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SAIMC: Johannesburg branch
December 2017, SAIMC
At the last Technology Evening, Kenneth McPherson, managing director Beckhoff Automation South Africa, presented on EtherCAT. EtherCAT, which stands for Ethernet for Control Automation Technology, is ...

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SAIMC: Richards Bay
December 2017, SAIMC
A well-attended technology evening sponsored by Pepperl+Fuchs was held on Thursday, 5 October at Umhambi Lodge, where the solutions manager responsible for the EPE product range, Frederik Langenhoven, ...

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SAIMC: SAIMC supporting FIRST Robotics South Africa
December 2017
The SAIMC is now proudly supporting FIRST Robotics in South Africa. As a member of the SAIMC, you are invited to attend these robotics events and be part of an initiative where children learn by building ...

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SAIMC: Tshwane branch
December 2017, SAIMC
For the last Technology Evening of 2017, the branch was honoured to have Rob MacKenzie, MD of Endress+Hauser and vice president of the SAIMC, on his birthday, present to a full house about the Industrial ...

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SAIMC: Durban branch
December 2017, SAIMC
The Durban branch of the SAIMC held their November technology meeting as always at the Durban Country Club. The topic was ‘Assessment of the Credibility of Process Alarms as a Layer of Protection’ and ...

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SAIMC: Cape Town branch
December 2017, SAIMC
Relaunch A sense of anticipation came over me the day I volunteered to travel to Cape Town to ensure a free and fair AGM is being held and that a new management team is selected for the Cape Town branch. ...

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SAIMC: SAIMC Secunda branch Ladies High Tea
December 2017, SAIMC
The Secunda branch held its annual high tea for women in the technical field, on Friday 13 October. Despite the very ‘unlucky’ date the event was a great success. This year we strived to involve more ...

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SAIMC: Secunda branch October Technology Evening
December 2017, SAIMC
On Thursday 12 October, the SAIMC Secunda branch held its ninth Technology Evening for 2017 at Honeywell Hub in Secunda. PJ Truter, from Sasol, presented on the topic ‘Vibration Based Condition Monitoring’. ...

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SAIMC: From the President's desk
November 2017, SAIMC
‘Education-to-employment’ a conundrum in South Africa Over the years, while at the desk of the SAIMC leadership, some observations, beliefs and perceptions surfaced. These however, must be tested with ...

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SAIMC: Durban branch
November 2017, SAIMC
Tony Rayner, Trabtech product manager, delivered an interesting and comprehensive presentation on surge protection at the Durban branch September technology evening, discussing Lightning Electromagnetic ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg branch
November 2017, SAIMC
The last Technology Evening was hosted by Endress+Hauser where Dhiren Naidoo, product manager level and pressure, presented on Heartbeat Technology. This presentation covered different diagnostic, verification ...

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SAIMC: Tshwane branch
November 2017, SAIMC
Technology Evenings For the September Technology Evening, Jaco Marneweck from the National Regulator for Compulsory Specification (NRCS), presented to us on the subject of ‘Legal requirements for custody ...

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SAIMC: Secunda branch
November 2017, SAIMC
Technology Evening On 7 September, Lourens van Niekerk from WIKA presented a very interesting topic: ‘Calibration – necessary evil or quality driver’. Calibration either confirms the measured value ...

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SAIMC supporting FIRST Robotics South Africa
1 October 2017, SAIMC
The SAIMC is now proudly supporting FIRST Robotics in South Africa. As a member of the SAIMC, you are invited to attend these robotics events and be part of an initiative where children learn by building ...

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SAIMC: From the President’s desk
October 2017, SAIMC
The year is coming to an end and we have just had our annual celebration gala dinner. We presented to you our successes, challenges and the manner in which we have immersed ourselves in the realities ...

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SAIMC: Durban branch
October 2017, SAIMC
Site visit The branch arranged a visit to uShaka Marine World on 16 August. The group was kindly hosted by Daryl Waugh, senior technician operations, who provided an underground tour and comprehensive ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg branch
October 2017, SAIMC
At the last Technology Evening, Lloyd Townsend, market segment specialist for food and pharmaceuticals at WIKA, presented on “Calibration, a necessary evil, or quality driver?”    Every measuring instrument ...

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SAIMC: Tshwane branch
October 2017, SAIMC
At the August technical evening, Swagelok, represented by Kyle Collet and Reino van Rensburg, provided some valuable insight into how to go about ‘Safe valve selection’. Topics discussed included: ...

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SAIMC expands its horizons
October 2017, SAIMC
SAIMC’s gala dinner dance held on 1 September at the Montecasino Ballroom was another sparkling affair. With the theme Many Hands – United Aspirations, Oratile Sematle highlighted the many achievements of the SAIMC during his two-year tenure, before saying goodbye as president, while the proceedings were expertly handled by MC, Mike Banda, who entertained the guests while moving the programme smoothly along.

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SAIMC: From the President’s desk
September 2017, SAIMC
What industrial revolution? When I was asked by Oratile to do the president’s address for this edition I was a little intimidated by the depth and insight of previous addresses. I read through the last ...

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