Secunda branch August 2010, SAIMC During the months of June and July things got back to normal at the Secunda branch after our successful golf day – a vote of thanks to everyone who participated. Two excellent technology evenings were ...
Johannesburg branch August 2010, SAIMC At the last Johannesburg branch technology evening Extech Safety Systems sales director, Gary Friend, gave a presentation on intrinsic safety – a preferred protection technique for many instrumentation ...
Vaal branch August 2010, SAIMC The 5th SAIMC Vaal branch meeting was held on 3 June. Chairman, Solly Mabitsela introduced the committee to the delegates as follows: Colin Simns (vice chairman), E Grobbelaar (secretary and treasurer), ...
From the president's desk July 2010, SAIMC The SAIMC is once again expanding its international influence. During May, I had the pleasure of travelling to Windhoek together with Vivian MacFadyen to establish a branch there.
We need to thank ...
Johannesburg branch July 2010, SAIMC At the last Johannesburg branch technology evening, Patrick Rowland of Phoenix Contact walked us through some of the protocols of wireless communication for the industrial automation industry. This presentation ...
Secunda branch July 2010, SAIMC The past two months was hectic for most of us with all the preparation for the FIFA World Cup and so forth. We at Eskom have committed to keep the lights burning throughout the proceedings, and what we ...
Durban branch July 2010, SAIMC Kevin Swamy, who is currently a systems engineer at SAPPI Tugela, gave a well structured and interesting talk to members and visitors at the last technology meeting which was held at UKZN. He gave the ...
Johannesburg branch June 2010, SAIMC May news
At the last Johannesburg branch Technology Evening, Paulo de Sousa Gomes from Yokogawa presented the comparison between PLC/scada and DCS. In this detailed presentation the key features and ...
Cape Town branch June 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town branch held its AGM on 25 March where the new 2010/2011 committee members were elected. Selvan Murugan, who was branch vice chairman, has taken over the seat of chairman from Theo Schmidt ...
Vaal branch June 2010, SAIMC Technology Evening April 2010
What is risk? How can it be quantified? What tolerance is put against process safety? Do engineers have specific professional responsibilities towards safety? How should ...
Durban branch June 2010, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions:
Owen Taverna-Smith from Exida will be presenting at the July SAIMC Durban branch technology evening. The topic will be Cyber Security geared at the process industries:
Taverna-Smith ...
From the president's desk May 2010, SAIMC The SAIMC Council held its AGM at the Rivonia Country Club on 10 March. All the 2009 councillors indicated their willingness to serve on the council for a further year thus making themselves available ...
Cape Town branch May 2010, SAIMC The Cape Town branch of the SAIMC held its AGM on 25 March where the 2010/2011 committee was elected. Selvan Murugan has taken over the seat of chairman from Theo Schmidt who is standing down after his ...
Durban branch May 2010, SAIMC Forthcoming attractions
Kevin Swamy from Sappi will be presenting at the June SAIMC Durban branch technology evening on 2 June. The topic is Fuzzy logic boiler control. Kevin has a BTech in Electrical ...
Johannesburg branch May 2010, SAIMC The Johannesburg SAIMC branch, at its March committee meeting mapped out the calendar for the year as well as assigned the following portfolios to committee members: * Debbie Scott – chair. * Paulo ...
Vaal branch May 2010, SAIMC The Vaal branch kicked off the 2010 year with a well attended braai that brought the members together. The function was attended by SAIMC president Johan van Jaarsveldt and Johannesburg branch’s Paulo ...
From the president's desk April 2010, SAIMC 'Website is under Construction' this is what you have been seeing for the past five months. Well, at last we now have a webpage running at http://www.saimc.net thanks to a lot of work done by Johan Maartens. ...
Secunda branch April 2010, SAIMC The year started with a bang and before we realised it is April already. The Secunda branch had its AGM early in January when an exciting committee was selected. Peter Zietsman retained the chair and ...
Durban branch April 2010, SAIMC At our last Technology Evening Yashren Reddi gave a well structured and interesting presentation on the basic principles of the highly developed control system he used for his mini-Sedgeway remote controlled ...
