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For the first time, apprentices in the job profiles of Mechatronics and Industry 4.0 met for the German Championships of WorldSkills Germany. These took place at the Festo Lernzentrum Saar in St. Ingbert at the beginning of October. The respective winning teams will represent Germany at the upcoming vocational championships WorldSkills 2022 and EuroSkills 2023.
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WorldSkills
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Ready for the Professional World

For the first time, apprentices in the job profiles of Mechatronics and Industry 4.0 met for the ...
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Choosing the right drive technology in automation saves money and, at the same time, also protects the climate. So how do users find the right technology that enables them to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the long term? The new CO₂ & TCO Guide from Festo supports machine and system manufacturers to make the choice.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Selection tool saves money and reduces CO₂ ...

Choosing the right drive technology in automation saves money and, at the same time, also protects ...
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Precise, energy-saving, silent and fast – for the first time, piezo technology makes gas handling in medical technology and laboratory automation truly efficient. What are the differences compared with proportional solenoid valves? How can specialists in medical technology and laboratory automation easily integrate piezo components into their systems and devices? Festo, the automation specialists, will provide clear answers to these and many more questions in the life science webinar. When? On Wednesday, 6 October 2021 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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How piezo technology more efficiently regulates ...

Precise, energy-saving, silent and fast – for the first time, piezo technology makes gas handling in ...
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The Center of Vocational Excellence in Mechatronics at Festo in Esslingen, Germany, is now the official national training center for the German mechatronics team at the WorldSkills championships. "We do not only qualify our own apprentices, but also apprentices who will make up the national mechatronics team at the next WorldSkills Shanghai 2022," says Stefan Dietl, Head of Training at Festo.  
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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German Center of Vocational Excellence in ...

The Center of Vocational Excellence in Mechatronics at Festo in Esslingen, Germany, is now the ...
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Over 60 competition skills, participants from 60 nations, up to 300,000 spectators... it sounds like the Olympic Games, but it's called WorldSkills, the World Championships for Vocational Training. “Global Industry Partners" (GIP), for whom the topic of professional vocational training is not just lip service, play a major role in the vocational competitions. Festo is one of the exclusive partners in the skills of Industry 4.0, Mechatronics and Water Technology.
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Festo Didactic
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Partnership in Technical Vocational Training ...

Over 60 competition skills, participants from 60 nations, up to 300,000 spectators... it sounds like ...
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The VFOE allows machinery and plant manufacturers to regulate the speed of pneumatic cylinders in their machines and plants to suit their specific needs and expectations. This compact one-way flow control valve from the Festo Core Range has proven itself to be a cost-effective solution for standard applications.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Fast delivery – easy assembly

The VFOE allows machinery and plant manufacturers to regulate the speed of pneumatic cylinders in ...
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The preconfigured fail-safe circuit in the ready-to-install control cabinet is a safe and low-cost alternative when it comes to fail-safe technology. It replaces a single-acting actuator and guarantees that the actuator assumes a predefined safety position in the event of a pressure and/or power failure.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Safety in fail-safe mode

The preconfigured fail-safe circuit in the ready-to-install control cabinet is a safe and low-cost ...
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A leading car manufacturer has been relying on the pinpoint accuracy and efficiency of servo-pneumatic welding guns from Festo for many years. So much so that they have now installed more than 2,500 welding gun robots with this technology in the premium brand’s body shops. This car manufacturer has now been able to reduce downtimes by 25 percent thanks to a predictive maintenance system from Festo which is ready for artificial intelligence.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Servo-pneumatic welding guns from Festo reduce ...

A leading car manufacturer has been relying on the pinpoint accuracy and efficiency of servo ...
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Production, warehouse, shipping - where goods are produced, stored, sorted or packed, picking also takes place. This means that several individual goods are removed from storage units such as boxes or cartons and reassembled. With the FLAIROP (Federated Learning for Robot Picking) project Festo and researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners from Canada, want to make picking robots smarter using distributed AI methods. To do this, they are investigating how to use training data from multiple stations,...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Better gripping with intelligent picking robots

Production, warehouse, shipping - where goods are produced, stored, sorted or packed, picking also ...
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Pneumatic drives from the Festo core product range have to meet the high demand of offering excellent value for money with the usual high quality for every function. From the compact cylinder ADN-S to the round cylinder DSNU or the mini slide DGST, these drives solve the required motion tasks in the majority of application scenarios, while their sturdiness ensures reliable machines and systems.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Robust and multi-talented

Pneumatic drives from the Festo core product range have to meet the high demand of offering ...
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The compact and low-cost spindle axes ELGT from Festo with integrated double guide are perfect for combining into 2D and 3D cantilever systems. Developed for applications in the electronics industry, in desktop applications and in battery manufacturing, they are open to servo motors from Festo as well as many other providers, especially those based in Asia.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Low cost and open to many suppliers

The compact and low-cost spindle axes ELGT from Festo with integrated double guide are perfect for ...
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Industry experts are forecasting a golden era for additive manufacturing, with annual growth rates of 24% anticipated into 2024. The automation of 3D printing processes offers further growth potential, for example in feeding or depowdering the components. When it comes to the depowdering of laser-melted metal parts, Solukon is the world's leading supplier. It is working together with Festo, the global player in industrial automation technology, to establish whether it is possible to push the level of automation for depowdering even further...
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Solukon Maschinenbau GmbH
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Automating depowdering in 3D printing

Industry experts are forecasting a golden era for additive manufacturing, with annual growth rates ...
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The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps are revolutionising pneumatics by increasing flexibility and energy efficiency, and accelerating production processes. Thanks to the new Motion App “Flow control”, the VTEM now makes filling containers such as bottles with nitrogen or other gases more profitable and economical.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Control several flow rates simultaneously

The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM combines digitalisation and pneumatics. Quickly activated Motion Apps ...
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Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid. So how do specialists in laboratory automation manage to meet their quality requirements reliably and efficiently, even with high throughputs? How do they achieve reproducible results and avoid contamination? The Life Science webinar from automation specialist Festo provides clear answers to these and many other questions. When? On Wednesday, 16 June 2021, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (CET) at the following link: https://festo.com/liquidhandling-webinar
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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How to control precisely very small volumes of ...

Dispensing, aspirating, pipetting – precision is a must when handling very small volumes of liquid ...
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Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service technicians and fitters are often unable to travel around the world to customers to commission their machines and plants on site. That is why customers can now conveniently book remote commissioning for axis systems at Festo. This makes commissioning online very quick and easy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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An interesting offer, not just in pandemic times

Travel bans, limits on contact with others, quarantine rules – in times of a pandemic, service ...
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In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the pandemic, but was able to close with an overall operating result above the previous year. The workforce was also guided through the crisis in a stable manner. After a strong first quarter, the company expects a catch-up year in 2021. With smart and intelligent products as well as digital learning platforms, Festo supports the structural change in industry and society – from electromobility to vaccine production and laboratory diagnostics to...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Stable position for the future

In the 2020 financial year, the Festo Group had to cope with a 7.5% decline in turnover due to the ...
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