CPD 3 credits. CPD no.: SAIChE-438 Provider: E4A (SAIChE-SPV-004)

Includes Sub-Courses: New Insights on many materials subjects including Corrosion, 3D Printing, Recycling, Innovative Materials - Annual updates!

E4A has a wide-ranging content of engineering materials information and provides a valuable course covering selection of materials in a series of services such as engineering parts and equipment designs. The course covers selected applications in various processes, important materials properties and key details of manufacturing and assembly that should be carefully considered for successful long-term performance life in service. This course is thus to be considered as a broad-based overview of selection and design of materials for practical and reliable in-plant services. 

E4A focuses on key approaches to material selection (materials design), points of critical importance and prior recorded failures, and thus serves to make the attendees aware of the wider but important considerations of each material and standard. The use of industry standards and ratings of institutes (such as API for rating of pipes) - both metal and plastic and the service conditions to which the nominal coding applies - are a special and interesting sub-section addressed.

Each year there are new materials developments added and in the 2022/3 edition we have also added content on the new E4A approach termed GREY INNOVATION. This leads on to savings and profit leverage that can be achieved through deeper understanding of design benefits from application of Grey Innovation design concepts. We take you through the simplified but very effective workplace economics models that E4A has developed and applied.

In the 2022/3 edition we have added new features on plastic recycling and discuss the grades of PVC, PP and HDPE, also with reference to applications in piping systems. Comparison between materials and grades is also addressed to enhance understanding of both virgin and filled material grades and how this greatly extends performance in industry.

Economic benefits are achieved by optimization of the total design of each material system. We strive through our course examples and case studies to drive the economic payback.

Attendee comments:
“Thank you for presenting an excellent and very relevant course. I am looking forward to the next one”, Wikus P.; “The training content was very good for laying the foundation into material design”, Mbombi B.

Presenter: John Broli. (MD E4A)

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CPD 2 credits. CPD no.: SAIChE-381 Provider: E4A (SAIChE-SPV-004)

Includes Sub-Courses: Creative Thinking Processes & Strategies, Managing IP and IP Marketing.

A new and interesting course to enhance creative developments and innovative ideas in all fields of engineering. There is something of a dire need for creative work in Africa and it is important to see the possibilities in the right perspective. The course first addresses the thought processes of the human mind and the sub-conscious mind to point out the first level of important constraints from human biases and illusions and then addresses an interesting, focussed summary of thinking processes from global leaders in these studies.
A main topic of review is counter-intuitive thinking as so much of big science (Einstein, Planck) innovation and engineering is counter-intuitive (CI) and a lot of CI thinking has pointed the way to seeking opportunities for innovation and importantly value adding. Prior times have seen much CI research work done under the auspices of E4A and associate companies and CI is thus used as a main sector of case studies for this course.

Du Pont was also an associate of E4A and E4A predecessors and a short course on their awards program is also addressed to use as illustrations of innovative work.

The IChemE program titled – Chemical Engineering Matters will also be shared.

An overview of intellectual property (IP) – its nature, value & limitations will be presented.

This course also provides an analysis of constraints from marketing, cost of development, human needs focus and energy optimisation. The concluding sessions will address a range of developments that overcame hurdles & these will be used to direct effort in future workplaces.

MAIN OBJECTIVES 

The lead objective is to develop skills amongst attendees to seek out opportunities that can be applied in the African workplace to add value to African companies and benefit economies on many fronts. Much emphasis will be placed on avoiding excessive constraints and keeping an open mind to drive new business opportunities and achieve real value-add.  

Economic benefits are achieved through break-through new processes and products.

Attendee comments:
“Very Insightful and valuable course”, Hannes P.;
“I enjoyed that this was an online course, it was presented in a very professional and engaging manner”, Jo L.;
“I am really happy and impressed with the content. I think this should be presented at university to future engineers”, Fakih FN.

Engineers for Africa is renowned for the excellent and extensive case studies and worked examples we provide. These are unmatched in their range, relevance to the courses, and relevance to all the African workplaces.

Presenter: John Broli. (MD E4A)

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CPD 2 credits. CPD Ref. No. SAIChE-384 Provider: E4A (SAIChE-SPV-004)

Also called: Knowledge Management, Communication and Report Writing

Incl. sub-courses such as Technical Presentations, Audience and Message analyses, Wide range of Report samples, Technical Scoping & The 4^th Industrial Revolution.
There is extensive time allocated to presentations directed at commercial success in engineering projects.

E4A addresses knowledge management with respect to current rapid change, complexity and the importance of current knowledge expansion. These topics are introduced as a lead-in to the key topics of communication and report writing. We address approaches to communication and technical report writing with an overview to important fundamentals such as audience analysis, needs statements, target markets, bias and vested interests, impacts on communication and matters such as attention markers or lead-ins to many communications and other report writing requirements. The course then presents analytical tools (system analyses, scope analyses, information analyses) to use in the importance of thorough background analysis for good professional technical reports. There is also analysis of how information can be better presented and the hazards of poor presentation especially in spreadsheets and graphical analyses.

Further course content covers types of reports, types of styles and matters of report content.

Important guidelines, rules and good practices for each of the communication and report modes are then presented and discussed. Attendees will also develop and enhance their presentations, reports and overall communication skills. The expectations of the coming 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) to control processes with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Advanced Instrumentation and BIG DATA analyses are then debated and the need to complete the 3rdIR.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

The main objective is to improve technical communication and writing skills of the attendees, thus providing enhanced communication of emails, and technical records and procedures. The course also sets out to provide a sound understanding of the nature of knowledge and information and the dominant role it plays in all communication in modern economies.

Economic benefits are achieved through reduction of errors and miscommunications in the workplace and thus improved control of processes and operations.

Attendee comments:
“The course enlightened me well on the small details that matter in communication”, Tebogo P.;
“A great course. I will especially use the tools for report writing of my technical reports”, Siphamandla B.

2024 Cost:
Registered Persons Rates are R5200 (+VAT) for the 2 Live on-line days CPD Courses. 2 CPDs.
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CPD 3 credits. CPD Ref. no: SAIChE-435 Provider: E4A (SAIChE-SPV-004)

This popular, unique and information packed Course enables those involved in design, projects and plant operations to analyse and design a range of pumping systems in greater detail – thus achieving more cost-efficient and effective complete engineering designs aligned with each process requirement.

This Course provides first overviews the range of pumps available and then addresses all the technical points of pump design such as piping hydraulics, pump sizing, pump curves, NPSH and how a pump’s operation is reflected in the curves. A solid presentation of all pump design parameters including impellers and seals is presented. Special pump types are then addressed and reviewed, covering plastic pumps, chemical service steel shrouded pumps, chemical service sump pumps, diaphragm pumps and other services, such as magnetic driven pumps. A special sub-course on slurry pumps is presented with interesting features of slurry pump designs.

The assessment of pipe layouts and the conditions of the pump operation (such as water hammer, pump sparing and others) are followed through to a detailed selection of the pump for the relevant service.

There are also some sub-courses that are always added such as bellows design and corrosion as materials selection parameters - to broaden the Course and provide the full pump system design considerations.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

The main objective is to develop skills of attendees to approach pump designs as a total systems design including vessel drain connections, piping systems and control circuits such as VSD and PLC designs. Attendees are also guided to include key components such as check valves, filter systems and bellows to protect against water hammer and other systems mechanical loading.

Economic benefits are achieved through optimization of the total pumping system and power savings from specialised VSD and PLC control system.

Attendee comments:
“This is a thorough and immersive Course. Thank you for the exciting course”, Emile R.;
“The Course covered a broad spectrum of pump design and material selection and pump seals”, Carinee N.

Presenter: John Broli. (MD E4A) 

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CPD 2 credits. CPD Ref. no: SAIChE-390 Provider: E4A (SAIChE-SPV-004)

Includes numerous Sub-Courses such as Power Equations as major power optimization, Static Electricity, Fire and Explosion Risks, Solar Power, and Variable Speed Drives (VSDs) and PLCs as benefits of power saving.

We take you on a journey to ‘Grey Innovations’ and Power Savings for related Leverage of Profit margins.
This is a 2 CPD Course.

This new Course covers an interesting range of electrical engineering topics at a level beneficial to all engineering disciplines and guides the course attendees with lots of basic electrical principles and many design guidelines and checklists. This information packed course enables those involved in design, projects and plant operations to assess the design requirements of electrical systems at a first level of design for power saving and then to conclude the full detailed design with specialist electrical engineering consultants in industry.

This course focusses on power savings and optimization of power usage, primarily in the process industries. The course also reviews electric motors and related drives and equipment from the perspective of and needs of all professional engineers, and especially in the context of process industries. The course also addresses strategies of power saving in industry.
There is a presentation of the main power equations of process equipment to enhance power savings. These are an interesting topic and seldom widely applied in industry, primarily of lack of awareness of the economic benefits that can be achieved.
Energy saving checklists are also provided for all the main equipment types such as process mixers, pumps, fans, blowers, compressors and suchlike.
There is an interesting overview of solar energy also provided in a sub-course with interesting indications of new trends expected to be applied in industry in the near future.
The hazards of power as static electricity and lightning are discussed in a sub-section that shows the risks arising of fire and explosions from static electricity.
An important and interesting sub-course is also provided illustrating variable speed drives (VSDs) as key power optimization equipment.
The final summary is prepared as a series of DESIGN STAGES OR STEPS in a master chart with control checklists and the appropriate design approach. Interesting and unusual case studies are also presented.

MAIN OBJECTIVES  

The main objective is to provide engineers with the fundamentals of design for efficient electrical energy usage and thereby to achieve an optimal power usage design. 
Economic benefits are achieved through the power savings achieved in the designs concluded. 

Comments attendees
"This was an excellent workshop and very interesting subject matter. The presenter has excellent all-round general knowledge on this subject." D.G. Naidoo.

2024 Cost:
Registered Persons Rates are R5200 (+VAT) for the 2 Live on-line days.  2 CPDs.
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CPD 2 credits. CPD no.: SAIChE-389 Provider: E4A (SAIChE-SPV-004)

Includes sub-courses:  Critical Variables in Vessels, Pipes, Pump Designs, Variables in Corrosion and Extreme Variables Analyses (Fires, Explosions). 

E4A has accumulated a wealth of information on the multi-variable problems that impact on modern process operations and control thereof.  Most modern processes are complex in nature and becoming increasingly so with every year that passes. This course first takes a look at the meaning and implications of complexity for variables control. After explaining a very broad viewpoint on the range of variables and variables interactions, this course addresses the need to understand the effect variables can have on processes and thus the high risks to profit loss and deterioration. There is a brief but appropriate training on the real cost of failed batches as rework or disposal costs to give context to the need for a total RIGHT FIRST TIME (RFT) philosophy.

The course thoroughly addresses the need to ensure proper detailed monitoring of all variables and the lock-in or fixing of variables through appropriate procedures – to in turn build up the RFT commitment. A range of industries are reviewed through case studies from the Southern African region. These case studies deal with basic variables problems and are thus at levels all staff can absorb and relate to.

This course is designed to guide and train attendees on the process of detailed research and review of every variable that can impact on a design, or process, or plant upgrade, and to draw up a systems diagram and Excel spreadsheet summary of the total variables in the system analysed. The participants are then directed to study the critical variables and propose solutions from the in-depth problem analysis performed. 

MAIN OBJECTIVES

The main objective is to build up skills of attendees in determining all variables in a system and especially highlighting the critical variables. The control methods and problem solving around critical variables is addressed under the non-conformance monitoring and removal system.

Economic benefits are achieved through process improvements that lead to energy or materials savings and tighter control of processes. The benefits arise especially from the control and enhancement of the critical variables identified.  

Attendee comments:
“It is a really informative and gives guidelines to designing as well”, Noah T.;
“Course provided a great discussion of a field that is not widely practiced or understood. The value of skill sets of attendees provided a good variety of insights”. James F.

Engineers for Africa is renowned for the excellent and extensive case studies and worked examples we provide. These are unmatched in their range, relevance to the courses, and relevance to all the African workplaces.

Presenter: John Broli. (MD E4A) 

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