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SAIMC Vaal region
September 2002
The Vaal Region plans a 'smash' day: Four (4) ball pitch and put. Where: Riviera Resort, Mario Milani Drive, Vereeniging. When: 10 October 2002. Entries start at 13h00. Tee-off time is 14h00. Entry ...

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SA control engineering training establishment found wanting
September 2002
Open letter to the SAIMC Chair sent on Monday 24 June 2002 I read with both interest and shock the article by Michael Brown on page 36 of the June issue of SA Instrumentation & Control. The article describes ...

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SAIMC: Secunda Branch
August 2002
It was cold and dark on the night of 11 July. The weatherman had predicted more cold fronts to move in over our area. Endress+Hauser sponsored the night with a promise that they will teach our members ...

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SA industrial control education in the spotlight
August 2002
Michael Brown's observations published in the June 2002 issue, The only magic: understanding what you are doing (regarding control engineering competence in SA) has prompted a letter to the Editor concerning ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
August 2002
To those of you out there who might have been confused by the reported 'June Golf Day' in last month's Branch news, our apologies. At the time of writing, that golf day was to take place in June, but ...

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Secunda: Branch of the Year
July 2002
The award left us speechless. That is why we missed contributing to the June issue. Ecstatic, fantastic, electrifying - that was the atmosphere at the Standerton Eskom Club on 18 April. Allan Aldum from ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
July 2002
Our branch meeting for May proved to be a welcome relief from the usual 'Bus'-based talks we seem to attract so often; Mike Sessions of Mitech gave a very interesting and informative overview on 'Severe ...

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SAIMC: Talkback
July 2002
During the previous Council meeting, a substantial amount of time was spent discussing strategies on how to effectively grow the membership of our Institute, and to keep it growing year on year. As the ...

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SAIMC News: Cape Town
June 2002
The CT branch has just had a couple of very active weeks. Last week Thursday 9 May, we were lucky to have Michael Hutton of National Instruments in Jhb present to us. Michael presented a talk on PC-based ...

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SAIMC News: Witbank Sub Branch
June 2002
We hoped it would not, but it happened again! Winter hit us with a vengeance and everything seems to slow down as a result of the cold. Luckily the Witbank sub-branch (we need to get rid of that prefix) ...

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SAIMC News: Johannesburg
June 2002
Our May meeting saw Hennie Pretorius and Mike Sessions of Miteck talking to us on 'Severe service control valves' and it was a refreshing deviation from the usual 'Bus' talks we always seem to have at ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
May 2002
We never thought it would happen to us! But it did, and we do not like it one bit. The well-oiled and smooth-running machine of the Jhb Committee seems to be misfiring on some cylinders with most of our ...

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SAIMC: Witbank Branch
May 2002
Hi to all the 'Control Freaks' out there. It is with pleasure that we once again submit our monthly article for the BEST publication in the control and instrumentation fraternity. The Witbank sub-branch ...

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Talkback
May 2002
Welcome to the first edition of Talkback, an information service created exclusively for all members of the SAIMC, irrespective of which branch they belong to or in which geographic area they might be ...

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SAIMC: Johannesburg Branch
April 2002
There was a saying in the Air Force of years ago that sounded something like this: "Daar is konfussie in die Ranke" (There is confusion in the ranks). The squadron drill sergeant would normally utter ...

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SAIMC: Cape Town Branch
April 2002
Derwyn Oxley of SAIMC CT was able to attend the March 2002 SAIMC Council meeting and AGM. We are pleased and encouraged by the things achieved by Richard Teagle - outgoing President. Sometimes these achievements ...

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SAIMC: Secunda Branch
April 2002
March has always been a great month for the Secunda branch and this year was no different. We kicked off our monthly meetings with the first one this the year being an outstanding occasion at the now ...

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The SAIMC Bus Breakfast
April 2002
A full conference room of guests enjoyed three interesting and informative talks on the morning of the last day of Electrex. Hosted by Richard Teagle of Festo, the speakers delivered presentations on ...

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SAIMC: Witbank Branch
April 2002
First of all, congratulations to our mother branch which was awarded the branch of the year award. Well done to Piet and his committee, we will certainly look and learn! It sounds unbelievable but a quarter ...

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SAIMC Cape Town Branch
March 2002
Hi All! Recently we were very graciously hosted by some of the technical staff at the V&A Waterfront Aquarium. We were given a 'behind the scenes' look at what goes on in providing, maintaining and developing ...

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