SAIMC From the president's desk November 2011, SAIMC, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA) What is the use?M
This month, I found myself having to answer a very challenging question received in a letter from one of our members – “What is the use of my SAIMC membership?”
It is not a question ...
SAIMC Secunda branch November 2011, SAIMC At the last Technology Evening, Peter Sheppard from Wika presented on the topic ‘3D Pressure gauge principles’. The pressure gauge is a ubiquitous piece of equipment often taken for granted, but without ...
SAIMC Durban branch November 2011, SAIMC At the September technology evening, Miles Weidlich from Alpret Control Solutions presented on the subject of ‘Overall vibration trending for vibration monitoring’. The evening was kindly sponsored by ...
SAIMC Johannesburg branch November 2011, SAIMC At the September technology evening, Dr Kelvin Kemm, recipient of the Lifetime Achievers Award by the South African National Science and Technology Forum, talked about ‘Nuclear power as a future main ...
Secunda branch October 2011 At the last Technology Evening, Ludy Groenewoud from CCC in the Netherlands presented an introduction to turbo-machinery control, emphasising the negative effect of poor compressor control. He explained ...
From the president's desk October 2011, SAIMC I am of the opinion that the education system in our country is not equipping the youth well enough to take their place in a new global economy. It is exactly the same with training in our industry. People ...
Johannesburg branch October 2011, SAIMC At the Johannesburg branch’s August Technology Evening, Endress+Hauser’s Lita Mpahlwa presented on the principles, challenges and application solutions offered for level measurement and control. The two ...
Secunda branch October 2011, SAIMC At the last Technology Evening, Ludy Groenewoud from CCC in the Netherlands presented an introduction to turbo-machinery control, emphasising the negative effect of poor compressor control. He explained ...
Durban branch October 2011, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions
Virtualisation is well established in the IT industry, delivering reduced PC hardware requirements, minimising the frequency and impact of operating system and hardware change, ...
Zambian branch October 2011, SAIMC, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA) Lumwana mine site visit
A team of SAIMC Zambia members from Kitwe joined up with Chingola members and drove through Solwezi into Lumwana, which is in the North Western province of Zambia. The plant visit ...
From the president's desk September 2011, SAIMC Compliance
The SAIMC is steadily growing and Patron membership has increased over the last few months. The compliance requirements have changed the way that many companies are doing business and the ...
Johannesburg branch September 2011, SAIMC At the latest Johannesburg branch Technology Evening, Ralph Hauselmann from Buhler shared his views on the future of automation.
Historically, the PLC was designed to replace relay-logic targeting ...
Durban branch September 2011, SAIMC The Durban Branch departed from its usual first Wednesday of each month and held the last Technology Evening on 20 July so that Evan Dent could be available to make a very professional presentation on ...
Johannesburg branch August 2011, SAIMC, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA) The Johannesburg branch held its Technology Evening on 8 June, where Gary Friend, chairman of the Foundation Fieldbus Southern African Marketing Committee (FFSAMC), presented an overview of Foundation ...
Durban branch August 2011, SAIMC Inaugural award for best regional C&I project 2011
The Durban branch is proud to announce its latest initiative to recognise the outstanding work carried out by our colleagues in the automation and instrumentation ...
Secunda branch August 2011, SAIMC The Secunda branch hosted an excellent technology evening presented by Mick Carr of Endress+Hauser on flow. For this and similar seminars in other centres, E+H shipped in its flow rig to demonstrate the ...
Inaugural SAIMC Durban Branch - Best C&I Project Award 2011 July 2011, SAIMC The Durban branch is proud to announce its latest initiative to recognise the outstanding work carried out by colleagues in the automation and instrumentation field
From the president's desk July 2011, SAIMC Process Expo
The 2011 Process Expo was a huge success with the highest number of visitors and outstanding quality on offer. It was the first show the SAIMC attended in a very long time, but it will most ...
A compliment for the instrumentation fraternity July 2011, SAIMC Whilst working on the SAIMC exhibition stand at the recent Process Expo in Johannesburg, I overheard a comment made during a conversation between two gentlemen from outside of our area of activity. They ...
