Festo electric, pneumatic, and process automation solutions are now available from Clayton Controls, Santa Ana, California, Festo’s newest distribution partner in the U.S. Clayton Controls serves customers in the California, Nevada, and Arizona markets.

Safe, thorough, and fast inspection of charged electric vehicle (EV) battery cells is essential for lowering production cost and ensuring the quality of EV batteries. Harris Hill Automation, Poland, Maine, USA, a young, nimble, and customer-focused machine builder, recently designed and built a handling system to feed battery cells into and out of their OEM customer’s proprietary quality inspection system. The Harris Hill Automation solution ...