SAIMC: From the President’s desk March 2019, SAIMC Sitting here writing another article on my cellphone, realising it’s 2019 and we have technology available to us that people could not even imagine when I was born, is quite a revelation. A sobering moment ...
SAIMC: Johannesburg branch March 2019, SAIMC Technology evening: What is a cobot?
First of all, what is a robot? Dictionary definitions vary, but the gist is that it is a machine which takes the place of a human being (so those things at street ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch March 2019, SAIMC The highlight of 2018 was the end-of-year dinner enjoyed by members and the committee at Cheers in Irene. We were fortunate to have Ina and Johan Maartens join us as well. Another noteworthy item was ...
SAIMC: Durban branch March 2019, SAIMC The AGM was held at the Durban Country Club on 6 February. A respectable audience of 23 members, six Patrons and one student member, gathered to attend the proceedings which ran smoothly under John Owen-Ellis’ ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch March 2019, SAIMC The branch AGM took place on 17 January. In order to keep the momentum of the last two years, the committee remained unchanged, with the exception of the loss of two reliable members, Xandri Cornelisen ...
SAIMC: Zambia branch March 2019, SAIMC Three SAIMC members from Zambia took part in the Technical Education Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) Stakeholders Consultative Workshop from 21-23 January at the Moba Motel in Kitwe.
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SAIMC: Vaal branch March 2019, SAIMC At the February technology evening, Sagadevan Kanniappen, product specialist for petrochemical, chemical, oil and gas at WIKA Instruments, gave an in-depth presentation on flow measurement and how it ...
SAIMC: From the President’s desk February 2019, SAIMC Congratulations to all the elected branch committee members following the AGMs in January!
Thank you for taking the time to commit in helping within the SAIMC in this way. Your work will ensure that ...
SAIMC: Cape Town branch February 2019, SAIMC The branch hosted its end of year function on 30 November 2018, the first since the new committee took over in October 2017.
The evening began with a technical presentation hosted by Quintin McCutcheon ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch February 2019, SAIMC The highlight of 2018 was the annual dinner enjoyed by branch members and the committee at Cheers in Irene. We were also very fortunate to have Ina and Johan Maartens join us towards the end of the evening.
The ...
SAIMC: Johannesburg branch February 2019, SAIMC Happy New Year from the Johannesburg team
The year has kicked off with barely a bump in the road and being back at work you realise that nothing much has changed. Except our attitudes, starting the year ...
SAIMC: Durban branch February 2019, SAIMC Technology evening
The final technology evening of 2018 was held on the 5 December at the Durban Country Club. Ajanth Sewpersad, sales engineer for SICK Automation, gave an informative and well-balanced ...
SAIMC: From the President’s desk January 2019, SAIMC As we all prepare for 2019 and what it holds, we are standing in front of an open door with access to new opportunities. I would like to take this opportunity to urge you to consider becoming more actively ...
SAIMC: Zambia branch January 2019, SAIMC Year-end function
It was a cool and pensive night on the Copper Belt in the Zambias. At a quiet well-established lodge, lush with natural flora and fauna, as well as exotic orchid and cycad landscape ...
SAIMC: Durban branch January 2019, SAIMC The monthly technology evening was held on 7 November at the Durban Country Club. Verlan Govender of Swagelok gave an interesting presentation on the basics and principles of hoses, to an audience which ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch January 2019, SAIMC Site visit
The branch had visited the Metso Secunda valve shop on Friday 2 November. Johan van den Heever and the Metso Secunda team gave members a detailed tour of their site and the equipment they ...
SAIMC: From the President’s desk December 2018, SAIMC As we enter the final days of 2018, I would like to take a moment to reflect and thank those who contributed to an amazing year of achievement for the SAIMC. This year was about action, and it is my honour ...
SAIMC: Vaal branch December 2018, SAIMC At the last technology evening, Yokogawa’s Bruce Bonte presented “An Introduction to ISA100.11a Wireless Technology”. Bruce has served the instrumentation industry for 30 years, having worked at Tongaat ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch December 2018, SAIMC At the October technology evening, Reino Janse from Swagelok presented on ‘Regulator Issues’. The presentation, which is available to interested members, touched on topics such as main types of pressure ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch December 2018, SAIMC The technology evening for August was presented by Lourens du Plessis, principal specialist for functional safety at Sasol. As defined in the IEC standards, there are four safety integrity levels (SIL ...
