The recent SAFPA soccer tournament was a great success. There were 22 teams, all showing great enthusiasm and sportsmanship.    Well done to the winners, Parker Hannifin. The runners up were Hansa-Flex ...
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At October’s technical meeting, Hytec’s group training manager, Allen Van Gent spoke about the latest developments regarding the past, present and future of the National Qualification: Mechanical Engineering; ...
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Over the past three months the Council has once again spent many hours in discussions on education and the new hose safety training material. These two points are key focus areas for SAFPA.          Education...
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SAFPA’s annual cycle race was held on Friday 15th September at Avianto and was a huge success. Hydra-Spes was the winning team, with SMC Pneumatics second and Turnkey Hydraulics third. Congratulations ...
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   Education and training    We continue with the same theme as in the second quarter edition of Motion Control, where a large proportion of SAFPA’s efforts was focused on the fields of education and training. ...
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At the SAFPA AGM held on 18th May, Grant Stander from Gauteng Environmental Management gave a talk on the disposal of hydraulic hoses. Manny Vieira (SMC Pneumatics) also gave an update on SAFPA’s progress ...
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SAFPA’s training initiative to develop properly accredited fluid power qualifications for the industry has made significant progress. Motion Control’s editor recently paid a visit to the training service ...
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At a recent technical meeting, Dr Terry Stidworthy from the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) gave a presentation on the role of ECSA, the benefits of becoming a member, and the registration ...
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Economy    In recent discussions with SAFPA member companies, mention was made of a slight uplift in the outlook for 2017. The last quarter of 2016 experienced an increase in business activity. Economic ...
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SAFPA held a number of highly successful sporting events at the end of last year. In addition to the Golf Day, the annual Cycle Race attracted an excellent turnout of 14 enthusiastic teams. The winning ...
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At a recent packed SAFPA technical meeting, the issues and concerns relating to the latest SANS 347 guidelines regarding pressure vessels and the classification of accumulators as pressure vessel accessories ...
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The SAFPA council has been working on providing accredited training in both hydraulics and pneumatics. This year members have been working towards this end with an accredited FET in Boksburg and the project ...
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