Hannover Messe 2019

Festo intends to further increase the productivity of its customers by means of self-learning machines. The company is relying here on artificial intelligence at three network levels: on edge, on premises and in the cloud.

After the record year 2017, the Festo Group continued to grow in 2018. However, negative currency effects and an increasing slowdown in the global economy had a damping effect on sales,   which increased by a total of 3.2% over the previous year’s figure to around   €3.2 billion. Major investments in production and logistics capacities, for example in China, the USA and Europe, should now pave the way for the ...

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.

Siemens and Festo are presenting an innovative linear motor drive and control concept, designed to offer flexible and efficient high-performance solutions for short-cycle applications. The Multi-Carrier-System (MCS®) from Siemens and Festo has been integrated into the Rexroth TS 2plus transfer system, thus adding the modular MCS to Bosch Rexroth's versatile building-block system based on standardized units. The advantages of the existing ...