Eleatec | A.I. control units
The problem with high-speed doors
Collisions | Forklifts regularly run into and destroy doors
Airflow | Long and unnecessary openings cause high energy costs
Collisions
Forklifts in the $ 200 B industrial cold storage facilities regularly run into and destroy expensive automatic high-speed doors. Door repairs take days or weeks when parts have to be custom made and service staff is overbooked. Many storage halls only have one or two points of entry, which means having a door stuck halfway creates chaos and can shut down operations, while forcing the door back open can interrupt the cold chain. Besides a factory fire, this dilemma is the worst nightmare of many facility managers.
Airflow
Since the 15 m tall cold storage halls are one giant tinderbox, airborne oxygen is often liquified and removed to suffocate fires. Air let in during door openings thereby creates massive energy costs in addition to the already large cost of cooling the warm air down to roughly -25°C.
Inaccessible storage
Cooling costs
Cold chain interruptions
Logistics chaos
Oxygen extraction costs
Repair costs
The Solution
(Patent pending)
Retrofit your high-speed doors with an AI control unit that predicts forklift trajectories and opens exactly when needed
Prevent collisions
Reduce airflow 3-4 x
Founders
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Alexander Hayes - CEO
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CEO/Co-founder of high-tech B2B
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Country Manager of a fast growing startup
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Predictive control background
Philippe Wenk - Tech
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PhD student at ETH Center for Learning Systems
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Robotics MSc
Abtin Houshan - Tech
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F1 engineer
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Head of Aeordynamics at ETH Zürich's driverless racing team
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Mechanical Engineering MSc
Advisors
Patrick Bowen, PhD | Strategy
Co-founder Strensor Systems, Metacept, and Neurophos (AI processors using light)
Jean-Yves Côuet | PLC, Controls
16 years @ Schneider Electric as Product Manager, PLC Programmer, Field Service Technician
Prof. Andreas Holzinger | AI
Head of Human-Centered AI Lab, AI consultant for US, UK, and Swiss governments and the EC
Jan Blatt | Manufacturing
Head of production at Viewpointsystem
Dr. Radek Drsata | Sales
Experienced sales and interim manager
Doris Kumar | Commercial law
Associate at EY Law
Manager SCALEup Growth, Lecturer
Dr. Michael Hähnle | Strategy
Dr. Florian Emaury | Strategy
CEO & Co-founder Menhir Photonics
Justin Flanagan, J.D. | IP
Partner at Phillips Ryther & Winchester
Press
CHF 40 000 from Venture Kick
1st place inits demo day (German)
Funding
CHF 50k loan with default conversion at CHF 5 M valuation
€ 10k Patent cheque
€ 8k grant
Support
High-tech accelerator
AplusB Scaleup (80% startup survival rate after 7 years)