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The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps are revolutionising pneumatics by increasing flexibility and energy efficiency, and accelerating production processes. This also benefits electronics manufacturing, as demonstrated by the use of the automation platform VTEM in wafer handling.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Gentle and reliable wafer handling

The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps ...
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Protective masks have been in short supply in these times of coronavirus. An innovative containerised production facility that enables businesses and healthcare organisations to produce their own masks to order could solve the problem. Developed in just six weeks by Mikron with engineering support from Festo, the mini factory uses a scalable system that can produce 50-100 face masks per minute.
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Festo S.E. & Co. KG
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Ireland
United Kingdom

Mini factories in containers help reduce face mask ...

Protective masks have been in short supply in these times of coronavirus. An innovative ...
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Leading industrial companies from the automotive, pharmaceutical and food industries have clear CO2 targets for their products. These require machine builders to make significant energy savings in new machine generations compared with previous machines. This is precisely why Festo offers an unrivalled solution in the global compressed air system market with its energy efficiency module MSE6-C2M.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Meeting the CO2 specifications of industrial ...

Leading industrial companies from the automotive, pharmaceutical and food industries have clear CO2 ...
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Protective masks are in short supply in these times of coronavirus so why not just produce some yourself?! With a system from Mikron, this is almost within everyone’s reach. This scalable system produces 50-100 face masks per minute, depending on the version. With engineering support from Festo, Mikron managed to develop the system in just six weeks.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Mini factories in containers help reduce mask ...

Protective masks are in short supply in these times of coronavirus so why not just produce some ...
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Walking and rolling like the flic-flac spider – the BionicWheelBot moves along the ground in astounding ways. Together with the team headed by the discoverer of the spider, Professor Ingo Rechenberg, Festo has taken a very close look at these unique forms of locomotion and has technically realised them. But no magnifying glass was needed for the flying fox: the BionicFlyingFox is an imposing figure with its wingspan of 2.28 metres and its partly autonomous aerobatics, which are made possible by a motion tracking system and machine learning.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Unique forms of motion derived from nature

Walking and rolling like the flic-flac spider – the BionicWheelBot moves along the ground in ...
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With the maintenance software Smartenance, Festo has ushered machine and system maintenance into the digital era. Maintenance teams no longer need paper and pen, and long communication channels are a thing of the past. Festo now offers the software Smartenance with more functions and new licence packages.
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Smartenance di Festo: manutenzione digitale per operatori di sistemi, manager di produzione e tecnici di manutenzione
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Now with incident management and machine logbook

With the maintenance software Smartenance, Festo has ushered machine and system maintenance into the ...
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Compact design for 30% shorter cycle times and 50% less vibration – those are the most important characteristics of the cantilever axis with toothed belt ELCC-TB from Festo. The axis fits in seamlessly with Festo's concept of complete connectivity for its electric automation technology.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Cycle times reduced by 30 per cent

Compact design for 30% shorter cycle times and 50% less vibration – those are the most important ...
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Gripping workpieces just as a chameleon's tongue grips insects – that is the operating principle of the adaptive shape gripper DHEF from Festo. This unusual gripper can pick up, gather and set back down again objects of many different shapes without the need for manual adjustment.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The automated chameleon tongue

Gripping workpieces just as a chameleon's tongue grips insects – that is the operating principle of ...
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Grasping workpieces like a chameleon’s tongue – that’s the functional principle of Festo’s adaptive shape gripper DHEF. The gripper can thus pick, gather and place objects of many different shapes without any need for manual changeovers. This is why it won renowned distinctions in 2020 including the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Chameleon’s tongue for industrial automation wins ...

Grasping workpieces like a chameleon’s tongue – that’s the functional principle of Festo’s adaptive ...
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Whether its grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – in everyday life, we use our hands as a matter of course for the most diverse tasks. In that regard, the human hand, with its unique combination of power, dexterity and fine motor skills, is a true miracle tool of nature. What could be more natural than equipping robots in collaborative workspaces with a gripper that is modelled after this model of nature, that solves various tasks by learning through artificial intelligence? Festo shows the pneumatic robot hand...
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Ruediger J. Vogel
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Global

Pneumatic robotics meets artificial intelligence

Whether its grabbing, holding or turning, touching, typing or pressing – in everyday life, we use ...
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The semiconductor and electronics industries have set benchmarks for continuous innovation while keeping prices low. As digitalisation increases, electronic components are rapidly finding their way into other industries too. Sectors as diverse as the automotive industry, medical technology and distribution logistics are demanding more powerful electronics and sensors for applications ranging from self-driving vehicles to artificial heart valves. Traceability techniques pioneered in pharmaceuticals are now transferring to the food and packaging...
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Festo S.E. & Co. KG
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Ireland
United Kingdom

Festo invests to meet growing demand for ...

The semiconductor and electronics industries have set benchmarks for continuous innovation while ...
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In future-oriented fields such as laboratory automation or biotechnology the requirements placed on the cleaning of production facilities and their purity are very high. With superconductor technology, objects can be moved and handled without contact, which is ideal for such applications. At the Hannover Messe 2020 trade fair, Festo will be presenting the SupraModule concept, which enables wireless control of functions on a magnetic, floating carrier with an autonomous energy supply.
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SupraModule
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

SupraModule: Modulare Lösung für die ...

In future-oriented fields such as laboratory automation or biotechnology the requirements placed on ...
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