CONVEYOR MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
From The Chairman’s Desk For this issue, I would like to remind members and the industry at large of some of the pillars of the Association.
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he CMA is a Non-Profit Company established in 1973. With currently over 60 corporate members, it is recognised as being the official voice of the conveyor industry and works actively to promote the Excellence of belt conveying in Southern Africa. All members subscribe to the Code of Ethics. As a prerequisite for membership, this regulates the relationship between members and their clients, customers and suppliers among other things, so inclusion of the membership certificate is a useful addition in all tender packs.
The courses are already in high demand, and due to current spacing restrictions, numbers will be limited, so book early Research projects
Much of the effort undertaken by the Association is directed at technical issues such as industry standards and the production of best practice guidelines such as the Safety Around Belt Conveyors Guideline. Many of the products of the Working Groups are available at no charge to the industry as downloads from the CMA website www.cmasa.co.za. Another area of activity is in providing the environment for research projects. Full size conveyor test rigs, smaller testing equipment and laboratory measuring
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equipment is available and can be used by students for post-grad research projects through a University. Suggestions for research projects can also be found on the website, as can the membership list, where anyone looking for components or services can find a supplier with the relevant contact details. The education and training arm of the CMA provides a variety of training courses, which I am reliably informed should be able to recommence in September. The courses are already in high demand, and due to current spacing restrictions, numbers will be limited, so book early. Members of the CMA are eligible for a discount on these training courses. Jay Pillay Chairman
Membership at July 2020 All members subscribe to the CMA Code of Ethics Acrow Limited Actom (Pty) Ltd Afripp Projects cc Altra Industrial Motion South Africa (Pty) Ltd Bauer Bearings International Belt Brokers Belting Supply Services & BEP Bestobell Bearing Man Group Bonfiglioli Power Transmissions (Pty) Ltd Bosworth Brelko Conveyor Products (Pty) Ltd CedoTech cc Closeal Manufacturing cc Collisen Engineering Contitech South Africa (Pty) Ltd Conveyor & Engineering Equipment Conveyor & Industrial Supplies (Pty) Ltd Conveyor Watch CT Systems cc
David Brown Gear Ind. (Pty) Ltd DRA Projects SA (Pty) Ltd Dunlop Industrial Africa Dymot Engineering Co (Pty) Ltd Electromote (Pty) Ltd Fenner Conveyor Belting (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd Flexco (SA)(Pty) Ltd FLSmidth Roymec Habasit South Africa (Pty) Ltd Hagglunds Drives South Africa Hatch Africa (Pty) Ltd Hosch – Fordertechnik International Belting and Marketing (Pty) Ltd Iptron Technology cc KevConBelt Leoka Engineering Lorbrand Magnet Service Binder SA cc Martin Engineering Melco Conveyor Equipment Moret Mining (Pty) Ltd Nepean Conveyors (Pty) Ltd
OE Bearings (Pty) Ltd Oriental Rubber Pegasus Industrial Services cc PTS Conveyor Idlers (Pty) Ltd Ringspann Transmission Components Rossi Gearmotors (Pty) Ltd Rula Bulk Materials Handling (Pty) Ltd SENET SEW Eurodrive (Pty) Ltd Shaft Engineering cc SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd Takraf ThyssenKrupp Materials Handling (Pty) Ltd Timken South Africa (Pty) Ltd Transvaal Rubber Company Voith Turbo (Pty) Ltd WEBA South Africa (Pty) Ltd Worley Zest Electric Motors (Pty) Ltd Honorary members: Alan Exton Graham Shortt
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