On the evening of 24 May, an inaugural meeting was held at the offices of Lasrust Enterprises to launch the SAIMC Rustenburg branch. Jurie Weideman opened the meeting with a brief overview and introduction ...
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The branch had to move the June technology evening (Industrial Wireless by Phoenix Contact) because of a clash with Africa Automation Fair. More on this next month.    By way of other news:    • Machine Tools ...
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On Thursday, 4 April, the SAIMC Secunda branch held its fourth technology evening for 2017 at Honeywell in Secunda. Frederik Langenhoven from Pepperl+Fuchs presented on the topic ‘Electrical explosion ...
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At the last technology evening, Gary Bantich from EOH Process Automation Solutions, presented on the role of instrumentation in the maintenance philosophies and practices of organisations to date and ...
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The June Technology Evening (‘Tube Fitting’, presented by Bill Peet of Swagelok) was moved to 14 June to accommodate the Africa Automation Fair. We will be back on track again with the first Wednesday ...
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The branch held its monthly Technology Evening on 4 May at the premises of Electrical Instrumentation Services.    The topic was ‘Thermography: Your best protection is early detection’. The audience ...
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On Tuesday 6 June, as a precursor to the opening of Africa Automation Fair 2017, the SAIMC hosted a breakfast session at the Northgate Dome for select industry delegates, representatives from the Department ...
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The focus this month is African Automation Fair, Connected Industries and Transforming the Automation Industry in Africa for the 4th Industrial Revolution SAIMC breakfast. It is therefore fitting to refresh ...
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At the last technology evening, Rob Wright from RJ Connect presented on the topic: ‘Ramp up your network security’, where he explored and highlighted the risks to industrial processes due to inadequate ...
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For the month of May, the branch hosted a presentation from Eskom on ‘Boiler Control and Optimisation’. Topics covered included: an introduction to Eskom; a typical ‘6 Pack’ power station; design principles ...
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The May Technology Evening was kindly sponsored by Honeywell, where sales leader Keegan Moodley brought his extensive experience (and passion) in the sales, design and implementation of technologically-driven ...
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On Thursday 6 April, the SAIMC branch held its third Technology Evening for 2017 at Honeywell in Secunda. PJ Truter from Sasol presented on the topic ‘What is compressor surge and how does one prevent ...
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