SAFPA technical evening: mechatronics 2nd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At a recent technical evening Adrian Buddingh from Pneumax gave a very interesting talk on Mechatronic Motion and Control – and how to integrate electronics into a mechanical world. He is seen here ...
Read more...From the president's desk 1st Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA It is mid-January, and slowly all the holidaymakers are crawling back into their offices. I think a lot with uncertainty! Anglo’s threat of closing down some of its operations, with direct staff retrenchments ...
Read more...From the president's desk 4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), Electrical switching & drive systems & components With our recent push for membership, accompanied by an industry specific questionnaire, a lot of insight has been gained.
Read more...Breaking new barriers 4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA At a packed SAFPA technical evening, David Rowley, education programme director for the Bloodhound SSC project, gave a fascinating talk on the latest progress in this exciting project.
Read more...SAFPA 4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA Manny Vieira and Norman Hall seen manning the very successful SAFPA stand at Electra Mining.
Read more...Down memory lane 4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA The Fluid Power Institute of South Africa was officially established at the University of the Witwatersrand on November 17 1982, when the organisation held its first general meeting.
Read more...SAFPA president's letter 3rd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA It is fairly safe to say that if this publication is a quarterly print, it must follow the four seasons consistently. This time I am writing in the middle of winter and it has brought on its fair share ...
Read more...SAFPA marketing initiative 3rd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA As part of an ongoing programme to stay abreast of trends among its peers in international hydraulics and pneumatics associations, SAFPA has embarked on a marketing initiative to establish the needs of stakeholders, market the organisation to end users and grow membership.
Read more...SAFPA technical meeting 3rd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA At a recent SAFPA technical meeting, Russell Gill gave an interesting talk on the general basics of load sensing in hydraulic circuits.
Read more...SAFPA: From the president's desk 2nd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA As autumn peers around the corner, so too do the persistent bugs that bring many a healthy individual into a state of discomfort, accompanied by a red nose and an endless need for tissues.
Read more...SAFPA AGM 2nd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA The 30th SAFPA AGM held on Thursday 10 May 2012 was preceded by an excellent presentation by Mark Peters from Wits Business School.
Read more...SAFPA technical evening 2nd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA Steve Henderson of Pressure Dynamics gave a fascinating talk on the design and applications of slip-in cartridge logic valves.
Read more...SAFPA: President's letter 1st Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA For those out there who do not know me, I am not a technophile. There are a lot of good things out there but most of them just do not seem to interest me.
