Greetings, I trust all the readers had a pleasant festive season and managed to recharge for 2020, I hope this year will be a prosperous one for you. The SAFPA subcommittee chaired by Chris Arbour has ...
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SAFPA has for many years run a hose safety course providing an introduction to hydraulic hose connectors and the safe assembly of these components. It is aimed at OEM artisans, foremen, supervisors, managers ...
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Greetings, As we enter the last quarter of the year, I can almost already see all the Christmas decorations and hear the ever-cheery sound of carols at the shopping mall. I hope the year has been ...
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A recent SAFPA technical evening had a different format when the chairman of SAFPA’s Pressure Vessels Sub-Committee, Chris Arbour held a briefing session to get stakeholders involved. The goal is to assemble ...
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   The very successful SAFPA Cycle Race was held on Friday 23rd August. First place went to the BMG team, and second place to Bosch Rexroth. Congratulations to all the participants.                  
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At a recent SAFPA technical meeting, Daniel Cattell and Matteo Michelin from SAI Motors gave a presentation on SAI’s unique electronically controlled, variable displacement radial piston motor. They ...
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I’m back to serve another term as the SAFPA president, thank you to the council for electing me to stay on for another year, I am honoured. Unfortunately, SAFPA will not be running the industry survey ...
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At the recent SAFPA AGM held at Jeppe Quandam Bowls club the keynote speaker was Russel Schwulst from Festo. He gave a presentation comparing pneumatic and electric automation on municipal water and wastewater ...
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As my last President’s letter over the year I have served, I would like to thank the council and the industry for the support over this term, it has been a privilege to sit as the council President and ...
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At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Ben Janse van Rensburg from the Tshwane University of Technology gave a presentation on SAFPA’s 2018 market survey of the hydraulics and pneumatics industry, which ...
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2019 is here! I hope you had a relaxing and safe festive break and are in the thick of things like me, it seems like the holidays were too short and far too long ago. I trust 2019 will be a prosperous ...
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