Capacity development and skills retention through a workplace placement programme in the foundry industry : the MCTS experience
- Mulaba-Bafubiandi, Antoine Floribert, Mageza, Kulani
- Authors: Mulaba-Bafubiandi, Antoine Floribert , Mageza, Kulani
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Workplace placement programme , Students , Foundry industry
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/226024 , uj:22843 , Citation: Mulaba-Bafubiandi, A.F. & Mageza, K. 2017. Capacity development and skills retention through a workplace placement programme in the foundry industry : the MCTS experience.
- Description: Abstract: The South African foundry industry has an ageing workforce, and reports indicate a lack of skills in the full value chain. The University of Johannesburg Metal Casting Technology Station (UJ-MCTS), through the initiative from the Technology Innovation Agency funded by the Department of Science and Technology, has introduced a workplace placement programme that is aimed at placing students in industry for one year to gain foundry work experience and professional skills before graduating, with stipend paid and provided by UJ-MCTS. This paper reports on the UJ-MCTS experience. Secondary data (minutes from meetings, e-mails, project reports) as well as the authors’ direct experience (as first- hand information and collected data, archived as the UJ-MCTS internship programme database pre and post the internships) in the programme were used as research instruments, while observations at the end were used for the triangulation. The UJ-MCTS placed a total of 96 students in industry from 2009 to 2015, with an overall 60% being retained as employees after completing their one-year placement. The benefits gained by students and industry include working experience, graduation of the students, talent identification, and employment of the student to ameliorate some of the skill shortage. The study shows that through this workplace placement programme, the industry and students are in a win-win situation.
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- Authors: Mulaba-Bafubiandi, Antoine Floribert , Mageza, Kulani
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Workplace placement programme , Students , Foundry industry
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/226024 , uj:22843 , Citation: Mulaba-Bafubiandi, A.F. & Mageza, K. 2017. Capacity development and skills retention through a workplace placement programme in the foundry industry : the MCTS experience.
- Description: Abstract: The South African foundry industry has an ageing workforce, and reports indicate a lack of skills in the full value chain. The University of Johannesburg Metal Casting Technology Station (UJ-MCTS), through the initiative from the Technology Innovation Agency funded by the Department of Science and Technology, has introduced a workplace placement programme that is aimed at placing students in industry for one year to gain foundry work experience and professional skills before graduating, with stipend paid and provided by UJ-MCTS. This paper reports on the UJ-MCTS experience. Secondary data (minutes from meetings, e-mails, project reports) as well as the authors’ direct experience (as first- hand information and collected data, archived as the UJ-MCTS internship programme database pre and post the internships) in the programme were used as research instruments, while observations at the end were used for the triangulation. The UJ-MCTS placed a total of 96 students in industry from 2009 to 2015, with an overall 60% being retained as employees after completing their one-year placement. The benefits gained by students and industry include working experience, graduation of the students, talent identification, and employment of the student to ameliorate some of the skill shortage. The study shows that through this workplace placement programme, the industry and students are in a win-win situation.
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Technology transfer to the rural aluminium foundry in Limpopo Province
- Authors: Mageza, Kulani
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Technology transfer - South Africa - Limpopo , Foundries - South Africa - Limpopo , Aluminum plants - South Africa - Limpopo
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/447126 , uj:39181
- Description: M.Phil. (Engineering Management) , Abstract: A study was done to document the technology transfer processes implemented by the Metal Casting Technology Station (MCTS). In 2017 the MCTS developed and transferred the six furnaces to the rural foundries in Limpopo Province, which had better performance as compared to the current ones being used. However, the technology transfer processes as implemented by the MCTS are not yet well documented with respect to the technology transfer framework and there is no empirical evidence on whether the new furnace transferred to the six rural foundries has been accepted and adopted by the rural foundries...
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- Authors: Mageza, Kulani
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Technology transfer - South Africa - Limpopo , Foundries - South Africa - Limpopo , Aluminum plants - South Africa - Limpopo
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/447126 , uj:39181
- Description: M.Phil. (Engineering Management) , Abstract: A study was done to document the technology transfer processes implemented by the Metal Casting Technology Station (MCTS). In 2017 the MCTS developed and transferred the six furnaces to the rural foundries in Limpopo Province, which had better performance as compared to the current ones being used. However, the technology transfer processes as implemented by the MCTS are not yet well documented with respect to the technology transfer framework and there is no empirical evidence on whether the new furnace transferred to the six rural foundries has been accepted and adopted by the rural foundries...
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Waste foundry sand mineralogical characterisation : the impact of cast alloy, casting temperature and molding additive on the nature waste foundry sand
- Nyembwe, Kolela J., Makhatha, Mamookho E., Mageza, Kulani
- Authors: Nyembwe, Kolela J. , Makhatha, Mamookho E. , Mageza, Kulani
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Foundry , Waste sand , Mineral
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/255634 , uj:26818 , Citation: Nyembwe, K.J., Makhatha, M.E. & Mageza, K. 2017. Waste foundry sand mineralogical characterisation : the impact of cast alloy, casting temperature and molding additive on the nature waste foundry sand. ENGINEERING JOURNAL Volume 21 Issue 7. Online at http://www.engj.org/ DOI:10.4186/ej.2017.21.7.1 , DOI: 10.4186/ej.2017.21.7.1
- Description: Abstract: The metal casting industry discharges huge volumes of waste foundry sand yearly. It was estimated to be 250 thousand tons of spent silica foundry sand for the existing 200 casting facilities in South Africa. Even though, establish documents exist in regards to the foundry sand composition, few well documented theories are available in regards to changes or mutations taking place after casting process. Four waste silica casting sands were qualitatively analyzed for they mineralogical phases composition using the X-ray diffraction (XRD). The investigation was conducted on various waste casting sand alloy including aluminum, cast iron, high chrome and steel. The result revealed a significant compositional difference related to the molding binder and casting temperature. Different silica phase’s polymorph, related to the various alloy casting temperature, were observed in waste sand samples. Theses phases included alpha quartz, tridymite, and alpha cristobelite. The molding binder favored the crystalisation of bentonite related mineral such as periclase, microcline and wustite, within the greensand system. The chemically bonded sand exposed the presence of anorthite as the only existing mineralized phase in the resin sand. The mineralogical content of the waste foundry sand provides information on the molding binder used. In addition to that, silica polymorph it informs about the pouring temperature related to the cast alloy.
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- Authors: Nyembwe, Kolela J. , Makhatha, Mamookho E. , Mageza, Kulani
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Foundry , Waste sand , Mineral
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/255634 , uj:26818 , Citation: Nyembwe, K.J., Makhatha, M.E. & Mageza, K. 2017. Waste foundry sand mineralogical characterisation : the impact of cast alloy, casting temperature and molding additive on the nature waste foundry sand. ENGINEERING JOURNAL Volume 21 Issue 7. Online at http://www.engj.org/ DOI:10.4186/ej.2017.21.7.1 , DOI: 10.4186/ej.2017.21.7.1
- Description: Abstract: The metal casting industry discharges huge volumes of waste foundry sand yearly. It was estimated to be 250 thousand tons of spent silica foundry sand for the existing 200 casting facilities in South Africa. Even though, establish documents exist in regards to the foundry sand composition, few well documented theories are available in regards to changes or mutations taking place after casting process. Four waste silica casting sands were qualitatively analyzed for they mineralogical phases composition using the X-ray diffraction (XRD). The investigation was conducted on various waste casting sand alloy including aluminum, cast iron, high chrome and steel. The result revealed a significant compositional difference related to the molding binder and casting temperature. Different silica phase’s polymorph, related to the various alloy casting temperature, were observed in waste sand samples. Theses phases included alpha quartz, tridymite, and alpha cristobelite. The molding binder favored the crystalisation of bentonite related mineral such as periclase, microcline and wustite, within the greensand system. The chemically bonded sand exposed the presence of anorthite as the only existing mineralized phase in the resin sand. The mineralogical content of the waste foundry sand provides information on the molding binder used. In addition to that, silica polymorph it informs about the pouring temperature related to the cast alloy.
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