From the President’s desk First Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA Greetings,
I trust all the readers had a pleasant festive season and managed to recharge for 2020, I hope this year will be a prosperous one for you.
The SAFPA subcommittee chaired by Chris Arbour has ...
Read more...SAFPA revamps hydraulic hose safety course First Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA SAFPA has for many years run a hose safety course providing an introduction to hydraulic hose connectors and the safe assembly of these components. It is aimed at OEM artisans, foremen, supervisors, managers ...
Read more...From the President's desk Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA Greetings,
As we enter the last quarter of the year, I can almost already see all the Christmas decorations and hear the ever-cheery sound of carols at the shopping mall. I hope the year has been ...
Read more...Technical Evening Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA A recent SAFPA technical evening had a different format when the chairman of SAFPA’s Pressure Vessels Sub-Committee, Chris Arbour held a briefing session to get stakeholders involved. The goal is to assemble ...
Read more...SAFPA Cycle Race Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA The very successful SAFPA Cycle Race was held on Friday 23rd August. First place went to the BMG team, and second place to Bosch Rexroth. Congratulations to all the participants.
Read more...SAFPA Technical Evening Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At a recent SAFPA technical meeting, Daniel Cattell and Matteo Michelin from SAI Motors gave a presentation on SAI’s unique electronically controlled, variable displacement radial piston motor.
They ...
Read more...From the President’s desk Third Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA I’m back to serve another term as the SAFPA president, thank you to the council for electing me to stay on for another year, I am honoured.
Unfortunately, SAFPA will not be running the industry survey ...
Read more...SAFPA AGM 2019 Third Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA At the recent SAFPA AGM held at Jeppe Quandam Bowls club the keynote speaker was Russel Schwulst from Festo. He gave a presentation comparing pneumatic and electric automation on municipal water and wastewater ...
Read more...From the President’s desk 2nd Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA As my last President’s letter over the year I have served, I would like to thank the council and the industry for the support over this term, it has been a privilege to sit as the council President and ...
Read more...SAFPA technical evening 2nd Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Ben Janse van Rensburg from the Tshwane University of Technology gave a presentation on SAFPA’s 2018 market survey of the hydraulics and pneumatics industry, which ...
Read more...From the President’s desk 1st Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA 2019 is here! I hope you had a relaxing and safe festive break and are in the thick of things like me, it seems like the holidays were too short and far too long ago. I trust 2019 will be a prosperous ...
Read more...From the President’s desk 4th Quarter 2018, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA I recently had the privilege of attending the Hydac sales conference in Saarbrucken Germany – an eye opener in terms of a new directive in the fluid technology world.
Read more...SAFPA technical evening 4th Quarter 2018, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA At the recent SAFPA technical evening, Wesley Beukes from Hydac gave an interesting presentation on electrostatic buildup and discharge in hydraulic systems and the causes, consequences and measurement ...
