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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The September Technology Evening was sponsored by WIKA, and Ralf Hesse gave us a presentation on thermowells. Many of us never realised the amount of work that goes into the design and manufacturing of ...
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It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of our vice president, Peter Zietsman. Peter was one of the founder members of the Secunda branch 15 years ago and has actively served as branch ...
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The August technology evening was sponsored by Extech Safety Systems. Gary Friend presented on a very interesting topic: ‘Reliable Foundation Fieldbus Systems’. We once again had a good attendance from ...
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For the Cape Town branch of the SAIMC 2009 began with a history lesson taking us back to the basics of engineering approaches. This was thanks to Hendrik Keyzer of Real-Time Solutions who delivered a ...
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At the Durban Technology Evening on 2 September, Ian Loudon of Omniflex gave an interesting presentation on ‘Bulk storage and tank management’ which included best practice integration of remote monitoring ...
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