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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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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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Nature impressively teaches us what the ideal propulsion systems for certain types of movement in water look like. For the BionicFinWave, which Festo is presenting for the first time at the Achema 2018, the bionics team was inspired by the undulating fin movements executed by marine animals such as the polyclad or the cuttlefish. With this form of propulsion, the underwater robot manoeuvres itself autonomously through a system of acrylic glass tubing. This project is providing impulses for future work with autonomous robots in the process...
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Ruediger J. Vogel
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Global

BionicFinWave: An underwater robot with a unique ...

Nature impressively teaches us what the ideal propulsion systems for certain types of movement in ...
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Short product life cycles and a high diversity of variants are requirements brought about by industrial change. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly important to ensure that employees can rapidly and intuitively adapt to new tasks. This calls for new forms of collaboration between people, machinery and software. A key role is played here by self-learning systems with artificial intelligence and by robot-based automation solutions that can work hand in hand with the human operator and can form networks with each other. All these...
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Artist
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Global

BionicWorkplace: Human-robot collaboration with ...

Short product life cycles and a high diversity of variants are requirements brought about by ...
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At the Hannover Messe trade fair, Festo is for the first time presenting a bionic didactic concept that unites digital and analogue learning. The objective is to generate enthusiasm among children and adolescents for the natural sciences and technology (MINT). This concept appropriately interlinks bionics and technical education – in the form of a kit for experimenting and learning.
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Artist
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Global

Bionics4Education: Generating enthusiasm for MINT

At the Hannover Messe trade fair, Festo is for the first time presenting a bionic didactic concept ...
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Highly pure, sterile processes are a key challenge for the industrial production – 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-based levitation. Festo will be showing its concept for non-contact weighing and measuring at Achema 2022.
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Ruediger J. Vogel
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Global

Measuring and weighing without contact

Highly pure, sterile processes are a key challenge for the industrial production – especially in ...
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The implementation of Industry 4.0 is an ongoing process that involves challenges, but also offers great potential for the automation industry – Festo recognised this at an early stage. The key elements of industrial digitalisation are the individual components, which communicate with each other within the overall system and can control and regulate themselves. The tasks of the human employee are also changing from merely operating machines to solving complex problems. In shaping the production of the future, Festo is therefore strategically...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Industry 4.0 finds increasing application in ...

The implementation of Industry 4.0 is an ongoing process that involves challenges, but also offers ...
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