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Festo Didactic presents a new experimental set within the existing bionics educational concept “Bionics4Education”. The Bionic Swift can be used to impart relevant knowledge on the topics of bird flight, bionics and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) both in the school education environment and in the private sector.
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Festo Didactic
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Bionic Swift: a bionically inspired robotic bird

Festo Didactic presents a new experimental set within the existing bionics educational concept ...
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Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions and for the right learning tools and teaching methods in the age of digitalisation - this is what participants at this year's digital Hannover Messe will experience in live sessions and virtual stand tours at Festo Didactic. The specialist for technical education and training is pulling out all the stops in its portfolio - from Bionics4Education to miniature learning factories, learning systems and simulation programs to the Festo LX digital learning portal, the Festo Learning Experience.
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Festo Didactic
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The right approaches against the shortage of ...

Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions and for the right learning tools and teaching ...
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Dosing, mixing, filling – the number of control applications in the process industries is steadily growing and demands high-performance positioners for process valves. Nowadays, extensive diagnostic options such as a pressure-assisted partial stroke test are vital for reliable operation. The new positioner CMSH from Festo for single-acting and double-acting actuators is therefore the perfect highly dynamic, low-wear positioning system for linear and rotary movements. Its 2-wire technology supports HART communication and condition monitoring...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Positioning and SIL: what goes together, grows ...

Dosing, mixing, filling – the number of control applications in the process industries is steadily ...
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The educational module "Machine Learning Vision" addresses the trends in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Optical quality inspection as an application scenario is close to practice in the industrial environment. Through additional learning materials, the contents are structured in a didactic concept in which theoretical knowledge transfer alternates with practical experiments.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

Practice-oriented introduction to artificial ...

The educational module "Machine Learning Vision" addresses the trends in the field of artificial ...
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Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around 10 million people being diagnosed with the disease every year. This pushes up the demand for insulin pens for self-injection. Syntegon's Danish subsidiary has developed an automated system for assembling these pens using the Festo automation platform.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The fast way to a safe insulin pen

Diabetes is on the rise worldwide with around 10 million people being diagnosed with the disease ...
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The Productivity Master, a modular demonstration system for personalised USB memory sticks from Festo, is showing how automation technology will evolve along the value chain when combined with digitalisation. Thanks to seamless connectivity, everything fits perfectly, from the mechanical and electric systems to the intelligence. The Festo automation platform provides an integrated and practical system to link all Festo engineering tools, components and solutions in hardware and software.
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Productivity Master
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Productivity Master points the way to ...

The Productivity Master, a modular demonstration system for personalised USB memory sticks from ...
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The essence of any mechanical switching device is an accurate response. That is exactly why it is designed to respond with precision. And why it can be installed, without backlash, in just a few steps. The manually and mechanically actuated valves from the VHEF and VMEF series from Festo follow precisely these mechanical principles.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Precise and robust

The essence of any mechanical switching device is an accurate response. That is exactly why it is ...
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The pandemic that marked 2020 has distracted attention from pressing environmental issues and rising energy costs. Greater energy efficiency and sustainability require skilled people who can drive and implement these goals in multiple industries. Now, educators have the resources necessary to teach these skills with Festo Didactic's expanded range of learning solutions in the field of energy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

An electric future powered by qualified employees

The pandemic that marked 2020 has distracted attention from pressing environmental issues and rising ...
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How can people acquire the skills needed to digitize work to take on new tasks? What must Technical Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) strategies look like to bring technology closer to learners, teachers and managers? These and other questions were discussed on November 26 during the online colloquium on Digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training (DTVET) co-organized by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and Festo Didactic. Conclusion: Digital learning tools will be the key to unlock African...
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

Virtual Colloquium DTVET

How can people acquire the skills needed to digitize work to take on new tasks? What must Technical ...
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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 has benefits for handling technology, because the automation platform VTEM opens the door for positioning using pneumatics.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Highly flexible pick & place with digitised ...

The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps ...
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If you want to be fit for Industry 4.0, you need a qualification plan. The newly developed Festo Didactic Curriculum 4.0 combines a wide variety of learning paths aimed at specific job roles in an industrial context, such as mechatronics engineers. With the Curriculum 4.0 trainees and professionals can keep up with the rapid developments in Industry 4.0 and help shape these exciting times - throughout life.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Lifelong learning with the Curriculum 4.0

If you want to be fit for Industry 4.0, you need a qualification plan. The newly developed Festo ...
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