Modern manufacturing requires handling solutions capable of managing product diversity, shorter product life cycles and growing levels of product customisation. The HEPP electric gripper from Festo addresses this need for greater flexibility in the gripping of multiple workpieces with adaptable stroke lengths and gripping forces.

Soaring energy prices and the need to continuously drive down costs are key considerations for manufacturers. So, when packaging machinery specialist Cerulean decided to redesign its highly successful FPS-1 tube packer, high energy efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) became key design requirements.

Machinebouwers hoeven dankzij de CMMT-ST-MP van Festo niet langer te kiezen tussen een stappenmotor- of servomotorregelaar. Deze nieuwe, ‘extra lage-spanning’, servoregelaar is namelijk geschikt voor  positioneertoepassingen zowel in gesloten  in open regelkring (m.a.w. met of zonder encoder). Omdat servomotorregelaars voorheen alleen closed-loop werden gebruikt, wordt hiermee het gat tussen stappenmotor- en servomotorbesturingen ...