Industrial automation specialist Festo introduces the OVEH compact vacuum generator, a versatile and innovative End of Arm Tooling (EOAT) solution designed to enhance human-robot collaboration (HRC) and other robotic applications. Featuring integrated sensors and precise valve control, the OVEH joins Festo’s growing portfolio of EOAT technologies, which are engineered to meet the evolving demands of modern manufacturing environments.

Festo’s AX Smartenance software is improving the maintenance of seven Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines, which are being used to construct the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link between London and the Midlands.

Innovation in stepper motor technology means the gap between stepper and servo technology is narrowing. In applications where the performance of a servo motor is not required because there are no highly dynamic loads or high speed demands, the stepper (with its choice of battery-less encoders and motor brakes) offers closed loop positioning.

Beim Rundgang über die Hannover Messe gratulierte Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz auf dem Stand von Festo zur 100-jährigen Erfolgsgeschichte des Unternehmens: Im Jubiläumsjahr begrüßte das Unternehmen den Bundeskanzler in Begleitung von Stéphane Dion, Sondergesandter des Partnerlandes Kanada bei der Europäischen Union und Stephan Weil, Ministerpräsident von Niedersachsen, mit einem besonderen Exponat, ...