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Festo SE & Co. KG
ID: 4724

Festo’s smart proximity switch commissions itself, for time savings that add up

Festo Canada

Festo at a glance

 

Festo, the world’s leading supplier of automation technology and technical education, is deploying its products and services to meet the challenges of digitization and smart production. Founded in 1925, the family-owned company based in Esslingen, Germany supports a wide range of needs for advanced solutions in factory and process automation. Festo Canada, celebrating is 50th anniversary this year, has been continuously elevating the state of manufacturing in this country with innovative products, optimized motion control solutions and unrivalled support. Globally, some 300,000 customers put their trust in the company’s pneumatic and electric drive products and technology. In addition, Festo Didactic provides state-of-the-art training equipment and educational programs for industrial companies and educational institutions – about 56,000 customers worldwide. The Festo Group registered sales of €3.45 billion in 2024 financial year and is represented worldwide at 250 locations with about 20,600 employees. More than 8% of its annual turnover is invested in research and development.

The diminutive Festo SDBT-MSX proximity switch, shown here affixed at the the top of a round ISO cylinder, is the world’s first such sensor with auto-teach-in, for simple, fast one-and-done commissioning.
The Festo SDBT-MSX, affixed here to a compact rectangular cylinder, is unique technology: Its auto teach-in feature sets the switching point the first time and never needs followup adjusting like legacy proximity switches.
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