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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
Electricity+Control
March ‘15
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