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

Whenever I write these letters I must remember that by the time they get read for the first time it is usually a month or so later. As a result, topics in the president’s letter, although current during ...
read more

SAFPA’s Russel Gill has attended a training programme to run the 'Safety in hydraulic hose assembling' course. This will be available to the public in the new year.          Hose accreditation Hyflo volunteered ...
read more

It is now post-2010 FIFA World Cup, and we are all hoping that South Africa does not enter into some sort of post-euphoria hangover. Not being an avid soccer fan, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed ...
read more

History was made on 15 July when Port Elizabeth’s very first South African Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) meeting took place. The inaugural seminar was attended by 25 delegates, amounting to 95% of ...
read more

Hot stuff    At the time of this issue going to press we were one month away from the 2010 FIFA World Cup and things were starting to hot up. Mount Eyjafjallajokull (translated: Island-mountain Glacier) ...
read more

The economy It hardly seems like we have had a break and it is New Year already. 2009 will remain imprinted on our memories for the multitude of challenges that it threw at us. I believe 2010 is going ...
read more

The South African Fluid Power Association (SAFPA) has announced that it will be unveiling the SAFPA Hose Assembly Certification and Accreditation Scheme in a public forum on 16 March, 2010 at Birchwood ...
read more

The SAFPA 2009 dinner dance was held at Old Eds Club in Johannesburg on 11 September, 2009.                                          
read more

Time flies when you are having fun and in the blink of an eye the fourth quarter of 2009 is upon us. Without a doubt 2009 will prove to be one of the most memorable years we have endured. In conversations ...
read more