Seeds are the new gold. Why is that? Plant-based foods can feed an ever-growing world population. But climate change, pests and diseases threaten plant breeding. To help develop resistant seeds and make them available to agriculture, plant breeders need vast amounts of DNA. That is precisely why Synchron Lab has developed the "DNA factory", which is automated with handling gantries, electric axes, pneumatic grippers and sensors from Festo.

Higher demands on throughput and precision – this is only possible with more automation in laboratory technology. Sensapex already equips more than 800 customers worldwide with high-precision micromanipulators, microscopes, and pressure controllers – from neuroscience research to in vitro fertilization (IVF) – to name only a few application examples. To work successfully the pressure controllers from Sensapex rely on the decentralized ...

Dosificar, aspirar y controlar cantidades mínimas de líquidos y gases agresivos no es ningún problema con la válvula con separación de fluidos VYKA de Festo. La compacta unidad de alimentación mide y aspira con precisión las cantidades más pequeñas de líquido con una anchura de sólo 7 mm. Cumple los elevados requisitos de estanqueidad exigidos para las aplicaciones de gas.

Apertura de recipientes de muestras y pipeteo de muestras líquidas en el mismo espacio de trabajo, lo que ahorra espacio en el laboratorio. Esto es posible gracias al nuevo pórtico multieje EXCL de Festo, de reducidas dimensiones, para dispositivos de sobremesa y control de movimiento basado en PCB.

Cuando se trata de sujetar y girar pequeños objetos en un espacio muy reducido, la mejor opción en muchas aplicaciones de ciencias de la vida es el módulo de sujeción giratorio compacto EHMD de Festo. En la automatización de laboratorios, por ejemplo, es posible abrir con él sin problemas diferentes tipos de frascos de muestras. El módulo Z se adapta intuitivamente a los diferentes pasos de rosca de la ...

Ya sea en respiradores artificiales portátiles, biorreactores o para la dosificación de gases inertes, la válvula reguladora de caudal proporcional VEMD de Festo ofrece la máxima dinámica de regulación y cuesta mucho menos que otras soluciones comparables para la regulación de aire, oxígeno y gases inertes.

In Europe, Germany's mechatronics experts are simply top: at the European Skills Championship EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023 in Poland last September, Daniel Schmid and Timo Oßwald, both apprentices at Festo, won the gold medal in the skill mechatronics. They thus completed the extremely successful record of the German national team, which came second behind Switzerland in the 'Best of Nations' ranking in 42 trades.

Siemens Xcelerator, the open digital business platform, creates an open ecosystem for collaboration between customers, Siemens, and certified partners, from large technology companies to independent software developers. Festo and Siemens announced their latest partnership at this year’s Hannover Messe trade fair. Festo has joined the Industrial Edge ecosystem. To kick this off, Festo is offering the Festo AX Data access app, effective ...

Oliver Jung (61) will leave his position as Chairman of the Management Board of Festo SE & Co. KG as planned on expiry of his current mandate. The Supervisory Board has appointed Thomas Böck (52) as his successor. Mr. Böck will join the family-owned company as the new Chairman of the Management Board on 1 January 2024.

The FLAIROP (Federated Learning for Robot Picking) research project, which was sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, was concluded at Festo in Esslingen-Berkheim. At the event, all project participants – as well as interested public – were on site or presented their results live from Canada.

"The shortage of skilled workers is a challenge for companies in Europe. We need to invest much more in education and training. That is why I propose to make 2023 the European Year of Skills," said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The highlight of this Year of Skills will be the 8th EuroSkills competition of professions in September in Gdańsk, Poland. Mechatronics is one of the most attractive and promising skills, and it will be ...

According to estimates, by 2025 some 600,000 tons of used batteries from electric passenger cars need to be recycled. Since batteries are energy storage devices made from valuable raw materials, this inevitably raises the question of sustainability. Festo therefore offers modular automation concepts not only for cell producing, assembling battery modules and packs, and platform integration, but also for disassembling and recycling or separating the ...

El éxito y la reputación de los fabricantes de vehículos eléctricos depende del funcionamiento seguro y correcto de las baterías. De ahí que HAHN Automation Group haya desarrollado un comprobador de batería que realiza una prueba 100% automatizada de los acumuladores de energía portátiles. Como elemento central: un pórtico de 3 ejes para la comprobación visual y de ...

Standardisation is a recipe for success for a fruitful collaboration between packaging machine manufacturers and automation specialists. The strategic partnership between Syntegon and Festo is a great example of this. Thanks to this cooperation, Syntegon was able to simplify its processes and manage the challenges posed by the pandemic and the supply chain crisis more effectively.

The Festo Group achieved double-digit growth for another year in a row. Sales rose by 13.4% to €3.81 billion in 2022 (previous year €3.36 billion). Festo intends to continue growing in 2023. Innovative automation is the enabler for the industrial transformation towards renewable energies, sustainable production, hydrogen and circular economy.

El software GripperAI de Festo permite un "agarre a ciegas en la caja" y con ello la creación de soluciones de manipulación autónomas con prácticamente cualquier robot, cobot o pórtico cartesiano. Para este propósito, la empresa ibk Ingenieur Consult GmbH ofrece  una celda de robot configurable en línea como modelo básico. Esta podría convertirse en la solución ...