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SAFPA: President’s letter
4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
   We recently had our SAFPA cycle race which brought out a very competitive instinct in many people. It was a great day out with many people bringing their families along. Next year we hope to see a ...

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SAFPA at Bauma Africa
4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
   Following SAFPA’s successful exhibit at Electra Mining 2012, Bauma Africa presented another marketing opportunity. Seen here are members of the SAFPA executive committee manning the SAFPA stand.    ...

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SAFPA technical evening
4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
   At the September technical evening Willem de Beer, co-owner of SA Explosion Prevention, gave a talk on explosion prevention in mines and on surface. Willem is a specialist test and certification engineer ...

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SAFPA cycle race
4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
SAFPA’s popular annual cycle race was held on 18 October at Avianto in Muldersdrift. Teams of four covered a total distance of about 40 km, each member doing around 10 km. Participating teams were from ...

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SAFPA supports ECSA skills survey
4th Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
ECSA has launched a national engineering skills survey to investigate the extent of available engineering skills in South Africa. The survey was initiated by the Engineering Council of South Africa ...

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Hollow output shaft speed reducers
3rd Quarter 2013
BMG has extended its range of Varvel right-angled worm and in-line helical geared products to include a new series of hollow output shaft speed reducers. “This new range enables BMG to offer customised ...

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From the President’s desk
3rd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
   Pressure vessels At our recent AGM, I gave a talk on the duties and responsibilities of importers/manufacturers of pressure equipment, specifically accumulators. For whatever reason, this has become ...

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SAFPA AGM 2013
3rd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
SAFPA’s 31st AGM held on 23rd May 2013 was preceded by a very informative presentation by Norman Hall on the legal ramifications surrounding pressure equipment, pressure vessels and accumulators. SAFPA ...

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From the president's desk
2nd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
I have recently returned from a two week trip to Germany which coincided with the Hannover Fair. Part of the trip involved visiting several suppliers and part walking the halls of the fair. It was my ...

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SAFPA technical evening: filtration technology
2nd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At another SAFPA technical evening, John Foley from Parker Store Aeroport shared his experiences in the filtration industry with an excellent talk on filtration technology and the importance of filtration ...

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SAFPA technical evening: mechatronics
2nd Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At a recent technical evening Adrian Buddingh from Pneumax gave a very interesting talk on Mechatronic Motion and Control – and how to integrate electronics into a mechanical world. He is seen here ...

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From the president's desk
1st Quarter 2013, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...

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Breaking new barriers
4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (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.

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SAFPA
4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
Manny Vieira and Norman Hall seen manning the very successful SAFPA stand at Electra Mining.      

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SAFPA 2012 Dinner
4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
                          

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Down memory lane
4th Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (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.

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SAFPA president's letter
3rd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (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 ...

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SAFPA marketing initiative
3rd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (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 stakeholders, market the organisation to end users and grow membership.

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SAFPA technical meeting
3rd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA)
At a recent SAFPA technical meeting, Russell Gill gave an interesting talk on the general basics of load sensing in hydraulic circuits.

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Flying Lions promote technical education
2nd Quarter 2012, SA Fluid Power Association (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.

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