SAFPA AGM 2014 3rd Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At the SAFPA AGM held on 22nd May, Belinda Goddard, head of business development at the Da Vinci Institute, gave an overview of the institute as well as some insight into the proposed business management ...
Read more...From the President’s desk 2nd Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
As they say, time flies, it is not long until the SAFPA AGM on the 22nd of May. Reflecting on the past year, through our council’s endeavour, we succeeded in increasing our membership. New council members ...
Read more...SAFPA technical evening 2nd Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At a recent SAFPA technical evening Dave Sleep, Hytec Engineering’s product support manager, gave a talk on the manufacture and repair of hydraulic cylinders. His presentation focused on cylinder failures, ...
Read more...From the President’s desk 1st Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
Wishing you all a prosperous year ahead. The new year has brought some changes at SAFPA as we bid farewell to our president Norman Hall, who has moved to the Cape to a new challenge and a new industry. ...
Read more...SAFPA technical evening 1st Quarter 2014, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At SAFPA’s technical evening last November, Adrian Buddingh, MD of Pneumax, talked about the Pneudrive Challenge.
With the 2013 theme being Greener Mining, this design competition for students is jointly ...
Read more...SAFPA: President’s letter 4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
We recently had our SAFPA cycle race which brought out a very competitive instinct in many people. It was a great day out with many people bringing their families along. Next year we hope to see a ...
Read more...SAFPA at Bauma Africa 4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA Following SAFPA’s successful exhibit at Electra Mining 2012, Bauma Africa presented another marketing opportunity. Seen here are members of the SAFPA executive committee manning the SAFPA stand.
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Read more...SAFPA technical evening 4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At the September technical evening Willem de Beer, co-owner of SA Explosion Prevention, gave a talk on explosion prevention in mines and on surface. Willem is a specialist test and certification engineer ...
Read more...SAFPA cycle race 4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
SAFPA’s popular annual cycle race was held on 18 October at Avianto in Muldersdrift. Teams of four covered a total distance of about 40 km, each member doing around 10 km. Participating teams were from ...
Read more...SAFPA supports ECSA skills survey 4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
ECSA has launched a national engineering skills survey to investigate the extent of available engineering skills in South Africa. The survey was initiated by the Engineering Council of South Africa ...
Read more...From the President’s desk 3rd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA Pressure vessels
At our recent AGM, I gave a talk on the duties and responsibilities of importers/manufacturers of pressure equipment, specifically accumulators. For whatever reason, this has become ...
Read more...SAFPA AGM 2013 3rd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
SAFPA’s 31st AGM held on 23rd May 2013 was preceded by a very informative presentation by Norman Hall on the legal ramifications surrounding pressure equipment, pressure vessels and accumulators. SAFPA ...
Read more...From the president's desk 2nd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
I have recently returned from a two week trip to Germany which coincided with the Hannover Fair. Part of the trip involved visiting several suppliers and part walking the halls of the fair. It was my ...
Read more...SAFPA technical evening: filtration technology 2nd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At another SAFPA technical evening, John Foley from Parker Store Aeroport shared his experiences in the filtration industry with an excellent talk on filtration technology and the importance of filtration ...
