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SAIMC: Secunda branch

April 2018 SAIMC

SAIMC Secunda’s second technology evening for 2018 was hosted by Aveng ACS on the 6th of February. Christo Basson presented on ‘How to optimise your intelligent smart devices in your plant’.

From l: Johan Maritz, chairman SAIMC Secunda; Christo Basson, Aveng ACS.
From l: Johan Maritz, chairman SAIMC Secunda; Christo Basson, Aveng ACS.

Christo gave a very informative presentation on what type of equipment is needed in order to create an environment within the industry where data can be made available on personal laptops via web interfaces as well as tablets or cellphones using application software. A concern was raised as to the safety of having this information available via web interfaces and applications. He assured the group that the very best access control methods are implemented when accessing the data to protect against cyber-attacks and he also explained that the data is read only and no feedback can be sent back to the plant from the different platforms. The purpose of having the data available on these platforms is to enable different types of data processing, which in turn can contribute towards more effective preventative maintenance strategies as well as predictive failure analyses.

We would like to thank Christo Basson for his informative presentation.

All instrumentation and control related mechanicians, technicians and/or engineers are welcome to attend our monthly technology events in 2018. The planned dates for the rest of the year are:

05 April 2018

03 May 2018

07 June 2018

05 July 2018

From l: Johan Maritz, chairman SAIMC Secunda; Rickus Kriel, Aveng ACS.
From l: Johan Maritz, chairman SAIMC Secunda; Rickus Kriel, Aveng ACS.

02 August 2018

06 September 2018

11 October 2018

01 November 2018

All the Secunda SAIMC presentations will earn CPD points for ECSA registered persons and any enquiries can be directed to the branch chairman, Johan Maritz at [email protected] or cell number 082 856 3865.

The Secunda SAIMC branch would like to thank Rickus Kriel for his 10 years of service on the Secunda committee and all the contributions that he made during this time.



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