In South Africa ECSA defines the various engineering disciplines within which professionals may register. These names may not always be the names that the industry would prefer. One of these names is ‘computer engineering’, which is quite misleading.
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The June technology meeting for the Durban branch of the SAIMC was held as usual at the Premier Splendid Inn in Pinetown. An intrigued audience listened attentively whilst Dhilkash Bahadur from ifm took everyone through his presentation on the evolution of vision systems and how it is shaping the next (fifth) industrial revolution.
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The directors of Technews Publishing are thrilled to announce the appointment of Kim Roberts as the new editor of the official publication of The Society for Automation Instrumentation Mechatronics and Control (SAIMC)
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We often hear concerns that the SAIMC has members from various types of companies, including suppliers, and that this could lead to unethical practices.
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The Zambian branch of the SAIMC held its AGM on 18 March 2023 at the Mukwa Lodge in Kitwe.
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The Durban branch of the SAIMC held its May technology meeting on 3 May at the Premier Splendid Inn in Pinetown.
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The SAIMC has received a request to establish a Steering Committee for Ethernet APL for southern Africa.
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Today I need to discuss how our members can remain in the loop with SAIMC affairs.
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The Durban branch of the SAIMC held its monthly technology meeting as usual at the Premier Splendid Hotel in Pinetown. Jurie Weidemann, external sales engineer at Pepperl+Fuchs, presented to an interested audience on the topic of Ethernet APL.
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The SAIMC NPC is committed to the success of its members. In doing so, it continues looking for ways to advance standards in the field of automation, instrumentation, mechatronics and control, creating ...
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The world is automating, and South Africa’s infrastructure is not ready for it, neither are its leaders. Automation is not the problem; it just highlights our problems – and they are not caused by technology.
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At the March technology meeting of the Durban branch of the SAIMC, Professor Ramsuroop, professional engineering technologist with ECSA, gave a very comprehensive overview of the challenges of the Identification of Engineering Work (IDoEW).
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