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What’s New in Processing is a bi-monthly publication focusing on the instrumentation, process automation, chemical, electrical and analytical fields. The purpose of the publication is to bring industry awareness of the latest new equipment and products available in the Southern African markets. The magazine has been published for over 13 years, supported by the major players in the industry. Our readers are active within the industry and use the publication to source new products and services. Featured products are all available locally, supplied by South African companies with the technical expertise to cater for our unique industry environment. This website features an easy-to-use online enquiry system whereby products, either from the current issue or from previous magazines, can be sourced. On locating the product you are interested in, simply open the Enquiry Form, enter the issue number and the relevant enquiry numbers and then submit the form to us - we will do all the legwork for you.The printed version of What's New in Processing is mailed free of charge to qualified readers - if you wish to subscribe, please contact us (this is currently only available to South African readers). For further please contact our sales team Tel: 0861 (PROCES) 776 237 Email:
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Survey People at many plants in South Africa have spoken about the lack of skills in the field of instrumentation. Is this your experience? If it is, please help us to address this. We would like to know the extent of the problem, and to offer a solution. Please help us by completing the questionnaire, and let us know if you approve of our proposed solution, at the end of the questionnaire. Are your Instrumentation staff competent? Can they • Get to the point of breakdown quickly • Pinpoint the problem • Get the plant up-and-running in minutes • Identify the root cause of the problem • Initiate steps to avoid repeats • Do this from early on in the job? If the answer is ‘Yes’ to all of these, thank you for responding. You are the envy of the instrumentation world, and we would love to hear from you about how you achieved this. Please reply to this mail, and we would be pleased if you allow us to share this with other plants. If the answer is ‘No’, we would like to help you change the answer to ‘Yes’. To help us discover the extent of the problem, please complete the questionnaire, and reply to this mail. For each box, if the question is not relevant to you, fill in with N/A. Proposed solution While most potential instrumentation staff, at whatever level, have had some education in what is required from them under plant conditions, this is usually insufficient. In a joint venture between the SAIMC and the IIG, we propose to rectify this by providing: · An understanding of basic principles · A structured approach to putting these principles into practice · Hands-on time with a wide variety of relevant equipment · Plant-like conditions to work in · Typical fault conditions to diagnose · An opportunity to carry out background stuff like calibration This will be carried out over an intensive two-week period, where delegates will be exposed to all of the subjects they have studied, but in a plant-like environment, where what they have learned, is made relevant. Effectively starting from scratch, delegates will move from hands-on experience of what has previously been studied, to how this is applied in an actual process, where they can not only see the principles in action, but also fault-find under plant conditions. At technologist and engineer level, this will not only reinforce the practicality of what has been learned, but also prompt examination into why things are done, and what the consequences are of making wrong decisions. This is a new project, and together with end-users and suppliers of instrumentation, we hope to provide ‘plant-ready’ instrumentation staff, at whatever level. The project will undoubtedly grow, with input from stakeholders. We would like to test the concept, by providing this facility to the first six companies to respond to our survey, free of charge. This will be conducted in Gauteng. Please follow this link to complete the survey and email your completed questionare to
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/ fax to 086 723 5321 For any queries or futher information, please contact: Eric Carter turboTRAIN Instrumentation-related training 083 300 3321 011 886 4902 011 787 3978 (fax)
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