In an active demonstration, as shown in this YouTube video of the demo, pneumatic and electric actuators from Festo handle and pierce battery cells. This new demonstration showcases the company’s motion automation innovations in battery and electric vehicle assembly. In battery production applications, high speeds and throughput are required, as are reliability and repeatability. In […]
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Pandemic impacts linear motion component manufacturing, applications
Linear motion components include everything from various types of linear actuators to linear guides, slides and ways, and a host of components in between. One thing they all have in common is that their development and production are influenced by both technological trends as well as broader market forces. One of those forces is has […]
Resilient pneumatics keep pace with changing demands
Pneumatic actuation has long been a tried-and-true motion method in many industries and applications. But today’s pneumatics companies are not your grandfather’s pneumatics – they are changing along with broader industrial and manufacturing trends, and continue to evolve their product offerings in line with new industry demands. Fluid power actuation, like pneumatics, is not going […]
Festo electric actuators simplify setup of linear motion axes
Festo now sells a Simplified Motion Series of electric drives that combines the simplicity of pneumatics with the benefits of electric automation. These new electric drives equipped with Digital I/O and IO-Link enable a range of operational and productivity benefits and deliver intelligent IIoT communication. The actuators in this series are built for simple motion […]
Pick-and-place applications with Festo tools — showing at Pack Expo
Festo offers software and hardware to shorten packaging-machine development time and reduce engineering overhead. These components, systems, and software tools will be on display at Pack Expo on September 23 to 25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center Booth LS-6349. Design a pick-and-place robot and control cabinet in minutes Festo demonstrates a Cartesian robot and […]
Festo introduces compact electric actuators ELGC and EGSC at IMTS 2018
Festo showcases at IMTS 2018, McCormick Place, Chicago, September 10-15, the new low-cost linear axes ELGC and mini slide EGSC. These new electric actuators offer an optimal ratio between installation space and working space. They feature a common system approach and platform architecture as well as space saving adapter-free connectors. The Festo IMTS Booth is in […]
Festo Motion Terminal has apps to replace more than 50 components
Pneumatics is intrinsically a user-friendly technology — and it is set to become even more straightforward, versatile and flexible as the brand new Festo Motion Terminal Versatile Time Domain Electro-Magnetics (VTEM) is bringing pneumatics into the era of Industry 4.0. That’s with apps that can replace more than 50 individual components thanks to developments in […]
Festo expands planar gantry offering with two new, larger workspace models — EXCM-30 and EXCM-40
With the new, larger EXCM-30 and EXCM-40 models, the Festo EXCM family of planar gantries gain expanded workspaces and higher load capacities, but are still ideally used for plug-and-play subassemblies in assembly and handling systems and medical laboratory devices. The EXCM planar gantry family provides an optimum ratio between installation space and working space. EXCM […]
Festo streamlines selection, assembly, and commissioning of electrical axes
The Optimized Motion Series of packaged linear and rotary electrical axes solutions, introduced by Festo, helps lower OEM overhead by speeding up specification, assembly, and commissioning of axes. Fast delivery reduces inventory requirements and makes it faster and easier to support electrical axes in the field. Along with the Festo Fast Mobile App for easy […]
Switching from robot systems to Cartesian handling systems
By Jörg Tertünte and Lisa Endrijaitis, Festo Marketing Concepts The trend in conventional linear and rotational applications is moving away from robots to energy-efficient and cost-optimized systems, as manufacturers often don’t require all the functions, large sizes and degrees of freedom robots provide. Although considered an industrial robot by DIN standards, Cartesian handling systems offer […]
