technology Evening for the Durban branch of the SAIMC will be held on 4 April at the Westville ...
SAIMC: Johannesburg branch April 2012, SAIMC The Jhb branch holds its monthly meetings at the Rivonia sports grounds on Achter Street, Rivonia. The meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month and we have a few interesting and informative ...
SAIMC: SAIMC introduces technical forums on social media site Linkedin April 2012, SAIMC The SAIMC was originally founded in 1957 as The Instrument and Control Society of Southern Africa and was registered in 1962 – the founding chairman was Claude Klepp. The name was subsequently changed ...
SAIMC: From the president's desk March 2012, SAIMC 2012 is a year of great beginnings for the SAIMC. Firstly, I would like to congratulate the new branch committee members and thank them for their willingness to serve. I would also like to thank last ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch March 2012, SAIMC The Secunda branch held its 2012 AGM on 19 January during which time the new committee was announced. Several members of the previous committee were re-elected and committed to continue serving the branch ...
SAIMC: Durban branch March 2012, SAIMC The Durban branch held its 2012 AGM on 1 February where secretary, John de Castro, ensured that proceedings ran without a hitch at this well attended event. SAIMC president, Johan Maartens, gave a brief ...
SAIMC: Johannesburg branch March 2012, SAIMC The AGM for the Johannesburg branch was held on 8 February and attended by over 40 members and guests. The financial statements were presented followed by feedback from the 2011 chairman, Debbie Scott. ...
SAIMC: From the president's desk February 2012, SAIMC, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA) 2011 has come and gone and while the world did not come to an end, in some areas of Japan it must have seemed that way as the world watched in horror and the destructive forces of nature humbled us all.
Something ...
SAIMC Durban branch February 2012, SAIMC The Durban branch held its last Technology Evening of 2011 on 7 December at the Westville Country Club. It was attended by key members and senior staff from Durban’s learning institutions and was hosted ...
SAIMC Zambian branch February 2012, SAIMC On 8 Dec last year, Johan van Jaarsveldt and I travelled to Zambia to attend the branch banquet in Kitwe in the province of the Copper Belt. It was a remarkable journey in many ways.
Since we had been ...
SAIMC From the president's desk January 2012, SAIMC It is with a degree of sadness that I took note of the passing of 2011. Some of my good intentions never materialised and neither did some excellent goals that the SAIMC set for itself. We did achieve ...
SAIMC attends the International Field Networking Conference January 2012, SAIMC I recently had the opportunity to attend the first International Field Networking Conference which was held in Boksburg. This event was very well attended and organised. At the end of the two days the ...
SAIMC Durban branch January 2012, SAIMC The Durban branch of the SAIMC held its November Technology Evening at the Westville Country Club as usual. This month it was kindly sponsored by NIC Instruments who tied it in with a visit from principals ...
SAIMC From the president's desk December 2011, SAIMC Myth bustingMyth: Albert Einstein did not fail mathematics in school, as is commonly believed. Truth: Upon being shown a column claiming this fact, Einstein said “I never failed in mathematics... ...
SAIMC Durban branch December 2011, SAIMC At the October technology evening, which was kindly hosted by Honeywell, account manager Tony White took us through ‘Virtualisation in industrial control’. We learnt about the key benefits and value that ...
SAIMC Secunda branch December 2011, SAIMC David van Eeden from Proconics presented a topical discussion on the different flowmeters and their applications in industry. David is a design engineer and his presentation highlighted a number of practical ...
SAIMC Banquet December 2011, SAIMC Members spent an enjoyable evening at the prestigious Rand Club where they were wined and dined in style. The guest speaker was Dr Anthony Turton, an expert on water resource management, who was named ...
SAIMC Cape Town branch December 2011, SAIMC The Cape Town branch felt at the beginning of the year that in order to deliver a good service to members it needed to fill key vacant positions within the existing leadership. The nomination and voting ...
SAIMC From the president's desk November 2011, SAIMC, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA) What is the use?M
This month, I found myself having to answer a very challenging question received in a letter from one of our members – “What is the use of my SAIMC membership?”
It is not a question ...
SAIMC Secunda branch November 2011, SAIMC At the last Technology Evening, Peter Sheppard from Wika presented on the topic ‘3D Pressure gauge principles’. The pressure gauge is a ubiquitous piece of equipment often taken for granted, but without ...
