The July technology evening was hosted by Festo in Isando, where Ernst Smith who took us through the electric alternative of motion control. Automation is generally defined as controlling the movement ...
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The July Technology Evening was kindly sponsored by Endress+Hauser and Natlee Chetty gave an informative and interesting presentation on ‘Flexible Flow Measurement According to the Differential Pressure ...
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Midwinter is upon us with the mornings and nights not being very pleasant up here in Gauteng. Fortunately, there is only a month or two left before we can once again bask in the warmth of spring when ...
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   MUT students site visit Umfolozi Sugar Mill On 25 May, The Richards Bay branch organised a site visit for Mangosuthu University of Technology students to Umfolozi Sugar Mill in Mtubatuba, facilitated ...
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The branch held its May Technology Evening at the Eskom Marketing Centre in Edgemead. The topic was ‘Lightning and Surge Protection’ presented by Tony Rayner, product manager at Trabtech Surge & Lightning ...
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   At the June Technology Evening, the Johannesburg branch hosted Paulo de Sousa Gomes from Schneider Electric who enlightened us on ‘The Shale Gas Revolution’.    Shale gas is natural gas that is found ...
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   The May Durban branch Technology Evening broke with the traditional timing of the first Wednesday of the month in order to avoid a clash with the election. On the evening of the 14 May, Dean Trattles ...
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Your SAIMC servant-leaders have been as busy as usual this month! With the AGMs behind us, we are busy assimilating the new team members into the various sub-committees I mentioned in my January letter. ...
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In March the Vaal branch was fortunate to have its Technology Evening sponsored by WIKA Instruments when general manager, Ralf Hesse, gave a presentation on multipoint thermocouple systems and furnace ...
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The Durban branch’s April Technology Evening was kindly sponsored by Yokogawa and the presenter was Kallie Bodenstein, the systems facilitator at Yokogawa South Africa. Kallie studied Electrical Engineering ...
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   At its March Technology Evening, the Johannesburg branch hosted Mike O’Neill from Expo Technologies, England, who presented on ‘Ex P type protection for the process industry’.    Ex p can protect many ...
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We are officially in the middle of autumn and the pre-winter chill will soon arrive here in Gauteng! I am pleased to announce however, that things are as hot as ever at the SAIMC. Council decided at ...
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