The Durban branch held its last Technology Evening of 2011 on 7 December at the Westville Country Club. It was attended by key members and senior staff from Durban’s learning institutions and was hosted ...
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On 8 Dec last year, Johan van Jaarsveldt and I travelled to Zambia to attend the branch banquet in Kitwe in the province of the Copper Belt. It was a remarkable journey in many ways. Since we had been ...
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It is with a degree of sadness that I took note of the passing of 2011. Some of my good intentions never materialised and neither did some excellent goals that the SAIMC set for itself. We did achieve ...
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I recently had the opportunity to attend the first International Field Networking Conference which was held in Boksburg. This event was very well attended and organised. At the end of the two days the ...
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The Durban branch of the SAIMC held its November Technology Evening at the Westville Country Club as usual. This month it was kindly sponsored by NIC Instruments who tied it in with a visit from principals ...
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Myth busting    Myth: Albert Einstein did not fail mathematics in school, as is commonly believed.    Truth: Upon being shown a column claiming this fact, Einstein said “I never failed in mathematics... ...
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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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