SAIMC: Johannesburg branch September 2018, SAIMC At the last technology evening, Kenneth McPherson, managing director of Beckhoff Automation South Africa, presented on the topic ‘EtherCAT as an Enabler for Smart Technologies’. EtherCAT (Ethernet for ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch September 2018, SAIMC For the July technology evening, the branch was fortunate to have Lloyd Townsend from WIKA present on ‘Calibration – necessary evil or quality driver?’ The presentation covered how important the subject ...
SAIMC: Durban Branch September 2018, SAIMC Student award
The branch has decided to sponsor three R5 000 awards per semester, one each at UKZN, DUT and MUT, with the aim of promoting automation and control engineering by rewarding outstanding ...
Annemarie van Coller takes over the SAIMC presidency August 2018, SAIMC SA Instrumentation and Control recently had the opportunity to talk to incoming SAIMC president, Annemarie van Coller. Her predecessor, Oratile Sematle, joined us as well. We quizzed them about personal ...
SAIMC: From the President’s desk August 2018, SAIMC Technology is developing at a staggering pace and the current education system has not been able to cater for all these dynamic changes and disruptive technologies. The result is that graduates completing ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch August 2018 Technology evening
The branch was fortunate to have Rob Burns and Frederik Langenhoven from Pepperl+Fuchs provide an overview of Industry 4.0, its influence on existing plant structures and the advanced ...
SAIMC: Johannesburg branch August 2018, SAIMC The last technology evening was hosted by WIKA Instruments where product specialist, Lloyd Townsend, presented on ‘The Basics of Temperature Measurement’.
Lloyd covered a wide range of topics such ...
SAIMC: Durban branch August 2018, SAIMC Technology evening
The July technology evening was held at the Durban Country Club on 4 July, but nobody seemed interested in celebrating American Independence Day. We did, however, have a record attendance ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch August 2018, SAIMC The technology evening for July was presented by Frederik Langenhoven from Pepperl+Fuchs on the topic ‘Keeping up with the demand for high-speed communication in modern process plants’.
There are two ...
SAIMC: Vaal branch August 2018, SAIMC Technology evenings
The May technology evening was hosted by WIKA where product specialist Lloyd Townsend presented on the purpose and significance of calibration. Lloyd discussed the purpose and significance ...
SAIMC at the forefront of the Digital Industrial Revolution in South Africa Technews Industry Guide: Industrial Internet of Things & Industry 4.0, News
The Digital Industrial Revolution (DIR) – aka 4-IR or Industry 4.0 – will profoundly shape our efforts to promote industrial development. The scale, scope and complexity of this new technological ...
SAIMC: From the President’s desk July 2018, SAIMC When considering a topic for my letter this month, so many things came to mind. The SAIMC is growing at a dramatic pace. We see improvements and initiatives that our members are driving, which develop ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch July 2018, SAIMC The SAIMC Secunda Branch Technology evening for May was presented by Kallie Bodenstein from Yokogawa. He gave a very informative presentation that touched on all aspects of Distributed Control Systems ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch July 2018, SAIMC Technology evening
Recently, the branch was fortunate to be invited to The National Laboratory Association (NLA) in Lynwood, where Steve Sidney and John Wilson presented on ‘The role of technical infrastructure ...
SAIMC: Durban branch July 2018, SAIMC The June technology meeting of the Durban branch of the SAIMC was held on 6 June, as usual at the Durban Country Club. Krzysztof Lapacz, business development manager for the Industrial Networking department ...
SAIMC: Johannesburg branch July 2018, SAIMC At the last technology evening Gavin van Rooy from Comtest hosted and presented on the topic entitled ‘Temperature Measurement and Calibration what every Instrument Technician should know.’
Temperature ...
SAIMC: From the President’s desk June 2018, SAIMC As we reach the halfway mark this year, June is synonymous with holidays for many of us, but for a lot of students it is also a time to look for work. For the control fraternity, this includes a large ...
SAIMC: Secunda branch June 2018 On 5 April, Hannes Kruger and Hendrik Strauss from Moore Process Controls gave an informative presentation on turbine speed control applications.
A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy ...
SAIMC: Tshwane branch June 2018, SAIMC Technology evening
At the April technology evening, Dex Machida from KPMG presented on the subject: ‘Robotics in process automation’, which focused on digital labour and the rise of the machine. The ...
