March 2008
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd is a leading provider of satellite communications products and services. Gilat has been at the forefront of VSAT technology for 20 years, and continues to be an innovator of new satellite technologies. With over 670 000 VSATs shipped to more than 85 countries, Gilat's solutions serve communication needs of carriers, enterprises, governments, service providers and consumers around the globe.
Gilat offers a full range of satellite communications and wireless products and solutions:
SkyEdge and SkyEdge II: High performance, cost-effective and flexible VSAT systems
WiMAX and other Broadband Wireless Access solutions
End-to-end solutions for specific markets and industries
Turnkey solutions and outsourcing
To read more about Gilat products, turn to page 5.
For more information, contact the South African office on + 27 12 343 7223 or visit www.gilat.com
Regular Features
Cover Story
Comment - by Zita du Toit
Flotation tank
Et cetera
Sodoku No 20 and Solution to No 19
Air Emissions
Old versus New: is it more environmentally friendly to keep your old gas guzzler or to purchase a new fuel-efficient car?
Michelle Low, Rosalind Dos Santos, Antony Higginson, Patrick McLoughling and Donavan King, all of the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Uni of the Witwatersrand, SA
Control, automation and instrumentation
Metrological aspects of tank gauging in South Africa
Johan van Jaarsveld and Vivian MacFadyen, Endress + Hauser
Focus on control, automation and instrumentation
Innovation Award-winning article
Rheological behaviour of synovial fluid: effects on joint lubrication
Tobi Louw and Philip L de Vaal, Dept of Chemical Engineering, University of Pretoria, SA
Safety Standards and Risk Analysis
Managing the tauma of community violence and workplace accidents in South Africa
R Paul Maiden, Academic and Student Affairs, University of Southern California School of Social Work and Prof Lourens S Terblanche, Dept of Social Work and Criminology, Uni of Ptetoria
Focus on safety, standards and risk analysis
Separation
Turnkey project - Complete dairy installed in Iran
Klaus-Michael Dukatz, Business Unit Dairy Technology, Westfalia Separator Food Tech, Oelde, Germany
Siemens Profile Award Winners 2007
