In November 2015, TetraStack was granted seed funding by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA). In collaboration with the eNtsa Technology Station based at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth, work on the 1st prototype of the system begins in January 2016.
On the 19th of October 2015, TetraStack filed an International Patent Application (PCT/IB2015/058031) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This affords the TetraStack development team, 18 months in which to finalise the design and submit applications in key global markets. For more information, visit http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/
Our first update of 2015: TetraStack recently made the front page of the KZN Industrial and Business News publication. The article entitled: "Local innovation at it's best - Changing the face of logistics" describes the concept, the ongoing development and the need for the finance thereof. You can read the article at the link provided and play a role in assisting the team by sharing our concept with any parties that may be in a position to contribute skills or components to the development of our first prototype. May 2015 be a good year for all. You can view the article here: http://issuu.com/mediaevents/docs/kzn_industrial___business_news_issu/1?e=1
Launched in 2008, the PneuDrive Challenge aims to uplift the South African engineering industry and to enhance the standard of graduate engineers. The competition is proudly sponsored by SEW-Eurodrive of Germany and Pneumax of Italy. The competition is facilitated by Andrew Rose of The Write Squad, specialists in marketing and media design. (www.thewritesquad.co.za)
TetraStack™ was conceived and developed by students at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in response to the Green Warehouse Logistics Challenge set forth by the annual PneuDrive Mechatronics Competition. (www.pneudrive.co.za) The competition inspired the team to create a new warehouse system from the ground up rather than by an incremental evolutionary process. The system is focused on improving the efficiency and performance of such facilities by means of concurrent warehouse placement, retrieval, sorting and defragmentation.
Links to two articles about the competition and how it is trying to bridge the gap between university and business were published in Vector and Motion Control. Links: <Vector Article> < Motion Control Article>
