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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At a recent technical meeting, SAFPA president Eugene Tondolo gave a presentation on the Sun Hydraulics manifold design program, Sun QuickDesign. This is a free, web-based, automated tool that creates ...
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SAFPA’s one-day hose safety course provides an introduction to hydraulic hose connectors and the safe assembly of these components for industry use. It is aimed at OEM artisans, foremen, supervisors, ...
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Happy new year to all! I trust that all our readers had a happy festive season and are ready to tackle the challenges of 2015.  One of the most important attributes in life is a sound ethical ethos. A prerequisite ...
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   At SAFPA’s latest technical evening Klaus Marggraff, system sales manager at Hytec, gave a very interesting talk on his experiences on Hytec’s sluice gate and power intake upgrade project in Sudan. ...
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   At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Melanie Malema from Sparrow FET College gave a thought-provoking talk on the future of the SETAs and the Government’s proposed education process for apprenticeship ...
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SAFPA’s annual cycling team competition was held on Friday, 24 October, 2014. The total race distance was ±40 km, made up of 4 laps of ±10 km per lap. Seen here are the members of Honingcraft’s winning ...
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This is the final president’s letter of 2014 and the final issue of Motion Control for the year – yes this year is all but over. We are left looking back at what we as the fluid power industry have ...
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At the September technical evening Struan Orlik, a specialty chemical manufacturer from the metal treatment industry, gave an interesting talk on the latest industrial coatings for the hydraulic and ...
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   At a recent SAFPA technical evening, Albert Epprecht from Alba Hydraulics gave a presentation and demonstration of hydraulic quick couplers from Stucchi.      
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For this issue, Motion Control interviewed SAFPA’s new president, Eugene Tondolo to get to know him a bit more and find out about his plans for SAFPA. Eugene has been with Axiom Hydraulics for the ...
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