From the president's desk
1st Quarter 2013, 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 ...

From the president's desk
4th Quarter 2012, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Another year is slowly coming to an end. It is mid-October as I write this letter and already I see Christmas decorations for sale in the shops. It will be interesting to see what happens this festive ...

Breaking new barriers
4th Quarter 2012, 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, which aims to break ...

SAFPA
4th Quarter 2012, SAFPA

Manny Vieira and Norman Hall seen manning the very successful SAFPA stand at Electra Mining.      

SAFPA 2012 Dinner
4th Quarter 2012, SAFPA

Down memory lane
4th Quarter 2012, 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. At the meeting the ...

Safety first
3rd Quarter 2012, News & events

Motion Control’s editor recently had the opportunity to attend SAFPA’s hydraulic hose safety training course. Safety is a huge issue in mines and factories, yet there has not until now been any hydraulics ...

SAFPA president's letter
3rd Quarter 2012, 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 ...

SAFPA marketing initiative
3rd Quarter 2012, 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 ...

SAFPA technical meeting
3rd Quarter 2012, SAFPA

At a recent SAFPA technical meeting, Russell Gill gave an interesting talk on the general basics of load sensing in hydraulic circuits. He is seen here with Dave Craig-Smith from Sigma Fluid System. ...

SAFPA training course highlights safety aspects of hydraulic hose assembly
2nd Quarter 2012, News & events

The recent plethora of new safety standards issued both locally and internationally in respect of the mining, mechanical and manufacturing industries is commendable - in theory. However, applying them ...

Flying Lions promote technical education
2nd Quarter 2012, SAFPA

The Flying Lions aerobatic team is set to take the airshow circuit by storm in four Harvards, displaying the colours of new sponsor, Eqstra Holdings. The intention is to promote interest in technical ...