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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Lumwana mine site visit A team of SAIMC Zambia members from Kitwe joined up with Chingola members and drove through Solwezi into Lumwana, which is in the North Western province of Zambia. The plant visit ...
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Compliance The SAIMC is steadily growing and Patron membership has increased over the last few months. The compliance requirements have changed the way that many companies are doing business and the ...
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At the latest Johannesburg branch Technology Evening, Ralph Hauselmann from Buhler shared his views on the future of automation.    Historically, the PLC was designed to replace relay-logic targeting ...
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The Durban Branch departed from its usual first Wednesday of each month and held the last Technology Evening on 20 July so that Evan Dent could be available to make a very professional presentation on ...
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This new annual award is open to all C&I vendors, SI’s or end-users who are either based in KZN or have completed a project in the region during the period August 2010 to July 2011
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The Johannesburg branch held its Technology Evening on 8 June, where Gary Friend, chairman of the Foundation Fieldbus Southern African Marketing Committee (FFSAMC), presented an overview of Foundation ...
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