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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At the August technical evening, Swagelok, represented by Kyle Collet and Reino van Rensburg, provided some valuable insight into how to go about ‘Safe valve selection’. Topics discussed included: ...
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SAIMC’s gala dinner dance held on 1 September at the Montecasino Ballroom was another sparkling affair. With the theme Many Hands – United Aspirations, Oratile Sematle highlighted the many achievements of the SAIMC during his two-year tenure, before saying goodbye as president, while the proceedings were expertly handled by MC, Mike Banda, who entertained the guests while moving the programme smoothly along.
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Seeing the words ‘deviation matching’ as part of a control philosophy might let the reader’s mind wander toward compressor control, and specifically load balancing, as that is where the term is so often ...
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What industrial revolution? When I was asked by Oratile to do the president’s address for this edition I was a little intimidated by the depth and insight of previous addresses. I read through the last ...
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The July Technology Evening on ‘Advanced operating graphics’ was presented by Yokogawa’s sales and proposals specialist Ilbehr Theron. Ilbehr spoke about console operator challenges i.e. being overwhelmed ...
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