Congratulations to all the elected branch committee members following the AGMs in January! Thank you for taking the time to commit in helping within the SAIMC in this way. Your work will ensure that ...
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The branch hosted its end of year function on 30 November 2018, the first since the new committee took over in October 2017. The evening began with a technical presentation hosted by Quintin McCutcheon ...
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The highlight of 2018 was the annual dinner enjoyed by branch members and the committee at Cheers in Irene. We were also very fortunate to have Ina and Johan Maartens join us towards the end of the evening. The ...
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Happy New Year from the Johannesburg team The year has kicked off with barely a bump in the road and being back at work you realise that nothing much has changed. Except our attitudes, starting the year ...
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Technology evening The final technology evening of 2018 was held on the 5 December at the Durban Country Club. Ajanth Sewpersad, sales engineer for SICK Automation, gave an informative and well-balanced ...
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As we all prepare for 2019 and what it holds, we are standing in front of an open door with access to new opportunities. I would like to take this opportunity to urge you to consider becoming more actively ...
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Year-end function It was a cool and pensive night on the Copper Belt in the Zambias. At a quiet well-established lodge, lush with natural flora and fauna, as well as exotic orchid and cycad landscape ...
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The monthly technology evening was held on 7 November at the Durban Country Club. Verlan Govender of Swagelok gave an interesting presentation on the basics and principles of hoses, to an audience which ...
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Site visit The branch had visited the Metso Secunda valve shop on Friday 2 November. Johan van den Heever and the Metso Secunda team gave members a detailed tour of their site and the equipment they ...
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As we enter the final days of 2018, I would like to take a moment to reflect and thank those who contributed to an amazing year of achievement for the SAIMC. This year was about action, and it is my honour ...
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At the last technology evening, Yokogawa’s Bruce Bonte presented “An Introduction to ISA100.11a Wireless Technology”. Bruce has served the instrumentation industry for 30 years, having worked at Tongaat ...
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At the October technology evening, Reino Janse from Swagelok presented on ‘Regulator Issues’. The presentation, which is available to interested members, touched on topics such as main types of pressure ...
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