At the October technology evening, which was kindly hosted by Honeywell, account manager Tony White took us through ‘Virtualisation in industrial control’. We learnt about the key benefits and value that ...
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David van Eeden from Proconics presented a topical discussion on the different flowmeters and their applications in industry. David is a design engineer and his presentation highlighted a number of practical ...
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Members spent an enjoyable evening at the prestigious Rand Club where they were wined and dined in style. The guest speaker was Dr Anthony Turton, an expert on water resource management, who was named ...
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The Cape Town branch felt at the beginning of the year that in order to deliver a good service to members it needed to fill key vacant positions within the existing leadership. The nomination and voting ...
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What is the use?M This month, I found myself having to answer a very challenging question received in a letter from one of our members – “What is the use of my SAIMC membership?” It is not a question ...
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At the last Technology Evening, Peter Sheppard from Wika presented on the topic ‘3D Pressure gauge principles’. The pressure gauge is a ubiquitous piece of equipment often taken for granted, but without ...
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At the September technology evening, Miles Weidlich from Alpret Control Solutions presented on the subject of ‘Overall vibration trending for vibration monitoring’. The evening was kindly sponsored by ...
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At the September technology evening, Dr Kelvin Kemm, recipient of the Lifetime Achievers Award by the South African National Science and Technology Forum, talked about ‘Nuclear power as a future main ...
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I am of the opinion that the education system in our country is not equipping the youth well enough to take their place in a new global economy. It is exactly the same with training in our industry. People ...
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At the Johannesburg branch’s August Technology Evening, Endress+Hauser’s Lita Mpahlwa presented on the principles, challenges and application solutions offered for level measurement and control. The two ...
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At the last Technology Evening, Ludy Groenewoud from CCC in the Netherlands presented an introduction to turbo-machinery control, emphasising the negative effect of poor compressor control. He explained ...
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Forthcoming attractions Virtualisation is well established in the IT industry, delivering reduced PC hardware requirements, minimising the frequency and impact of operating system and hardware change, ...
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