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  Functional integration in a small space: The bee’s body contains the compact design for the wing-beating mechanism, the communication technology, and the control components for wing beating and adaptation of the wing geometry.
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Natural flight maneuvers with four degrees of freedom: The artificial bee flies with a wingbeat frequency of 15 to 20 hertz. The wings beat forwards and backwards at a 180-degree angle.
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The BionicBee is the smallest flying object of the Bionic Learning Network to date. For the first time, the developers used the methodology of generative design.
2024/02/20
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Bélgica, Irlanda, Países Bajos, Reino Unido
Festo electric drive automation at Mondelez
Mondelez has chosen Festo electric drive technology for a new automated chocolate Easter egg mixing ...
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Mondelez has chosen Festo electric drive technology for a new automated chocolate Easter egg mixing installation at its site in Herentals, Belgium. The egg mixing line uses an ingenious system of conveyors to ensure that everyone finds a nice mix of flavours in their pack of chocolate eggs at Easter. Electric drives were chosen over pneumatics because they offer lower energy consumption, higher safety and more flexibility in controlling speeds and ...
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Thanks to Festo electric drives, a variety of flavour mixes can be achieved without difficulty.
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Dual Festo ELGA timing belt shafts and ESBF electric cylinders direct the filling conveyor in the correct direction to fill the pallet bins evenly.
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Bob Aerts (Engineering Mondelez) together with Johan De Pauw (Sales Engineer from Festo) at the new filling system.
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Jan Seyler
Jan Seyler, Head of Advanced Development Analytics and Control at Festo: "Our many years of experience in the fields of mechanics, logistics and industrial automation, as well as our AI expertise as a team, have enabled us to develop this complete...
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Roland Schneider, Würth
Roland Schneider, Head of the Technical Department at Würth.: "An advantage of the Festo solution is that it requires no teaching or training. Just do it, just get started. It also works with any robot and vision system, making us flexible in our...
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Johannes Scheuermann, Würth
Johannes Scheuermann, Head of Inventory Management at Würth: "We were impressed by the team spirit and the high level of expertise of the developers and researchers at Festo. We are convinced that this project will enable us to significantly...