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 ...
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   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. ...
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   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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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   At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Albert Epprecht from Alba Hydraulics gave a presentation and demonstration of hydraulic quick couplers from Stucchi.      
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For this issue, Motion Control interviewed SAFPA’s new president, Eugene Tondolo to get to know him a bit more and find out about his plans for SAFPA. Eugene has been with Axiom Hydraulics for the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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