EVENTS
Developing pros in
steel industry
Occurring in three locations throughout the year, across the country,
the SAFAL Steel Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
conference saw many industry professionals attend all meetings.
By Ntsako Khosa | Photos by Ntsako Khosa
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The SAFAL Steel team ready to welcome industry professionals at the last conference of 2017.
SAFAL Steel’s Faizal Chavoos, breaking down the technology behind steel.
The third and final 2017 CPD Conference was held at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg.
he first SAFAL conference was held
in March in Durban at Zimbali
Resort and the second in Cape
Town at the Two Oceans Aquarium in
June. The final conference was hosted at
Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on
25 October 2017.
The Johannesburg conference saw
leading professionals in the construction
industry – architects, contractors and
roofing companies in South Africa –
gathered to discuss advanced coated steel
technologies, paint coating technology
and metal cladding.
To kick things off, Faizal Chavoos from
SAFAL Steel took to the stand giving a
detailed account of what steel is, its
history, manufacturing process, properties
and mechanism.
He said that the manufacturing of steel
is like cooking – making food – adding
different spices and the like. He also
shared videos demonstrating alloy
manufacturing as well as
installation properties.
After a short interval, Daniel van
Deventer from Beckers presented about
paint systems for steel pointing out that
there are five steps to coating and a
coating protects while colours add to the
lifespan of the product.
The first step is to clean and pre-treat
the surface with primer, adding a top coat,
laminating or embossing and recoiling for
shipment. The five-step process reduces
environmental impact on the steel. He
explained that maintenance of the steel
plays a role in how long the product will
last. Any colour can be added to steel;
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