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SAFPA Golf Day
4th Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
The annual SAFPA Golf Day was held on Wednesday, 7 September at the Benoni Country Club. The competition took the form of a four-ball stableford alliance, with prizes for nearest the pin on the 8th, 2 ...

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From the President’s desk
3rd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
For this issue of Motion Control, we interviewed SAFPA’s new president, Manny Vieira, to get to know him a bit and find out about his plans for SAFPA.          Vast experience Manny is no stranger to fluid ...

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SAFPA technical evening
3rd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Hendrik Human, senior application engineer at Eaton, gave a presentation on technology and innovation in hydraulics.      

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SAFPA AGM 2016
3rd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
At the 2016 SAFPA AGM, vice president Walter Zimmerman gave a presentation to update members on the success being achieved in the SAFPA training initiative.    Manny Vieira (SMC Pneumatics) is president ...

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From the President’s desk
2nd Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
SAFPA training initiative    On 23 June 2015, SAFPA held an Open Day where members present were requested to vote on the continued roll-out of the fluid power qualification as captured on the Merseta ...

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From the President’s desk
1st Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
I would like to wish everyone a happy new year and a prosperous 2016. In the last four months SAFPA has made significant progress towards the development of a fluid power qualification. JFA² Technical ...

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SAFPA sport
1st Quarter 2016, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
SAFPA was in action at the end of last year with a number of sporting events.    The SAFPA Soccer Tournament went exceptionally well and was enjoyed by all. Congratulations to BMG Hydraulics who won for ...

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SAFPA Dinner Dance 2015
4th Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
The 2015 SAFPA Dinner Dance was a great success. It was held once again at the Bryanston Country Club and there was an excellent turnout. Guests were entertained by the talented one man band, Wez Mayo ...

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From the President's desk
4th Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
   Yet another year is coming to an end and it has been one of considerable challenges.    SAFPA has this year undertaken some significant educational initiatives which have been well received throughout ...

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SAFPA Golf Day
4th Quarter 2015, SAFPA
   SAFPA held another highly successful golf day on 2 September. The winning team was Festo (Andre Lombard, Deon Venter, Warren Harvard and Nico Landman).    Second was Rand Building Hydraulics (Johan ...

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From the President’s desk
3rd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA, News & events
   This might be the shortest president’s letter ever published as the topic I am touching on has been well covered in this issue.     SAFPA has made significant strides in the development of a nationally ...

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Safety passports for the fluid power industry
3rd Quarter 2015, News & events
At the most recent SAFPA technical meeting, Jamie Cliffe, global director of Safety Management Training Services group and Gavin Wilson, MD and licence holder for the South African Safety Passport Alliance ...

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SAFPA AGM 2015
3rd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA, News & events
At the SAFPA AGM held on 21 May, Brett Wallace, managing director of Festo South Africa, gave a fascinating presentation on Festo’s Bionic Learning Network. Inspired by nature, Festo has developed a ...

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From the President’s desk
2nd Quarter 2015, SA Fluid Power Association (SAFPA), SAFPA
I have just returned from a trip to Europe, of which four days were spent at Hannover Messe, one of the largest industrial trade fairs in the world. I had heard and read about this show long before ...

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