Electricity + Control March 2015

SOCIAL ENGINEERS

PneuDrive Challenge 2014 – prizegiving Prizegiving for the 2014 engineering design competition, sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive and Pneumax, took place at the Modderfontein premises of ‘Set Point Group’ on 27 January 2015. The PneuDrive Challenge provides a learning platform that allows mechanical, electronic and mechatronic engineering students to participate in an experience that attempts to combine academic potential and the real needs of business. It aims to give students one tool, one new idea, one new experience that will turn around their perceptions and understanding of how they can use drive and pneumatic engineering principles to influence the warehousing and logistics industry. We met the winners, runners up and other participants.

First place Stellenbosch University – MOVIPAL Jos Van der Westhuizen Stefan Nel Landolf Theron Dr Cobus Muller (Lecturer)

Second place Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University – TetraStack Adriane Bestic Shuldham Peard Christopher Sephton

Third place WITS University – The Out-of-the-Box-Palletiser

Eitan Kassuto Gareth Krisch

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