From the President’s desk 3rd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) For this issue of Motion Control, we interviewed SAFPA’s new president, Manny Vieira, to get to know him a bit and find out about his plans for SAFPA. Vast experience
Manny is no stranger to fluid ...
SAFPA technical evening 3rd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Hendrik Human, senior application engineer at Eaton, gave a presentation on technology and innovation in hydraulics.
SAFPA AGM 2016 3rd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) At the 2016 SAFPA AGM, vice president Walter Zimmerman gave a presentation to update members on the success being achieved in the SAFPA training initiative.
Manny Vieira (SMC Pneumatics) is president ...
From the President’s desk 2nd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) SAFPA training initiative
On 23 June 2015, SAFPA held an Open Day where members present were requested to vote on the continued roll-out of the fluid power qualification as captured on the Merseta ...
From the President’s desk 1st Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and a prosperous 2016. In the last four months SAFPA has made significant progress towards the development of a fluid power qualification. JFA² Technical ...
SAFPA sport 1st Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) SAFPA was in action at the end of last year with a number of sporting events.
The SAFPA Soccer Tournament went exceptionally well and was enjoyed by all. Congratulations to BMG Hydraulics who won for ...
SAFPA Dinner Dance 2015 4th Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) The 2015 SAFPA Dinner Dance was a great success. It was held once again at the Bryanston Country Club and there was an excellent turnout. Guests were entertained by the talented one man band, Wez Mayo ...
Good news for SAFPA fluid power qualification 4th Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), News & events On 23 June 2015, SAFPA held an Open Day where members present were requested to vote on the continued roll-out of the fluid power qualification as captured on the Merseta qualification database. The majority ...
From the President's desk 4th Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) Yet another year is coming to an end and it has been one of considerable challenges.
SAFPA has this year undertaken some significant educational initiatives which have been well received throughout ...
SAFPA Golf Day 4th Quarter 2015 SAFPA held another highly successful golf day on 2 September. The winning team was Festo (Andre Lombard, Deon Venter, Warren Harvard and Nico Landman).
Second was Rand Building Hydraulics (Johan ...
From the President’s desk 3rd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), News & events This might be the shortest president’s letter ever published as the topic I am touching on has been well covered in this issue.
SAFPA has made significant strides in the development of a nationally ...
SAFPA AGM 2015 3rd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), News & events
At the SAFPA AGM held on 21 May, Brett Wallace, managing director of Festo South Africa, gave a fascinating presentation on Festo’s Bionic Learning Network. Inspired by nature, Festo has developed a ...
From the President’s desk 2nd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
I have just returned from a trip to Europe, of which four days were spent at Hannover Messe, one of the largest industrial trade fairs in the world. I had heard and read about this show long before ...
SAFPA technical evenings 2nd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At a recent technical meeting, SAFPA president Eugene Tondolo gave a presentation on the Sun Hydraulics manifold design program, Sun QuickDesign. This is a free, web-based, automated tool that creates ...
From the President’s desk 1st Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
Happy new year to all! I trust that all our readers had a happy festive season and are ready to tackle the challenges of 2015.
One of the most important attributes in life is a sound ethical ethos. A prerequisite ...
SAFPA technical evening 1st Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At SAFPA’s latest technical evening Klaus Marggraff, system sales manager at Hytec, gave a very interesting talk on his experiences on Hytec’s sluice gate and power intake upgrade project in Sudan. ...
SAFPA technical evening 1st Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Melanie Malema from Sparrow FET College gave a thought-provoking talk on the future of the SETAs and the Government’s proposed education process for apprenticeship ...
SAFPA cycle competition 1st Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
SAFPA’s annual cycling team competition was held on Friday, 24 October, 2014. The total race distance was ±40 km, made up of 4 laps of ±10 km per lap. Seen here are the members of Honingcraft’s winning ...
From the President’s desk 4th Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
This is the final president’s letter of 2014 and the final issue of Motion Control for the year – yes this year is all but over. We are left looking back at what we as the fluid power industry have ...
SAFPA technical evening 4th Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At the September technical evening Struan Orlik, a specialty chemical manufacturer from the metal treatment industry, gave an interesting talk on the latest industrial coatings for the hydraulic and ...
