SAIMC: From the office of the CEO September 2021, SAIMC, News The registration process for people doing engineering work according to the Identification of Engineering Work, (IoEW) document gazetted in March, will start in earnest next year.
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Read more...SAIMC: Durban branch September 2021, SAIMC, News
Kevin Preston of Phoenix Contact kindly presented at the virtual Durban branch technology meeting in August. Kevin is group manager IMA & IE at Phoenix Contact and is responsible for the interface, ...
Read more...SAIMC: Johannesburg branch September 2021, SAIMC, News Once again, the Johannesburg branch technology evening had to held virtually. We were happy to have Stahl SA involved, with Diogo Fidalgo doing a presentation on ‘Ethernet and network technologies for ...
Read more...SAIMC: From the office of the CEO July 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC, News The Identification of Engineering Work that has been in the making since 2000, was eventually gazetted in March this year. People now have roughly three years to comply – depending on your surname.
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Read more...SAIMC: Durban branch July 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC, News The Durban branch held its latest technology meeting via Zoom on the first Wednesday of June. Bryan Baxter explained the importance of effective cybersecurity for industrial networks – something which ...
Read more...SAIMC: Johannesburg branch July 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC, News First hybrid meeting
Following lockdowns, shutdowns and the second wave, the Johannesburg branch rolled out a combined/online meeting for May, hosted by Adroit Technologies.
Dave Wibberley spoke on ...
Read more...SAIMC: From the office of the CEO August 2021, SAIMC, News This month let’s examine the question: what is considered engineering work? (Refer to Government Gazette Vol 669 published 26 March 2021 No 44333.)
It is important to understand what is considered ...
Read more...SAIMC: Durban branch August 2021, SAIMC, News As a well-known and respected figure in the industry, Gary Friend (sales director, Extech Safety Systems) drew record crowds for the Durban branch’s July (virtual) technology meeting. His presentation ...
Read more...SAIMC: Johannesburg branch August 2021, SAIMC, News The branch recently had the privilege of hosting Turck Banner for another hybrid technology evening, which was a great success. The topic was, ‘Have you seen the light?’
Kenneth McPherson, who was ...
Read more...SAIMC: Cape Town branch June 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC An integrated geared unit that combines the recently launched Nord IE5+ synchronous motor and a single-stage helical gear unit offers optimum system efficiency.
Read more...SAIMC: Cape Town branch June 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC, News This month, the branch was privileged not only to have an international speaker, but two presenters. The presentations were done by Garrett Bywaters and Martin Brand, both from WEG. Attendees had the ...
Read more...SAIMC: From the office of the CEO May 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC In my last letter, I discussed the lack of skills available to operate and maintain our infrastructure. This month, I present a more specific look at the critical skills required in manufacturing, which ...
Read more...SAIMC: Durban branch May 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC The branch held its April (virtual) technology evening on 7 April where SAIMC CEO, Johan Maartens, discussed the new skills trust fund initiative: how it works, how we will all benefit from it and how ...
Read more...SAIMC: Cape Town branch April 2021, SAIMC, SAIMC We had an interesting presentation last month given by Allan Pead from Microsoft on the open source platform from Microsoft Azure Sphere – a secure IoT platform.
Allan is currently an Xamarin ...
