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SAIRAC JHB VISITS DANFOSS
By Robert Fox, SAIRAC Johannesburg Centre chairman
On Friday 14 March 2020, Danfoss South Africa hosted SAIRAC members at their
offices in Woodmead for a site visit.
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he site visit started off with everyone warmly welcomed by
Roy Naidoo, area sales manager at Danfoss South Africa,
who then gave an overview of the Danfoss portfolio of products,
namely compressors, controls, heat exchangers, and electronic
controls. He also spoke about the manufacturing facilities of
Danfoss around the world for all their product lines, adding about
the Danfoss South Africa’s divisions and staff.
Naidoo then handed over to Tiaan Barnard, sales engineer,
who spoke about the Danfoss office that has a local presence to
provide sales support, on-site support as well as their customer
services offered to their clients. After the presentations, the group
was split in two groups of four, who went around to the four
production stations that where set up.
Station one was about the Danfoss industrial controls,
primarily on ammonia controls, also on display was the Danfoss
intelligent purging unit.
At station two, energy efficient was the key topic, members
where introduced to the Danfoss Optyma variable speed drives
(VSD) condensing unit, this was demonstrated on a live demo
unit, which also showcased the electronic controls and the
monitoring unit.
At station three, the Danfoss range of variable speed drives
were showcased, the drive technology and drive capabilities were
explained.
Station three also looked at the training that Danfoss offered
to the industry. These are:
• Basic training
• E-learning
• Commissioning
At the last and final station, the Danfoss selection software
and mobile Apps where also discussed. The Danfoss StoreView
monitoring application was also showcased and demonstrated.
After everyone had visited all four product stations, lunch was
served. After lunch, everyone was thanked for attending a vote of
thanks also went out to Danfoss for hosting the open day. RACA
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Roy Naidoo from Danfoss welcomed SAIRAC members.
The site visit was well attended.
The Danfoss intelligent purging unit.
The Danfoss Optyma VSD condensing unit.
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