SAIMC: Johannesburg branch July 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC Technology can be a wonderful thing. We have resources that allow us to talk face to face with people thousands of kilometres away. We have the ability to order equipment, furniture, food, or clothing ...
Read more...SAIMC: Vaal branch July 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC The branch held an online technical evening on 3 June, which was presented by SICK Automation. Our presenter, Dustin Naicker, has more than 9 years’ experience in analytical instrumentation and analysers. ...
Read more...SAIMC: Cape Town branch July 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC Technology evenings: Out with the new, in with the old… or not?
With the lockdown slowly lifting and life stabilising into a new normal, we at the branch are grateful that another technology event ...
Read more...SAIMC: From the office of the CEO June 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC President Cyril Ramaphosa rightly stated in his letter of 11 May: “Imposing a nation-wide lockdown gave our country a strategic advantage. It bought us valuable time to prepare our health system and put ...
Read more...SAIMC: Johannesburg branch June 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC Here we are at the end of May, still in lockdown Level 4. While we at the Johannesburg branch are doing our best to bring technology to our loyal members, there is still nothing like the human touch.
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Read more...SAIMC: Vaal branch June 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC On 5 March the first coronavirus case was recorded in South Africa. The government reacted swiftly and called for a nationwide lockdown which commenced on 27 March 2020. Since then there have been extensions ...
Read more...SAIMC: Vaal branch May 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC At the last technology evening, Albert Louw, mobile control systems specialist from ifm electronic, gave a presentation on control systems for mobile machines, applicable to all mobile vehicles from transport ...
Read more...SAIMC: Durban branch May 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC The last technology evening was held in March, and as we headed into lockdown we reluctantly cancelled future technology events pending the reopening of the country. There is much discussion about whether ...
Read more...SAIMC: Cape Town branch May 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC Technology evening: Introduction to Profibus
What an interesting time and age we are in. If anyone predicted what future would be knocking on our doors in 2020, they would be a millionaire.
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Read more...SAIMC: From the office of the CEO May 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC Amidst the turmoil of the latest coronavirus pandemic and the recent downgrade of South African government debt to junk, I’ve begun to wonder whatever happened to traditional values like responsibility ...
Read more...SAIMC: Johannesburg branch May 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC IIoT/Industry4.0/4IR – they cover a large area and don’t always mean the same thing. So how do we define any of these terms? Basically, they are about improving manufacturing efficiency, largely through ...
Read more...SAIMC: From the office of the CEO April 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC South Africa has experienced terrible crimes against humanity over the years and somehow survived them. The idea of this letter is not to discuss who murdered who first, or who took whose country – if ...
Read more...SAIMC: Vaal branch April 2020, SAIMC, SAIMC At the recent technology evening, Lloyd Townsend, product support specialist from Wika, presented on IIoT with a focus on digitalisation within our industries.
He said that there are many buzz words ...
