Johannesburg branch October 2010, SAIMC Latest technology evening – manufacturing execution systems (MES)
Becher Raffoul, divisional manager for MES at Siemens, gave us a presentation on how increased competition, globalisation and shorter ...
Durban branch October 2010, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions
In the spirit of Oktober Fest join the SAIMC Durban branch on a tour of Shongweni Brewery on Thursday 14 October at 14h30 at the brewery.
Cost: R60 per person, max 30 persons ...
From the president's desk September 2010, SAIMC I have some important news to share this issue. After a number of months of paper work and travel to Pretoria and back, we have managed to register as a Section 21 company.
Also, we have managed to ...
Vaal branch September 2010, SAIMC Dr André Joubert from Sasol Technology R&D captivated the August Technology Evening of the SAIMC Vaal branch with an innovative presentation titled ‘Virtualisation in control systems using VMware’. The ...
Johannesburg branch September 2010, SAIMC For most of us in the process and automation industries, building automation probably conveys the idea of lighting and temperature control and very little else. At our last technology evening, Nico van ...
Durban branch September 2010, SAIMC At the last Technology Evening, members of the Durban branch and visitors attended a thought-provoking presentation entitled ‘Roadmap to industrial Ethernet’ at the Westville offices of Dimension Data, ...
Cape Town branch September 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town branch hosted a very well attended technology evening together with Stephen David of Control Valve Technology (CVT) on 29 July. (The technology evening for June was postponed due to the ...
From the president's desk August 2010, SAIMC National studies indicate that South Africa does not produce sufficient registered engineers, technologists, technicians or artisans to address the needs of the country. Although this is a global phenomenon, ...
Secunda branch August 2010, SAIMC During the months of June and July things got back to normal at the Secunda branch after our successful golf day – a vote of thanks to everyone who participated. Two excellent technology evenings were ...
Johannesburg branch August 2010, SAIMC At the last Johannesburg branch technology evening Extech Safety Systems sales director, Gary Friend, gave a presentation on intrinsic safety – a preferred protection technique for many instrumentation ...
Vaal branch August 2010, SAIMC The 5th SAIMC Vaal branch meeting was held on 3 June. Chairman, Solly Mabitsela introduced the committee to the delegates as follows: Colin Simns (vice chairman), E Grobbelaar (secretary and treasurer), ...
From the president's desk July 2010, SAIMC The SAIMC is once again expanding its international influence. During May, I had the pleasure of travelling to Windhoek together with Vivian MacFadyen to establish a branch there.
We need to thank ...
Johannesburg branch July 2010, SAIMC At the last Johannesburg branch technology evening, Patrick Rowland of Phoenix Contact walked us through some of the protocols of wireless communication for the industrial automation industry. This presentation ...
Secunda branch July 2010, SAIMC The past two months was hectic for most of us with all the preparation for the FIFA World Cup and so forth. We at Eskom have committed to keep the lights burning throughout the proceedings, and what we ...
Durban branch July 2010, SAIMC Kevin Swamy, who is currently a systems engineer at SAPPI Tugela, gave a well structured and interesting talk to members and visitors at the last technology meeting which was held at UKZN. He gave the ...
Johannesburg branch June 2010, SAIMC May news
At the last Johannesburg branch Technology Evening, Paulo de Sousa Gomes from Yokogawa presented the comparison between PLC/scada and DCS. In this detailed presentation the key features and ...
Cape Town branch June 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town branch held its AGM on 25 March where the new 2010/2011 committee members were elected. Selvan Murugan, who was branch vice chairman, has taken over the seat of chairman from Theo Schmidt ...
Vaal branch June 2010, SAIMC Technology Evening April 2010
What is risk? How can it be quantified? What tolerance is put against process safety? Do engineers have specific professional responsibilities towards safety? How should ...
Durban branch June 2010, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions:
Owen Taverna-Smith from Exida will be presenting at the July SAIMC Durban branch technology evening. The topic will be Cyber Security geared at the process industries:
Taverna-Smith ...
