SAFPA has booked the following dates for 2012 for the Hydraulic Systems Safety course.    Durban: 18 May, 20 July    Cape Town: 21 September, 19 October This one day course is endorsed by the British Fluid ...
read more

There is currently no hydraulics course available that satisfies the requirements of OHASA and the Mine Health and Safety Act and where employers can address safety issues in the workplace. SAFPA has ...
read more

Know the law: swimming pools and pressure vessels Having recently joined the happy yet poorer part of our population called ‘parents’ there is a lot that I have had to re-learn on all aspects of my direct ...
read more

At a very well attended recent SAFPA technical evening, Walter Zimmerman gave a presentation on the importance of filtration, covering topics such as functions of a hydraulic fluid; maintenance concepts; ...
read more

Willem Gijzelaar, Russell Gill and Walter Zimmerman, members of the SAFPA Council, recently attended a MERSETA workshop on Gaining MERSETA Accreditation. Seen here are the delegates to the workshop. ...
read more

Winter, a love/hate relationship! I doubt anybody really looks forward to the cold other than huskies, but I always look forward to sitting in front of a roaring fire, feeding it with wood that I have ...
read more

The SAFPA AGM held on Thursday 5 May 2011 was preceded by an interesting presentation on the Pneudrive Challenge by Adrian Buddingh, engineering manager, Festo. He was accompanied by Renee Rose, general ...
read more

2011 is now in full swing, besides the April down time with all the public holidays. For those who stayed in the office between the public holidays, well done for holding the fort. For those who chose ...
read more

Manny Vieira giving a presentation on SAFPA at the International Fluid Power Summit held by CETOP (Comité Européen des Transmissions Oléohydrauliques et Pneumatiques) during the 2011 Hannover Fair. ...
read more

At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Dr Stephen Meijers from ELB Engineering Services gave an extremely interesting talk on pneumatic conveying. Handling fine materials ranging from fly ash to fishmeal ...
read more

2011 has arrived at the speed of white light. The holiday season has come and gone far too quickly and the business steam train has shunted our seaside memories aside, replacing them with deadline driven ...
read more

SAFPA’s executive committee has regular monthly council meetings at the Blairgowrie offices of its secretariat, Cost Time Resource. Kim Roberts attended one recently and found that plenty is happening. ...
read more