The Institution of Certificated Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, South Africa.

WESTERN CAPE BRANCH ENGINEERING BULLETIN - 2005 EDITIONS

Feb 2005

1. Sasol has been in the news lately for the spate of accidents that have occurred over a period of 6 months - 14 deaths and 360 injuries..................

2. Changes to the Electrical Wiring Code ...............

3. The hazard of heights. A worker assisting in the lifting up of steel roof purlins apparently lost his balance and fell 6m to the concrete floor below .....................

4. The Airship. The story of the airship started in the 13th century when Roger Bacon, a Franciscan friar, thought about buoyant flight......................

5. Please be More Reactive. The controversy around the proposed Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
   at Koeberg Nuclear Power Station rages on.................

6. The hovercraft. The British inventor of the hovercraft

7. Electric wiring in UK. From New Year’s Day, amateur DIY devotees in England and Wales have been banned from doing all but the most basic wiring jobs unless they are independently inspected.........

8. Resistance calculation of the distance to a cable earth fault .............

April 2005

1. Reservation of Work Functions of engineering professionals was very well attended and created great interest.

2. Reservation of work functions in electrical engineering workshop held in Cape Town on 3 February 2005....

3. Building work danger. One of the workers was hit on the head by a protruding rod end. His injury was so severe that he died at the scene.................

4. A boiler calamity on steam ship. .The investigation into the incident revealed that the metal of the
   left hand bottom mudhole door was so badly corroded.......................

5. Dolby sound. Ray Dolby bean his career when at college in California he worked for the team that
   developed the first video recorder..........

6. .Requirements for the training of lifting machine operators.........

September 2005

1. The finalization of the Continued Professional Development (CPD) in May of this year by ECSA is going to have a long reaching effect on all Registered Professionals in the Engineering field........

2. Water Tube Boiler Explosion. This is a description of a boiler incident taken from the records of
   the Marine Safety Division of the Ministry of Transport, London. The inquiry was done in terms of the Boiler Explosions Act,

3. Plant Eng. Goods Hoist Problem. A loaded cage has a mass of 1230 kg. The rope passes over the
   drum to a balance mass of 440 kg...............

4. Hermanus Magnetic Observatory (HMO) annual report: The Earth’s magnetic field is presently decreasing at a
   phenomenal rate, ....................

5. Electricity Generation in Cape Town. This is an extract from the original inauguration booklet for Steenbras
   Power Station originally printed in 1979, incorporated in electronic format and revised by the power station management in 2002................

December 2005

1. ..the 10 year old girl lost her scalp when her hair got caught in the revolving shaft of a go-cart she was driving. The court ruled.......

2. .."to be or not to be an active, passionate ICMEESA member, that is the question I don't know whether our members have ever asked themselves this question.

3. Engineering Profession Act (Act 46 of 2000) requires ECSA to consult with voluntary associations, registered persons, bodies and industries that may be affected by any laws regulating the built environment professions regarding the identification of the type of engineering work which may be performed by persons registered in any categories provided for in the Act.................

4. Section 7 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 (OHASA) states that the minister can direct any employer to draft and implement a Health and Safety Policy.

5. Examination model answer: OHSAct June 98(3) (a) & (b):......................

6. Examination model answer: Plant Eng. Nov.2005 (9,1) (Mines) Tariffs. A plant requires a 10 MVA, 550 V supply. The electricity supply company can provide a 6,6 kV supply with a maximum demand charge of R16/kVA and an energy tariff of 6 c/kWh or a 550 V supply with a maximum demand..............

7. Electricity Generation in Cape Town. Hydroelectric and pumped storage generation........