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, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG 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 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 ...
Interesting times 1st Quarter 2010, Technews Publishing This time last year I wrote about the economy and with the start of a new decade, I thought we should see how things were progressing. So welcome to 2010.
That font of all (questionable) knowledge, Wikipedia, ...
International news digest 4th Quarter 2009 Danfoss has announced that its Solar Inverters supply chain organisation will be integrated into Danfoss Drives. As a result, part of the production will be moved from Sønderborg to Graasten, Denmark. ...
Maties master mechatronics 4th Quarter 2009, Festo, SEW-EURODRIVE The PneuDrive Student Competition for 2009, jointly sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive and Festo, has announced the winner of this year’s competition.
Stellenbosch University walked away with top honours. Their ...
Generous gift lightens load 4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric South Africa has donated distribution switchgear to help alleviate power problems at The Loved Ones of God Family Care Centre, a non-profit organisation that looks after families in ...
Artic heads south 4th Quarter 2009, Artic Driers International In its second significant expansion in four years, Artic Driers has opened an office in Cape Town. Under the management of Kazen Stehouwer the branch offers sales and support to Cape-based distributors.
The ...
Walking the talk 4th Quarter 2009 In response to growing concerns about unethical practices in the fluid power industry, Genflex MD, David Michelle, requires all staff to conduct their work in accordance with the Code of Ethics laid down ...
Schneider boxes smart 4th Quarter 2009, Schneider Electric South Africa Schneider Electric has recently won orders to supply three 630 kW containerised variable speed drive (VSD) winders.
To facilitate re-deployment at various sites, each drive and control system is fitted ...
Festo Didactic training November-December 4th Quarter 2009, Festo Each of the following MERSETA accredited courses combines theory with practice. Electro-Pneumatics EP211 Johannesburg: 9-11 December.Hydraulics 1 Basic H511 Johannesburg: 4-6 November.
Durban: ...
