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Solving simple motion tasks electrically is now possible with the Simplified Motion Series (SMS) from Festo. The electric drive series combines the simplicity of pneumatics with the benefits of electric automation to offer users an affordable solution that is easy to install and operate. The SMS consists of different linear and rotary electromechanical components together with a simple and application-optimised combination of motor and servo drives. With this solution, there is no need for external servo drives and the installation of a...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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South Africa

Festo Simplified Motion Series electric drives ...

Solving simple motion tasks electrically is now possible with the Simplified Motion Series (SMS) ...
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Detecting irregularities at an early stage and initiating the necessary measures before a system failure are now made possible by the dashboards and IoT gateway CPX-IOT from Festo. The turnkey, preconfigured dashboards do not need any additional programming or installation of software. The collected data improves operating transparency for production managers and operators.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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South Africa

Condition monitoring in the cloud

Detecting irregularities at an early stage and initiating the necessary measures before a system ...
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From manually operated to automated process valves, the new configurator tool for process valves from Festo makes selecting the right solution easy and less time-consuming. A task that used to take a few hours now takes minutes to complete. This configurator tool has made finding, selecting, sizing and ordering the perfect KVZB ball valve or KVZA butterfly valve simple with just a few clicks. All users have to do is select a few parameters, and the configurator will immediately suggest appropriate combinations, making engineering in the...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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South Africa

Festo online configurator tool simplifies sizing ...

From manually operated to automated process valves, the new configurator tool for process valves ...
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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 cloud is everywhere. We save data on the cloud and access it on our phones and computers from anywhere at our convenience. The same applies to seamless connectivity in industrial automation from your components to the cloud. This is why Festo considers your complete automation architecture from the mechanical system to the actuators, motors and servo drives, as well as the motion controllers, right up to modern industrial cloud solutions.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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South Africa

Festo solutions make seamless integrated ...

The cloud is everywhere. We save data on the cloud and access it on our phones and computers from ...
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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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In cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Festo Didactic, the education division of Festo SE, is striving to improve vocational and technical training in Syrian industry. This is intended to restore sustainable livelihoods in the crisis regions and accelerate their further development.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

Festo Didactic provides support for equipping ...

In cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Festo Didactic ...
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The electric standard gripper EHPS from Festo is the electric version of the pneumatic standard gripper DHPS. The EHPS can be used wherever pneumatics is not permissible. The concept of the electric standard gripper is based on simplicity and low complexity – all the electronics are integrated in the gripper, which means that an external motor controller is not required.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Reliable gripping without air

The electric standard gripper EHPS from Festo is the electric version of the pneumatic standard ...
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The patented Nereda process from Royal HaskoningDHV offers wastewater treatment plants that take up 75% less space than conventional plants, require just 50% of the energy and are also odour-free, while delivering excellent purification performance. Pneumatic automation technology from Festo ensures reliable and exact process sequences, while experts from Festo provide support with planning the plant.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Nereda® technology for footprint and energy ...

The patented Nereda process from Royal HaskoningDHV offers wastewater treatment plants that take up ...
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The logistics and assembly plant in Mason close to Cincinnati/Ohio is the “North American brick” in Festo’s global production and logistics network. Now a majority of customers have available a Festo plant in a distance of a one-day-truck-drive. Let’s have a closer look to the Festo Value Production – “a five stars system of production and logistics”.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

A global five stars system of production and ...

The logistics and assembly plant in Mason close to Cincinnati/Ohio is the “North American brick” in ...
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As of immediately, technicians and engineers arrive at the right ready-to-install handling system at a record-breaking tempo in the areas of project engineering and planning. They can now order new system solutions intelligently and intuitively via the new Festo Handling Guide Online – without any interruptions in the value chain because the new configuration and ordering platform is integrated into the online product catalogue from Festo.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The right handling system in just 20 minutes

As of immediately, technicians and engineers arrive at the right ready-to-install handling system at ...
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Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are mega trends that are also opening up the potential for savings in all phases of a plant's lifecycle in process automation. A digital field device, the Festo Motion Terminal VTEM, is already available. Festo Dashboards also visualise plant conditions and even artificial intelligence is no longer far removed from becoming a reality in process automation.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Great strides into the digital future

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are mega trends that are also opening up the ...
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The enormous rise in the quantity of data and in the complexity of plant networks and company divisions makes it necessary to develop products that make the flow of data easy to project and to use – at production level, but also for training and developing workers’ skills.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Industry 4.0 – Consequences for Education and ...

The enormous rise in the quantity of data and in the complexity of plant networks and company ...
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