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If there’s one thing the corona pandemic has taught us, it is that laboratories place tremendous importance on high sample throughput rates. Even with highly qualified laboratory personnel, this demand can no longer be met. There’s no getting round the automation of laboratory processes. That’s why MolGen in the Netherlands developed PurePrep TTR, which can prepare 320 patient samples per hour for molecular downstream processing. And the Dutch company uses laboratory-specific automation technology from Festo.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Extremely high sample throughput rates

If there’s one thing the corona pandemic has taught us, it is that laboratories place tremendous ...
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The Festo Group achieved double-digit growth for another year in a row. Sales rose by 13.4% to €3.81 billion in 2022 (previous year €3.36 billion). Festo intends to continue growing in 2023. Innovative automation is the enabler for the industrial transformation towards renewable energies, sustainable production, hydrogen and circular economy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo continues on course for growth and ...

The Festo Group achieved double-digit growth for another year in a row. Sales rose by 13.4% to €3.81 ...
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The production of tyres and the production of wafers seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each other. In terms of automation technology, however, they use the same technology: Controlled Pneumatics. That is why Festo has further developed compressed air technology to make pneumatics sustainable, resource-saving and energy-efficient.
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piezo technology
Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Moving into the future with Controlled Pneumatics

The production of tyres and the production of wafers seem to have absolutely nothing to do with each ...
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The software GripperAI from Festo enables "blind bin picking" and thus autonomous handling solutions with almost any robot, cobot or Cartesian gantry. The company ibk Ingenieur Consult GmbH is offering an online configurable robot cell as an entry-level model. This could become the patent solution for many gripping tasks, including customised designs and integration services.
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Blind bin picking

The software GripperAI from Festo enables "blind bin picking" and thus autonomous handling solutions ...
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On site and hands-on: At the Hannover Messe, visitors on the Festo booth can use all their senses experience comprehensive learning environments. Highlights of the product portfolio in the field of education and training will be on display – from the digital learning portal Festo LX and virtual reality learning to product innovations in the field of learning systems with cobots, AI and the digital twin.
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Festo Didactic SE
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Global
Ireland
United Kingdom

Lifelong learning as a driver of innovation

On site and hands-on: At the Hannover Messe, visitors on the Festo booth can use all their senses ...
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At the Hannover Messe 2023, Festo is presenting the next step on the road to the industrialisation of biological transformation: BionicCellFactory. With automation technology from Festo, biomass can be cultivated on a large scale in a highly efficient, resource-conserving way. Everything that we currently produce from crude oil creating immense CO2 emissions can also be obtained sustainably from algae. With the BionicCellFactory, Festo is demonstrating a holistic bioprocess – from the optimised cultivation of the algae with continuous...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Cultivation of biomass on an industrial scale

At the Hannover Messe 2023, Festo is presenting the next step on the road to the industrialisation ...
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Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are megatrends that can also offer great potential for savings in tyre production. Machine learning algorithms can be implemented in a decentralised manner, for example on the edge, i.e. on the actual module to be monitored. An example is Festo AX. This AI software uses these algorithms to detect anomalies on tyre building machines or in curing presses.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Optimising curing presses with AI

Digitalisation and artificial intelligence (AI) are megatrends that can also offer great potential ...
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Flexible, robust and offering high performance – the angle seat valve VZXA from Festo controls media flows quickly and reliably up to 230 °C. Its carefully thought-out product design and patented interface enable valve bodies and actuators to be freely combined, with a hot-swap function for quickly exchanging actuator or other spare parts.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Flexible interfaces in plant engineering

Flexible, robust and offering high performance – the angle seat valve VZXA from Festo controls media ...
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The configurators for process valve and quarter turn actuator units from Festo make it easier for system planners to find the optimal solution. Simply select a few parameters and the configurators will suggest appropriate combinations, making engineering in the process industry fast, reliable and easy with coordinated and ready-to-install solutions.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

The quicker way to get process valve and quarter ...

The configurators for process valve and quarter turn actuator units from Festo make it easier for ...
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The lockdown in spring 2020 meant that the majority of Festo employees had to join the ranks of those working from home. Yet within the space of just four weeks they managed to develop a suitable solution for an emergency ventilator for a COVID-19 treatment, thanks to an agile development process and standard components that were quickly delivered.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Just four weeks to a concept for an emergency ...

The lockdown in spring 2020 meant that the majority of Festo employees had to join the ranks of ...
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No one enjoys going to the dentist; young children even less so. To help future dentists and dental assistants deal with children during dental treatments, the Japanese company tmsuk has developed a humanoid robot that realistically simulates the behaviour of young children during these treatments, complete with fidgeting, flinching or closing the mouth. The dummy’s realistic movements are produced using proportional pressure regulators with piezo technology from Festo.  
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Agitazione, movimenti improvvisi della bocca: il robot umanoide simula il possibile comportamento dei bambini durante un trattamento dentale.
tmsuk, Japan
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Global

No longer afraid of the dentist

No one enjoys going to the dentist; young children even less so. To help future dentists and dental ...
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The term "sustainability" all too often turns into mere lip service. Not so at Wellspect. This world leader in manufacturing solutions for medical continence care has made sustainability an integral part of its corporate strategy and is committed to putting it into practice. No wonder the company’s plant in Mölndal near Gothenburg, Sweden, relies on Festo Energy Saving Services which save Wellspect €37,000 a year in energy costs.
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Wellspect
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Global

€37,000 less energy costs in medical technology

The term "sustainability" all too often turns into mere lip service. Not so at Wellspect. This world ...
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