Technology evenings At the last technology evening, Marita van den Bergh from Proconics spoke about “An introduction to SIL and common misconceptions”. As always, at these meetings, bring your technical ...
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The July technology evening was presented by Charles Matthews from BCX on the topic “Virtualisation within industrial control systems”. Virtualisation is a hot topic that has moved from being discussed ...
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Technology evening       At the September technology evening, Beckhoff Automation managing director Kenneth M^cPherson presented to a record crowd on the topic ‘PC-based Control – the basis for the 4th Industrial ...
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The Zambia branch helped launch the MCTC Mufulira sub-ranch on Friday 17 August. MCTC is a mining training institution, which encompasses an instrumentation school under Mopani Copper Mines. This is part ...
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Overspeed happens when there is a sudden loss of load on the turbine. The outwardly directed centrifugal forces are some of the strongest acting on turbines. Therefore, if the rotational speed is allowed ...
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We have reached spring and a gorgeous time of renewal in nature. In industry, companies are busy with their automation and digitalisation journeys, pursuing their own ‘seasonal’ change in order to stay ...
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Golf day It was a case of mixing business with pleasure at the 2018 Secunda branch annual golf challenge held recently at the Walker Park Golf Club. The day was an overwhelming success despite the weather ...
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At the last technology evening, Kenneth M^cPherson, managing director of Beckhoff Automation South Africa, presented on the topic ‘EtherCAT as an Enabler for Smart Technologies’. EtherCAT (Ethernet for ...
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For the July technology evening, the branch was fortunate to have Lloyd Townsend from WIKA present on ‘Calibration – necessary evil or quality driver?’ The presentation covered how important the subject ...
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Student award The branch has decided to sponsor three R5 000 awards per semester, one each at UKZN, DUT and MUT, with the aim of promoting automation and control engineering by rewarding outstanding ...
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SA Instrumentation and Control recently had the opportunity to talk to incoming SAIMC president, Annemarie van Coller. Her predecessor, Oratile Sematle, joined us as well. We quizzed them about personal ...
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Technology is developing at a staggering pace and the current education system has not been able to cater for all these dynamic changes and disruptive technologies. The result is that graduates completing ...
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