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The sustainability of cardboard packaging is leading to its increasing use instead of plastic packaging. A key step in the manufacture of folding boxes is the highly precise gluing of the box blanks. The company Baumer hhs is a specialist and global market leader for applications of this type with its dual-piston pump DPP – supported by the proportional valve VPPM from Festo.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Proportional valve technology makes it possible

The sustainability of cardboard packaging is leading to its increasing use instead of plastic ...
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With Canadian manufacturing suffering from a growing labour shortage, the participation of industry in skills development is emerging as a vital component in hiring and retention. The needs are stark: The Canadian Exporters and Manufacturers Association says almost 40% of its members have jobs they can’t fill. Five years from now, 60% expect to be short-staffed, especially when it comes to skilled trades. Statistics Canada forecasts the country’s labour force growth rate will remain below 0.2% for the rest of the decade, below replacement...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Canada

Festo Didactic at the forefront of developing ...

With Canadian manufacturing suffering from a growing labour shortage, the participation of industry ...
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The future belongs to human-robot cooperation. System builder BEC developed such a collaborative solution for Siemens Healthineers. It inserts coils weighing several tonnes precisely into the magnets of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Electric cylinders from Festo, which ensure the coils are securely gripped, play a crucial role here.  
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Playing it safe in the assembly of MRI machines

The future belongs to human-robot cooperation. System builder BEC developed such a collaborative ...
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The Operation Unit "Modular Valves" at the Festo plant in Scharnhausen, Germany, is one of the winners of the "Lean and Green Management Award 2022". The jury awarded the special "Lean Excellence" prize to the lean processes and cleanly applied standards. Efficient and resource-saving production is also an important building block in the sustainability strategy of Festo.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Festo wins Lean and Green Management Award

The Operation Unit "Modular Valves" at the Festo plant in Scharnhausen, Germany, is one of the ...
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After the cancellation of WorldSkills 2022 in Shanghai due to COVID-19 restrictions in China, new opportunities came up for the WorldSkills competition: The WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition will be held decentralized in 15 countries. Germany benefits directly from this: 9 of 62 competitions will take place in Germany, three of them in Stuttgart, at the beginning of October parallel to the Motek and Vision industrial trade fairs. This gives schoolchildren, trainees, students, vocational teachers, and university lecturers the...
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WorldSkills
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Global

WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition in ...

After the cancellation of WorldSkills 2022 in Shanghai due to COVID-19 restrictions in China, new ...
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The decentralised IO system CPX-AP-I allows compact and lightweight I/O modules as well as the decentralised valve terminals from Festo to be integrated into major host systems in a flexible and scalable way. Another advantage of CPX-AP-I is its seamless connectivity from the field level right through to the cloud, providing access to features such as predictive maintenance. This makes digitalisation incredibly easy.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Remote IO system taken to a whole new level

The decentralised IO system CPX-AP-I allows compact and lightweight I/O modules as well as the ...
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Thanks to high-pressure pneumatics, stretch blow moulding machines achieve an output per blow moulding station of between 1,000 and nearly 3,000 PET bottles per hour. The key to this success is precise control using valves and valve blocks and the proper compressed air preparation. These are supplied by Festo, along with global services, from design engineering tools to operation. At drinktec in Munich in September 2022, innovative digitalisation solutions for monitoring and smart components in high-pressure applications will be on show for...
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

From the blank to the bottle under high pressure

Thanks to high-pressure pneumatics, stretch blow moulding machines achieve an output per blow ...
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Every day, sensors in production plants collect huge amounts of data. However, companies seldom realise how valuable the correct evaluation of large amounts of data is. This creates data graves whose potential remains undiscovered. The Heubach Group had a similar experience. However, with Festo AX artificial intelligence, it was proven that benefits for maintenance, engineering and productivity can be achieved from central PID data.
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Festo SE & Co. KG
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Global

Artificial intelligence lifts data treasures

Every day, sensors in production plants collect huge amounts of data. However, companies seldom ...
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