Our last Technology Evening for 2008 was on 8 October 2008 and presented by Paulo Da Silva, Honeywell field solutions regional sales leader on: 'Corrosion monitoring on-line as a process variable'. Paulo ...
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Every year the SAIMC hosts an exclusive formal banquet that is a highlight on the calendar of the instrumentation industry in South Africa. This year the event once again lived up to its grand reputation. Once ...
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The 2008 Durban branch annual dinner was a well supported success that filled the entire Heritage Theatre in Hillcrest. SAIMC chairman, Paulo da Silva, was greeted with roars of approval when he opened ...
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Following on from my column last month, it is amazing how quickly things can change. If you recall I was making mention of how great it was to see so much upgrading going on in the Johannesburg area. ...
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In October the two highpoints for the Durban branch were the outstanding achievement of J.J. Troup who earned the SAIMC award for the highest marks obtained by a student during the previous semester. ...
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I have decided not to talk about the SAIMC this month – just for a change – so here comes something new from me…… Is it not great to see the upgrading of our highways going on in Johannesburg? Finally ...
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At our Technology Evening on 28 August Tony Farah presented ‘A look at pressure measurement technologies through the ages’. This was an interesting presentation especially for those who arrived in the ...
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At our last meeting on 3 September we held our third technology evening of 2008. Our speaker for the evening was Alex Willemse Jnr, Alpret Control Specialists product specialist on asset optimisation, ...
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The speaker for the Technology Evening on 10 September 2008 was Leon Langenhoven, Systems and Solutions Business Driver for E+H, directly responsible for bus integration (Profibus, Hart and FF) and currently ...
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The last two technology evenings in Secunda were allocated to control valves. Pete Underhill from Alpret presented the technology. Our process colleagues learnt the importance of the correct data on process ...
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It is amazing what you can achieve by having committed people in a team. I have worked in some teams where there was a lack of commitment from some members. In these types of teams the end goal is truly ...
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The speaker for the Technology Evening on 9 July was Paulo De Sousa Gomes, national systems manager for Yokogawa South Africa. Paulo is also the chairman of the new FFSAMC (Field Foundation) Users Group. ...
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