2009 Round-up    Technology evenings Technology evenings kicked off in March with Nirmal Naratam of PAS describing the best way to configure alarms so as to eliminate alarm ‘flooding’, and confusing the ...
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The Richards Bay SAIMC technology evening will be held on 24 February.  Bruce Barratt and Andre Tesselaar from Dimension Data will be discussing the design commissioning and installation of the Ethernet ...
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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Council will be held at the Rivonia Country Club on 10 March at 18h30. Notices have been distributed as required by our Constitution.    Branch AGMs have taken ...
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Firstly, I would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year – may 2010 be your best year yet. From an SAIMC perspective the New Year brings with it a new set of challenges. So, if you have ...
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The Secunda branch activities for 2009 ended with a very well organised year-end function which, from feedback received, was enjoyed by everyone who attended. For our last site visit of 2009, NIC Instruments ...
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The November technology evening for the Durban branch of the SAIMC was a most interesting one on process information system Historians. These have evolved significantly from the early days when their ...
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We often hear of the November/December period being referred to as the ‘Silly Season’. Well, with all the year-end functions and the rush to complete everything in time, I have to agree with this description. ...
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Chairman’s message 2009 has been another very successful year for the SAIMC Durban branch. We have managed to grow our membership even in this recessionary environment, giving credence to those famous ...
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It is unbelievable that a year can pass so fast. 2009 has been a year filled with challenges in many fields and I am sure everyone will agree that the economic challenge was the greatest of all. It took ...
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The Annual Banquet to be held on 5 November is fully sold out with 220 seats. This year’s sponsoring companies in alphabetical order were:    * Beckhoff * Burkert Contromatic * EE Publishers * Endress+Hauser * ...
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Forthcoming attractions:    Tuesday 27 October – Durban SAIMC Technology Evening: Johan Hamman, managing director of DesSoft Design Software will be discussing the necessity of plant documentation (company ...
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Gabriel Kapumpe, chairman of the SAIMC Mufulira sub-branch in Zambia, reports: A technical study group from Mufulira visited the Indeni petroleum refinery in Ndola – Zambia’s largest oil refinery – ...
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