For the Vaal branch the month of May was full of surprises and required urgent adjustments to our normal schedule. Due to the annual WIKA braai, we were required to change our technology evening to the ...
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When Technews’ Jane van der Spuy first spoke to me about a webinar I was not sure what to expect, although I realised that this would be a wonderful way to talk openly to SAIMC members. With the support ...
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The Secunda branch held its third technology evening of 2012 at the WIKA offices in Trichardt on 10 May. Valve & Automation hosted the evening and focused on FDT/DTM technology as well as partial stroke ...
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The Durban branch May Technology Evening saw Robbie Frank, shareholder and managing director of Elemental Analytics, presenting on the topic ‘Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems’. The well received ...
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At the April Technology Evening Gary Friend from Extech Safety Systems, presented on Cyber Security in a Modern Process Network and outlined the way in which the rapid growth of Ethernet has opened up ...
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This Vaal branch held a Technology Evening on 12 April. Refreshed by the Easter holidays, members turned out in numbers much to the pleasure of the chairman, who thought the turnout would have been affected ...
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Celebrating excellence in automation projects award This Cape Town branch has designed a new award to recognise SAIMC members that have excelled in the conception, design or implementation of an automation ...
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Automation competency model Last month I explained how the SAIMC is planning the implementation of a certification system whereby people will be able to get certificated in certain specialty roles. The ...
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The Cape Town branch held its AGM on 23 February at Greens in Plattekloof. The 2012 committee was elected at the meeting with Raymond Cloete taking over as chairman from Selvan Murugan who is standing ...
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At the March Technology Evening, Donald Hobson of Zest Electric Motors and Drives explained how high efficiency motors offer a number of potential benefits over typical standard types. These include lower ...
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   Colin Malan (r), regional field service leader for Honeywell Building Solutions hosted and presented ‘Access control, situation management and building management systems at the latest Richards Bay ...
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The April Durban branch Technology Evening was kindly sponsored by Valve & Automation with sales director, Fred Venter, giving an interesting presentation entitled ‘The evolution of emergency shutdown ...
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