For most of us in the process and automation industries, building automation probably conveys the idea of lighting and temperature control and very little else. At our last technology evening, Nico van ...
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At the last Technology Evening, members of the Durban branch and visitors attended a thought-provoking presentation entitled ‘Roadmap to industrial Ethernet’ at the Westville offices of Dimension Data, ...
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The Cape Town branch hosted a very well attended technology evening together with Stephen David of Control Valve Technology (CVT) on 29 July. (The technology evening for June was postponed due to the ...
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National studies indicate that South Africa does not produce sufficient registered engineers, technologists, technicians or artisans to address the needs of the country. Although this is a global phenomenon, ...
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During the months of June and July things got back to normal at the Secunda branch after our successful golf day – a vote of thanks to everyone who participated. Two excellent technology evenings were ...
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At the last Johannesburg branch technology evening Extech Safety Systems sales director, Gary Friend, gave a presentation on intrinsic safety – a preferred protection technique for many instrumentation ...
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The 5th SAIMC Vaal branch meeting was held on 3 June. Chairman, Solly Mabitsela introduced the committee to the delegates as follows: Colin Simns (vice chairman), E Grobbelaar (secretary and treasurer), ...
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The SAIMC is once again expanding its international influence. During May, I had the pleasure of travelling to Windhoek together with Vivian MacFadyen to establish a branch there.    We need to thank ...
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At the last Johannesburg branch technology evening, Patrick Rowland of Phoenix Contact walked us through some of the protocols of wireless communication for the industrial automation industry. This presentation ...
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The past two months was hectic for most of us with all the preparation for the FIFA World Cup and so forth. We at Eskom have committed to keep the lights burning throughout the proceedings, and what we ...
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Kevin Swamy, who is currently a systems engineer at SAPPI Tugela, gave a well structured and interesting talk to members and visitors at the last technology meeting which was held at UKZN. He gave the ...
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