Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s eNtsa (previously known as the Automotive Components Technology Station – ACTS) team last night (26 May) won this year’s National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) Awards for “Research leading to an innovation by a team”, proving again that the university places great value on excellence.
This category award is for individuals/teams that have made outstanding contributions to science, engineering and technology through research that has led to an innovation in South Africa.
This award winning process was developed by the eNtsa group and Eskom’s Innovation and Sustainability division. WeldCoreTM is known as a process assisting with decision making around remnant life prediction of engineering structures. In the power generation industry this relates to reducing the risk of unexpected catastrophic failure and increasing of plant uptime which contributes to substantial cost savings.
The WeldCoreTM phenomenon has led to great excitement as it won last year’s National Innovation Competition and led to the establishment of a spin-off company, known as Mantacor. Mantacor is currently a developing business aiming to address the industrial needs within the local and international community. The company strives to encourage research, technology transfer and innovation and serve as custodian to develop a solid network within industry.
The purpose of the NSTF awards include: Achieving sustainable economic growth for South Africa and improving the quality of life of its people; promoting excellence among Science and Engineering and Technology and Innovation (SETI) practitioners, research development, and innovation and; encouraging young people to undertake careers in SETI.
The awards are intended to identify and commemorate individuals and organisations for exceptional contribution in SETI. These awards are presented by the Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor, and The Department of Science and Technology at a Gala Event held at the Emperor’s Palace this week.
“The eNtsa team is proud of this achievement and would like to thank all team members, the NMMU community, the Technology Innovation Agency and members of the broader community for their continuous support,” says eNtsa Director Prof Danie Hattingh.
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