Festo and Q.ANT, a wholly owned subsidiary of TRUMPF, are entering into a strategic partnership to cultivate biomass on an industrial scale. The two companies aim to achieve this using a combination of automation technology from Festo and quantum technology from Q.ANT. Algae offers significant potential in this context.

Les coûts d'exploitation des équipements pneumatiques peuvent être réduits jusqu'à 60 % si les exploitants du système mettent en pratique les résultats et les analyses de l'audit d'efficacité énergétique de l'air comprimé GFAA de Festo. Les experts en efficacité énergétique de Festo utilisent une approche intégrée pour ...

With the tubing PUN-H-F and the stainless-steel push-in fitting NPQR, manufacturers of food and packaging machines are on the safe side. This product combination from Festo guarantees compliance with food safety requirements. But Festo has suitable tubing/fitting combinations for other extreme situations too.

"Pour les tâches difficiles de thermoformage, ILLIG est votre meilleur pari", est un refrain fréquent des fabricants de produits de marque. ILLIG Maschinenbau est un pionnier et leader du marché dans la fabrication de machines et d'outils pour la production d'emballages en plastique par thermoformage. Son nouveau système de thermoformage RedLine RDF 85 permet désormais l'utilisation de ...

The decentralised pressure and vacuum generator PGVA from Festo is a compact complete solution for laboratory automation. It integrates compressor, air preparation including filter system, reservoir and electronic pressure and vacuum control in the smallest of spaces.

If manufacturers of automation technology want to create real added value for their customers, digitalisation solutions are the way to do it. “That is why Festo developed the Festo Automation Experience, or Festo AX for short,” explains Dr. Oliver Niese, Vice President Digital Business at Festo. Festo AX boosts the performance of machines and systems, thus making customers even more successful.

These grippers reduce end-effector size, lower cycle time, ensure safety, and offer   new solutions.

"Festo will massively reduce its CO2 footprint over the next two years. As a result, by the end of 2023, all our production and logistics sites as well as the German sales locations and the corporate headquarters in Esslingen will be CO2 neutral", explains the Chairman of the Management Board of Festo SE & Co. KG, Dr. h.c. Oliver Jung, in his end-of-year address to the staff.

When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, protective equipment was in short supply. Nursing staff didn’t have enough face masks, protective goggles, full-body protective suits, or hygienic disposable rubber gloves. To overcome at least the shortage of  gloves, AFA Technologies offers packaging machines and automated systems for quality control. The Malaysian company relies on pneumatic valve technology from Festo for its machines.

Adjusting the proximity switches for detecting the end position of a pneumatic cylinder’s piston stroke is often a complex process. Not so with the SDBT-MSX from Festo, the first proximity switch with automatic switching point adjustment.

Festo SE & Co. KG and the joint venture FlexFactory GmbH of MHP, Munich Re and Porsche are consolidating their strategic partnership and entering the market with a joint offering for machine and plant manufacturers as well as plant and equipment operators. The aim of the partnership is to enable the production of a wide range of product variants in a more flexible and cost-efficient manner.

En 2020, Festo a pu augmenter de 40 % son chiffre d'affaires dans le segment "machines et systèmes pour la production de batteries". La demande d'automatisation pour la production de cellules de batteries et d'autres composants de véhicules électriques ne cesse d'augmenter.

Avec HGO, les concepteurs peuvent créer en un temps record le bon système de manipulation Festo, prêt à installer, qu'il s'agisse d'un portique linéaire 2D, d'un portique 3D ou d'un nouveau système en porte-à-faux 3D. Non seulement ils peuvent désormais concevoir des robots cartésiens extrêmement compacts ou extrêmement dynamiques à l'aide de ce ...

Precisely gluing smartphone displays, applying thermal paste or gluing micro cameras in place are just a selection of the adhesive processes that represent the dosing and dispensing competencies of ViscoTec. Now the company has brought out cartridge applicator units designed for exact and clean feeding of adhesives, pastes and silicones of different viscosities, supported by a pneumatic control module supplied by Festo right to the ViscoTec assembly ...

Product dimensional inspection skills are key for manufacturing excellence and quality control in a globalized, competitive world. To ensure strict product compliance with design specifications, expertise in product measurement, interpretation of technical drawings, and statistical techniques should become second nature so that workers can correctly apply these skills as soon as they hit the shop floor.  

Recognising digital trends quickly and implementing them with maximum benefit for customers is becoming increasingly important for business success. Festo, a global player in automation and technical education, has opened its new Digital Sales Hub in one of the trend hotspots, Barcelona. With its dynamic environment, the start-up metropolis offers best conditions for this.