Talkback

May 2002 SAIMC

Welcome to the first edition of Talkback, an information service created exclusively for all members of the SAIMC, irrespective of which branch they belong to or in which geographic area they might be located. The main purpose of this feature is to inform our members of what is happening on Council level and keep them abreast of what is discussed and decided at our regular SAIMC Council meetings.

The secondary and also very important aim of Talkback, is to encourage our members to respond to any news item or Council activities reported on in this feature by posting replies, comments and/or suggestions. This would enable us be more in touch with the feelings and wishes of our members regarding their Institute, and it would also place our members in a position to contact any of the Council Members directly or indirectly.

In the past no one was ever sure of what it was that Council actually did, or what their functions and powers are regarding the daily running of the SAIMC, its various Branches and Sub-Committees. Very few of our members or members of Branch Committees even know at this point who the actual elected members of Council for 2002 are.

Talkback is here to change all that, from now on everybody who reads this feature, will always be up to date or have free access to matters concerning the overall state of the Institute, decisions taken on Council level, Branch activities and more. All we need from you, our member, is to contact us at the address below with your comments and/or suggestions. Matters of collective importance or suggestions on how to improve the 'State of the Institute' will be published in this feature for general comment.

Your Council Members for 2002 are:

Graeme Bell: President, and Managing Editor of SA Instrumentation & Control

Richard Teagle: Immediate Past President

Johan Steyn: Vice President

Dick Perry: Honorary Secretary

Cornu Perold: Honorary Treasurer

Musa Duma: Member

Piet j Van Rensburg: Member

Tony Holme: Member

The new Institute Secretariat is Cost Time Resources and can be contacted at: [email protected] for all administrative queries.

Send your Talkback comments to Johan Steyn at: [email protected]

Further reading:

SAIMC: From the office of the CEO: Recognising winners
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The Africa Automation and Technology Fair proved to be another successful event – and that is before any formal figures have been released.

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SAIMC: Durban branch
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The Durban branch of the SAIMC was pleased to welcome Vusi Sithole, managing member of Hybrid Control Corporation in Richards Bay, who presented\on the very pertinent topic of ‘Infrastructure monitoring and control for water loss management’.

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SAIMC: Sunshine, swings and smiles: Durban Golf Day hits a high note
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We say it every year, and we’ll say it again: May in Durban is hard to beat; but 9 May, when the Durban Golf Day teed off at Kloof Country Club, was something else. With sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 20s, it was a fantastic day, full of fun and great energy.

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SAIMC User Advisory Council KS4I event: Bridging the industry/education divide
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Horst Weinert, head of Didactic at Festo Southern/Eastern Africa, will be sharing some of Festo’s Didactic experiences of working across industry and education. He will cover training for productivity and employability in the public and private sectors, discussing especially the potential for inter-company training centres.

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SAIMC: From the office of the CEO: Understanding the Engineering Profession Act
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For a full and detailed explanation of whether you are doing engineering work, I recommend visiting the ECSA website and looking up the IoEW Gazette. Meanwhile, here’s a simplified breakdown to get you started and hopefully encourage you to explore further.

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SAIMC: Johannesburg branch
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The local Johannesburg Branch of the SAIMC recently hosted a Technology Evening at Bryanston Sports Club on 9 April 2025.

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SAIMC: Durban branch
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The April technology meeting for the Durban branch of the SAIMC was kindly sponsored by ProRisk, a subsidiary company of the Proconics Group of Companies. Process safety engineer, Guillaume de Swardt gave a fascinating presentation on the power of operational risk control by utilising CFD software.

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SAIMC User Advisory Council KS4I event
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The SAIMC User Advisory Council started 2025 with its first event in the ‘Knowlege Sharing 4 Industry’ event series on the 19th of March.

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Knowledge Sharing 4 Industry
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In proud partnership with Innomotics, SAIMC will be hosting the first Knowledge Sharing 4 Industry event for 2025.

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Getting your OT data into the cloud – the why and the how
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As users recognise the benefits of a digital transformation strategy for their industrial plants and systems and start to adopt it, they soon face the challenge of getting operational technology data securely and reliably to a cloud service provider of their choice.

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