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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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Highly flexible and modular production plants with decentralised automation enable the process industry to react to fluctuations in demand. This is the case in water treatment, in the pharmaceutical, fine chemical and food industries and also in energy generation. Decentralised controllers from Festo are perfect for this. Festo developed the PA-Toolkit for programming these controllers to enable simple application engineering in line with the “Module Type Package” (MTP) from Namur and ZVEI.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Simplified integration into control systems

Highly flexible and modular production plants with decentralised automation enable the process ...
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The growing pace of technological change, political disputes over trade relations and increasingly dismal prospects for the global economy are putting the manufacturing industry under pressure. The corona pandemic was and is a particular challenge, too. How can we succeed in not simply going with the flow but playing an active role in this complex scenario, especially as a medium-sized family company?
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Industrial Transformation

The growing pace of technological change, political disputes over trade relations and increasingly ...
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Digitalization influences all areas of life. Not only the working environment is changing fundamentally, but also the way people learn. Learning trends such as mobile learning, micro learning, gamification, adaptive learning and virtual reality are also shaping technical education and training.  For this reason, Festo Didactic has developed a digital learning portal; the Festo Learning Experience, in order to be prepared for the future of learning and to create individual learning experiences for teachers and learners.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

The future of digital learning

Digitalization influences all areas of life. Not only the working environment is changing ...
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Festo Didactic presents a new product for the bionics didactic concept of Bionics4Education. What is new: the orientation towards the maker movement approach and the 4Cs. The aim is inspiring learners, finding new ways and solutions, dealing creatively with provided materials, and sharing these experiences with others to prepare them for the digital world of tomorrow.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global

Bionic Flower: a bionically inspired robot flower

Festo Didactic presents a new product for the bionics didactic concept of Bionics4Education. What is ...
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