‘The evolution of emergency shutdown devices (ESD) in the process industry.’
The April Technology Evening for the Durban branch of the SAIMC will be held on 4 April at the Westville Country Club. Presented by Fred Venter, sales director of Valve & Automation, it promises to be an informative and interesting evening. With wide experience in the chemical and oil refining industries, Fred started off his extensive career at the Sasol 3 complex in Secunda and has since had in excess of 20 years instrumentation experience working with leading international control valve manufactures.
Fred’s presentation will be broken into three parts:
* FDT/DTM technology standardises communication and is widely used in our industry.
* Final control elements in ESD applications such as On/Off. These valves can show a tendency to get stuck and as a result might not operate on demand. This can have a severe impact to the functionality of a safety system with damaging results to the operating personnel, plant equipment and environment.
* Partial Stroke Testing (PST) – why and how? This test offers operators a tool to trouble-proof the functioning of ESD valves.
There is an easier way to measure temperature’ was the title of Steve Edwards’ (R&C Instrumentation) presentation at the Durban SAIMC March Technology Evening. With Steve’s extensive experience in the instrumentation field and R&C’s distributorship for infrared detectors and imagers, high temperature boiler inspection cameras and acoustic pyrometers, Steve was well positioned to give us an informative and interesting talk. The presentation included the theory and application of non-contact temperature measurement as well as portable equipment and infrared and acoustic pyrometers. On a more practical level, the presentation covered applications and problems associated with industries very specific to the KZN area – petrochemical, chemical, sugar mills and paper mills. It was enjoyed by all who attended.
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Jenine Jansen van Vuuren from Comtest delivered a presentation at the SAIMC Johannesburg technology evening, focusing on electric vehicle charging stations and the key metrics that govern their functionality.
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At the monthly meeting of the Durban branch of the SAIMC, Smunye Memela, project manager and switch gear specialist at Gubhuza 3 Trading presented on the subject ‘From sensors to insights: predictive maintenance in action’.
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SAIMC will host a technical knowledge-sharing session by Hendrik Spies from SICK Sensor Intelligence, who will share his insights into ‘From Condition Monitoring to Predictive Maintenance: The Digital Journey’.
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: At the SAIMC Durban monthly meeting, James Adams from Adroit Technologies presented to a full house on the subject of ‘The intelligent factory: AI, digital twins, zero-defect production, and cybersecurity in modern automotive manufacturing’.
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AI has become part of our productivity platforms, our operations and our decision making environments. The SAIMC NPC Power Hour series is one such initiative.
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The March SAIMC Johannesburg technology event was proudly hosted by Matech and focused on business intelligence made simple.
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