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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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Global

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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Global

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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Global

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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Global

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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Global

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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Global

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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Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is through the digital transformation of the Indonesian industry. Festo is a strong partner in the government programme “Making Indonesia 4.0”. For more than 30 years, the company has had its own local national company and supports the competitiveness of all domestic industries, such as food, automotive, textiles, pharmaceuticals and electronics, with customised automation and qualification solutions.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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„We make Indonesia 4.0“

Indonesia wants to become one of the ten leading economies by 2030. The way to achieve this is ...
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In its role as a technology and innovation leader in industrial automation and technical training, Festo aims to establish artificial intelligence (AI) as a key technology and core competence and to use it consistently for its customers' automation solutions. To this end, Festo offers intelligent solutions and services, with a focus on Predictive Maintenance, Predictive Quality and Predictive Energy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Hardware expertise paired with software and AI ...

In its role as a technology and innovation leader in industrial automation and technical training ...
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The increasing awareness of climate protection, but also high energy prices and rising cost pressure make energy efficiency a core corporate task. In addition, environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral production is increasingly becoming a competitive factor. Festo is meeting the growing demands of customers among others with Festo Energy Saving Services and energy-saving products.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Festo makes customers ready for energy-efficient ...

The increasing awareness of climate protection, but also high energy prices and rising cost pressure ...
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With the SupraCube, Festo is presenting for the first time a SupraMotion concept in which the superconductor unit can be separated from the electrical cooler and can operate autonomously for up to two hours. The compact technology allows contactless movement and handling of objects - ideal for industries with the highest requirements for cleaning and cleanliness, such as laboratory automation, biotechnology or semiconductor production.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

SupraCube: Maximum flexibility in automation ...

With the SupraCube, Festo is presenting for the first time a SupraMotion concept in which the ...
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Dosing, aspirating or continuous flow – with the media-separated valves VYKA, VYKB and VZDB from Festo all three operating modes are possible. The compact yet powerful valves dose and aspirate even small quantities with a high level of precision. Thanks to their impressive pressure and nominal width specifications, they are also suitable for controlling the flow in a manifold duct plate, for example.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Compact, versatile, powerful

Dosing, aspirating or continuous flow – with the media-separated valves VYKA, VYKB and VZDB from ...
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Festo Didactic presents a new experimental set within the existing bionics educational concept “Bionics4Education”. The Bionic Swift can be used to impart relevant knowledge on the topics of bird flight, bionics and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) both in the school education environment and in the private sector.
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Festo Didactic
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Global

Bionic Swift: a bionically inspired robotic bird

Festo Didactic presents a new experimental set within the existing bionics educational concept ...
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Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions and for the right learning tools and teaching methods in the age of digitalisation - this is what participants at this year's digital Hannover Messe will experience in live sessions and virtual stand tours at Festo Didactic. The specialist for technical education and training is pulling out all the stops in its portfolio - from Bionics4Education to miniature learning factories, learning systems and simulation programs to the Festo LX digital learning portal, the Festo Learning Experience.
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Festo Didactic
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Global

The right approaches against the shortage of ...

Enthusiasm for careers in technical professions and for the right learning tools and teaching ...
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