The ball's up
2nd Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing

As much as I have desperately tried to keep the hackneyed subject of FIFA World Cup out of this issue of Motion Control, I have failed. The cause of my failure is a fascinating, albeit brief, explanation ...

Supporting industrial development, promoting entrepreneurship
2nd Quarter 2010

The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC). The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) is a state-owned, self-financing, Development Finance Institution (DFI). It ...

100% testing - fact or fallacy?
1st Quarter 2010

The Editor    Motion Control    26 October 2009       Dear Sir,    May I draw your attention to the article 'BMG Hydraulics - the inside track' in your volume 11 No 3, 3rd quarter 2009 Motion Control Journal. You ...

International news digest
1st Quarter 2010

Matrikon has announced that it purchased the remaining 51% of Matrikon-SoftDEL India from joint venture partner SoftDEL Systems on 11 November, 2009 for CAN$575,000. The company, with approximately 30 ...

Firefighting robots demonstrated
1st Quarter 2010

Robotics experts from Sheffield Hallam University have been working with firefighters from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue to showcase a unique group of firefighting robots. Researchers say the robots, ...

Pneudrive challenge 2010
1st Quarter 2010, SEW-Eurodrive

PneuDrive Challenge, a student competition to showcase mechatronic innovation using SEW-Eurodrive and Festo products, has posted information about the PneuDrive Challenge 2010 competition on its new website ...

BMG brings many gifts
1st Quarter 2010, BMG - Bearing Man Group

BMG’s Durban head office organised Christmas functions at the end of last year for two local children’s homes – the St Thomas Home for Children in Sydenham and the Albert Park Day Care Centre. “These ...

Gender award for SEW-Eurodrive
1st Quarter 2010, SEW-Eurodrive

SEW-Eurodrive South Africa was announced as the winner of the Top Gender Empowered Company award in the Mining, Engineering and Construction sector during a recent ceremony held in Johannesburg to celebrate ...

Festo Didactic training February-April
1st Quarter 2010, Festo

Each of the following MERSETA accredited courses combines theory with practice.       Pneumatics (1) Basic PN111    Cape Town: 17-19 March. Durban: 10-12 March. East London: 30 March-1 April. Johannesburg: ...

IDC Technologies workshops February-April
1st Quarter 2010, IDC Technologies

The following is a partial list of IDC Technologies workshops for the February-April period.       Fundamentals and Practical Mitigation of Power System Harmonics    Johannesburg: 15-17 March.       High Voltage ...

Hydraulic training courses February-May
1st Quarter 2010, Hydraulic Training & Consultants

Hydraulic Training Course This 3-day course covers: Introduction to hydraulics, Principles of power hydraulics, Component introduction, Principles of operation, Hydraulic fluids, Filtration and circuit ...

Free drive seminar
1st Quarter 2010, Ana-Digi Systems

Ana-Digi Systems will be hosting a one-day seminar on the new Medium Voltage Drive from LS Industrial Systems on each of 2 and 3 March 2010. The seminar will be presented by engineers from the LS factory ...

The Jim Pinto Column: Pinto's Picks for 2010
1st Quarter 2010

Top five automation technologies    Here are my picks for the top five automation technologies that will make an impact this year:       Industrial wireless Wireless is an enabling technology for new applications ...

Appointments
1st Quarter 2010

SEW-Eurodrive has announced the following staff appointments: Lushen Narainsamy as systems administrator, Sabelo Shabalala as internal sales engineer (Pinetown branch), Gert van den Berg as sales engineer ...