From the president's desk June 2011, SAIMC Process Expo 2011
As I am writing this letter we are preparing for Process Expo 2011. What a privilege to play a part in this huge event, it is the first time in a long while that we have participated ...
Johannesburg branch June 2011, SAIMC The Johannesburg branch held its technology evening on 13 April. Malcolm Heathfield from Adroit gave a presentation titled ‘Intelligence from Data’ based on his insight as an automation information system ...
Durban branch June 2011, SAIMC The Durban branch’s May technology meeting was held as usual at the Westville Country Club on Wednesday 4 May. It was kindly sponsored by Phoenix Contact and the speaker for the evening was Tony Rayner, ...
Secunda branch June 2011, SAIMC The branch has hosted two technology evenings since the last publication.
In the past, and to a large extent still today, valve maintenance was performed on a time-based interval rather than in response ...
From the president's desk May 2011, SAIMC Looking through the names of my predecessors is a humbling experience. There is no way that anyone can fill the shoes of these people, but one can take the baton and blaze new trails, in our time, and ...
Johannesburg branch May 2011, SAIMC The Johannesburg branch held its latest technology evening on 9 March, when Tony Rayner from Phoenix Contact enlightened us to the general effects of lightning and switching transients as well as precautionary ...
Zambian branch May 2011, SAIMC The Zambian branch held its AGM on 12 March at Rosval Restaurant in Chingola. The new executive to serve in 2011 is as follows: * Chairman (Rodgers Kayombo).
* Vice chairman (Widdy Chimba).
* Secretary ...
Durban branch May 2011, SAIMC The Durban technology evening in May will be hosted by Phoenix Contact and will cover surge and lightning protection. Tony Rayner, who has been involved in the manufacture and sales of lightning/surge ...
Secunda branch May 2011, SAIMC Our last technology evening was a presentation titled ‘Cost savings on steam through application training’ by Arjen Vink. This presentation shared valuable insights into savings that can be achieved by ...
From the president's desk April 2011, SAIMC Looking back through the history of the SAIMC I recognise some big names in the industry: * Professor WJ Taute, who taught me how to act as a professional engineer while I was his student at the PU for ...
Secunda branch April 2011, SAIMC The year started well with a good turnout to a presentation by Ali Alberts from Incledon on valves for extreme applications. These Technology Evenings have a twofold benefit in that they are a source ...
Johannesburg branch April 2011, SAIMC The SAIMC Johannesburg branch held its AGM on 9 February at the Rivonia Country Club. Over 50 members attended to hear the calendar for the year mapped out and receive the committee members for 2011: ...
Durban branch April 2011, SAIMC At the last Durban branch technology evening ProLoCon’s Andrew Ashton gave an interesting and interactive presentation on internal traceability and formulation management. The presentation covered aspects ...
From the president's desk March 2011, SAIMC This will be my last communication as president of the SAIMC before we hold our annual AGM at the end of March. I have served two consecutive terms, it has been a lot of hard work with a number of new ...
Profile of the SAIMC March 2011, SAIMC Originally founded in 1957 as The Instrument and Control Society of Southern Africa, the name was subsequently changed to the SAIMC to accommodate new developments in the industry. The name was further ...
Durban branch March 2011, SAIMC At the recent Durban branch AGM, outgoing chairman Vinesh Maharaj presented the annual report highlighting the activities of the branch during the past year. He concluded by thanking all the committee ...
Secunda branch March 2011, SAIMC The AGM of the Secunda branch was held on 13 January and the following members were elected to serve: Peter Zietsman, Kobus Reinecke, Fronnie Knoetze, Rickus Kriel, Johan Maritz, Gerhard Swarts, Goodman ...
Durban branch February 2011, SAIMC The Durban branch held its final Technology evening of 2010 at the Westville Country Club on 1 December. The topic was ‘Thermowell design and flow-induced vortices and Wake frequency calculations’ presented ...
Vaal branch January 2011, SAIMC The Vaal branch’s final technology evening for 2010 was held on 4 November and the turnout was an indication of the leaps in reach and attendance that the branch has experienced over the past year.
The ...
Durban branch January 2011, SAIMC
The Durban branch of the SAIMC recently held its first golf day and consensus was that it was a great success. Seen enjoying the day are (L to R): Jason Naicker (maintenance manager, Veolia Water); ...
