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The Center of Vocational Excellence in Mechatronics at Festo in Esslingen, Germany, is now the official national training center for the German mechatronics team at the WorldSkills championships. "We do not only qualify our own apprentices, but also apprentices who will make up the national mechatronics team at the next WorldSkills Shanghai 2022," says Stefan Dietl, Head of Training at Festo.  
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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German Center of Vocational Excellence in ...

The Center of Vocational Excellence in Mechatronics at Festo in Esslingen, Germany, is now the ...
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Over 60 competition skills, participants from 60 nations, up to 300,000 spectators... it sounds like the Olympic Games, but it's called WorldSkills, the World Championships for Vocational Training. “Global Industry Partners" (GIP), for whom the topic of professional vocational training is not just lip service, play a major role in the vocational competitions. Festo is one of the exclusive partners in the skills of Industry 4.0, Mechatronics and Water Technology.
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Festo Didactic
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Partnership in Technical Vocational Training ...

Over 60 competition skills, participants from 60 nations, up to 300,000 spectators... it sounds like ...
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The VFOE allows machinery and plant manufacturers to regulate the speed of pneumatic cylinders in their machines and plants to suit their specific needs and expectations. This compact one-way flow control valve from the Festo Core Range has proven itself to be a cost-effective solution for standard applications.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Fast delivery – easy assembly

The VFOE allows machinery and plant manufacturers to regulate the speed of pneumatic cylinders in ...
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The preconfigured fail-safe circuit in the ready-to-install control cabinet is a safe and low-cost alternative when it comes to fail-safe technology. It replaces a single-acting actuator and guarantees that the actuator assumes a predefined safety position in the event of a pressure and/or power failure.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Safety in fail-safe mode

The preconfigured fail-safe circuit in the ready-to-install control cabinet is a safe and low-cost ...
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Filling containers with compressed air or other gases such as nitrogen can be achieved more profitably and economically with the new Flow Control Motion App from Festo, developed for use with its VTEM Motion Terminal. As a leader in industrial automation, the company is continually developing new Motion Apps for the VTEM in order to reduce complexity and time to market for machine builders.
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Festo S.E.
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Ireland
United Kingdom

New flow control app for Festo Motion Terminal ...

Filling containers with compressed air or other gases such as nitrogen can be achieved more ...
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A leading car manufacturer has been relying on the pinpoint accuracy and efficiency of servo-pneumatic welding guns from Festo for many years. So much so that they have now installed more than 2,500 welding gun robots with this technology in the premium brand’s body shops. This car manufacturer has now been able to reduce downtimes by 25 percent thanks to a predictive maintenance system from Festo which is ready for artificial intelligence.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Servo-pneumatic welding guns from Festo reduce ...

A leading car manufacturer has been relying on the pinpoint accuracy and efficiency of servo ...
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Production, warehouse, shipping - where goods are produced, stored, sorted or packed, picking also takes place. This means that several individual goods are removed from storage units such as boxes or cartons and reassembled. With the FLAIROP (Federated Learning for Robot Picking) project Festo and researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners from Canada, want to make picking robots smarter using distributed AI methods. To do this, they are investigating how to use training data from multiple stations,...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Better gripping with intelligent picking robots

Production, warehouse, shipping - where goods are produced, stored, sorted or packed, picking also ...
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Pneumatic drives from the Festo core product range have to meet the high demand of offering excellent value for money with the usual high quality for every function. From the compact cylinder ADN-S to the round cylinder DSNU or the mini slide DGST, these drives solve the required motion tasks in the majority of application scenarios, while their sturdiness ensures reliable machines and systems.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Robust and multi-talented

Pneumatic drives from the Festo core product range have to meet the high demand of offering ...
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The compact and low-cost spindle axes ELGT from Festo with integrated double guide are perfect for combining into 2D and 3D cantilever systems. Developed for applications in the electronics industry, in desktop applications and in battery manufacturing, they are open to servo motors from Festo as well as many other providers, especially those based in Asia.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Low cost and open to many suppliers

The compact and low-cost spindle axes ELGT from Festo with integrated double guide are perfect for ...
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Industry experts are forecasting a golden era for additive manufacturing, with annual growth rates of 24% anticipated into 2024. The automation of 3D printing processes offers further growth potential, for example in feeding or depowdering the components. When it comes to the depowdering of laser-melted metal parts, Solukon is the world's leading supplier. It is working together with Festo, the global player in industrial automation technology, to establish whether it is possible to push the level of automation for depowdering even further...
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Solukon Maschinenbau GmbH
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Global

Automating depowdering in 3D printing

Industry experts are forecasting a golden era for additive manufacturing, with annual growth rates ...
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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. Thanks to the new Motion App “Flow control”, the VTEM now makes filling containers such as bottles with nitrogen or other gases more profitable and economical.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Control several flow rates simultaneously

The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps ...
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Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid. So how do specialists in laboratory automation manage to meet their quality requirements reliably and efficiently, even with high throughputs? How do they achieve reproducible results and avoid contamination? The Life Science webinar from automation specialist Festo provides clear answers to these and many other questions. When? On Wednesday, 16 June 2021, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (CET) at the following link: https://festo.com/liquidhandling-webinar
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

How to control precisely very small volumes of ...

Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid ...
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High energy costs, rising cost pressure and a growing awareness of climate change have turned energy efficiency into a core business objective. For many companies, having verifiable environmentally friendly and carbon neutral credentials also gives a competitive advantage. Industrial automation specialist Festo combines its Festo Energy Saving Services (FESS) with energy-saving products to help manufacturing facilities fully realise the efficiency of their compressed air system.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Ireland
United Kingdom

Festo makes customers ready for energy-efficient ...

High energy costs, rising cost pressure and a growing awareness of climate change have turned energy ...
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Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service technicians and fitters are often unable to travel around the world to customers to commission their machines and plants on site. That is why customers can now conveniently book remote commissioning for axis systems at Festo. This makes commissioning online very quick and easy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

An interesting offer, not just in pandemic times

Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service ...
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