Relaunch A sense of anticipation came over me the day I volunteered to travel to Cape Town to ensure a free and fair AGM is being held and that a new management team is selected for the Cape Town branch. ...
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The Secunda branch held its annual high tea for women in the technical field, on Friday 13 October. Despite the very ‘unlucky’ date the event was a great success. This year we strived to involve more ...
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On Thursday 12 October, the SAIMC Secunda branch held its ninth Technology Evening for 2017 at Honeywell Hub in Secunda. PJ Truter, from Sasol, presented on the topic ‘Vibration Based Condition Monitoring’. ...
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‘Education-to-employment’ a conundrum in South Africa Over the years, while at the desk of the SAIMC leadership, some observations, beliefs and perceptions surfaced. These however, must be tested with ...
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Tony Rayner, Trabtech product manager, delivered an interesting and comprehensive presentation on surge protection at the Durban branch September technology evening, discussing Lightning Electromagnetic ...
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The last Technology Evening was hosted by Endress+Hauser where Dhiren Naidoo, product manager level and pressure, presented on Heartbeat Technology. This presentation covered different diagnostic, verification ...
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Technology Evenings For the September Technology Evening, Jaco Marneweck from the National Regulator for Compulsory Specification (NRCS), presented to us on the subject of ‘Legal requirements for custody ...
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Technology Evening On 7 September, Lourens van Niekerk from WIKA presented a very interesting topic: ‘Calibration – necessary evil or quality driver’. Calibration either confirms the measured value ...
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The SAIMC is now proudly supporting FIRST Robotics in South Africa. As a member of the SAIMC, you are invited to attend these robotics events and be part of an initiative where children learn by building ...
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The year is coming to an end and we have just had our annual celebration gala dinner. We presented to you our successes, challenges and the manner in which we have immersed ourselves in the realities ...
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Site visit The branch arranged a visit to uShaka Marine World on 16 August. The group was kindly hosted by Daryl Waugh, senior technician operations, who provided an underground tour and comprehensive ...
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At the last Technology Evening, Lloyd Townsend, market segment specialist for food and pharmaceuticals at WIKA, presented on “Calibration, a necessary evil, or quality driver?”    Every measuring instrument ...
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