SAFPA: From the President’s desk Third Quarter 2021, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) Welcome to all.
During these strange and trying times we currently live in, life has to carry on − but with a difference. SAFPA recently concluded its very first ‘on-line AGM’ and with the responses ...
SAFPA: Meet your SAFPA Council members Third Quarter 2021, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) Sadly we can’t meet in person, but here are the members of Michael Abbot’s SAFPA Council.
SAFPA Technical Evening Second Quarter 2021, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At SAFPA’s most recent virtual technical meeting, Hannes Otto, Didactic training and consulting manager at Festo South Africa, gave an interesting talk on ‘Air Preparation for Automation – the Lungs ...
From the President’s desk Second Quarter 2021, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) In the last quarter SAFPA has had a number of projects on the go. One has been the revamping and updating of the SAFPA website to give it a new look and feel.
SAFPA’s Pressure Vessel sub-committee ...
From the President’s desk First Quarter 2021, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) For this issue, Motion Control interviewed SAFPA’s new president, Michael Abbot, to get to know him a bit more and find out about his plans for SAFPA.
Michael says that he was interested in mechanics ...
From the President’s desk Fourth Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) I trust all the readers are safe and healthy.
It is with a heavy heart that I spread the word of two prominent members of the fluid power industry who have passed on over the past couple of months. ...
SAFPA virtual meeting Fourth Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) SAFPA recently held its first virtual technical meeting, which was a great success. It was presented by Colin Hood who gave an overview of SAFPA’s new hydraulic assembly skills and hose safety course, ...
New SAFPA committee Fourth Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) The new SAFPA committee is as follows:
Michael Abbot, CT Hydraulics (president); Manny Vieira, SMC Corporation (vice president); Russell Gill, Engineering & Hydraulics Services; Ryno Landman, BMG ...
From the President’s desk Third Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) Good Day, I trust all the readers are safe and healthy during these troubled times. Hopefully, there is a light appearing at the end of what seems to be the long dark tunnel that is Covid-19 – and the ...
SAFPA goes virtual Third Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) SAFPA now has a new managing agent, VdW & Co. Motion Control’s editor caught up – virtually − with account executive, Cynthia Badenhorst to find out more about its plans for SAFPA. VdW & Co is an association ...
From the President’s desk Second Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) Good Day,
I trust all our readers are safe and healthy during these troubled times. COVID-19 has thrown the industry and South Africa into turmoil over the past few months. Some companies may not make ...
From the President’s desk First Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...
SAFPA revamps hydraulic hose safety course First Quarter 2020, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), Cost Time Resource (CTR) 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 ...
From the President's desk Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...
Technical Evening Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...
SAFPA Cycle Race Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (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.
SAFPA Technical Evening Fourth Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...
From the President’s desk Third Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...
SAFPA AGM 2019 Third Quarter 2019, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...
