Anuga FoodTec 2018

What are the four factors driving Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things? These are primarily networking, adaptability, energy efficiency and new business models. With the IoT gateway CPX-IoT, Festo is paving the way for a secure cloud solution which will enable machine and system builders as well as end customers to significantly improve their overall equipment effectiveness.

Consumers want to enjoy food without risk. Safety in food production is ensured by international directives and standards such as the European Union Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC or EN ISO 14159. To help system builders and food producers to meet these requirements as simply as possible, Festo has developed trailblazing automation components for use in hygienically critical environments and those subject to intensive cleaning.

Highly pure, sterile processes are a key challenge for the industrial production of tomorrow – especially in food processing and the pharmaceuticals and medical technology industries, but also in the electronics sector. To keep manufacturing processes as free from contamination as possible, the workpieces and the workroom should be separated from each other. This can be achieved with superconductor technology. At the Anuga Foodtech 2018 trade ...