Festo US Press Releases
Press releases and news from Festo US
5/2013  |
Festo Introduces the Popular DHxS Series Grippers Festo's newest line of pneumatic grippers has hit an application sweet spot in terms of quality and performance.
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4/2013
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Festo Introduces the Innovative CMMP-AS…-M3 Ethernet Enabled Servo Drive
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3/2013
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Festo Introduces the VZXF – a Heavy Duty Angle-Seat Valve for both Gaseous and Fluid Process Applications Introducing the Festo VZXF line of angle-seat valves. They are equally suitable for gaseous and fluid applications and are ideal for control of media flows whether contaminated or highly viscous. A VZXF unit is insensitive to contamination because it does not have small diameter control, gate valves and automated controls.
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3/2013
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Festo Introduces the VZWP– An up to 40 Bar Servo Controlled Solenoid Valve for Water, Air, and Neutral Media Process Applications The Festo solenoid valve VZWP features a piston seal instead of a diaphragm seal and a maximum operating pressure of 40 bar, an ideal universal process valve for water, air, and neutral media. Bottling (secondary circuit), irrigation, well engineering, sanitary engineering, water treatment, and mixing plants, pipeline construction, and pneumatic automation systems are ideal choices for the process valve.
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3/2013
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Festo Introduces the VZWF – A Force Pilot Operated Solenoid Valve for Water, Air, and Neutral Media Process Applications Festo’s VZWF, a force pilot operated solenoid valve can be used with water, air, and neutral media. This new valves utilize relatively small solenoids to control high pressures with large nominal diameters in closed media circuits. This valve is suitable for applications in which the medium can be vented downstream of the valve into the atmosphere or a tank.
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3/2013
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Festo Introduces the VZWD - An up to 90 Bar Directly Operated Solenoid Valve for Water, Air, and Neutral Media Process Applications The Festo solenoid VZWD valve can switch at any pressure from 0 to 90 bar without differential pressure – even in closed media circuits. It is ideal for high pressure and dosing applications and can operate with water, air, and neutral media. Applications include high pressures and low flow rates, vacuum, venting gas installations, safety shut-off, gas dosing, high pressure cleaning, and pneumatic automation systems.
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1/2013
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Festo Introduces an Innovative Series of Pneumatic Safety Valves - the MS6-SV and MS9-SV
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1/2013
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Festo Names Powermatic Associates its Newest Distributor Festo announces the addition of Powermatic Associates, Pleasanton, California, to its distribution team. Powermatic will offer the full range of Festo pneumatic and automation products in northern California and the Reno, Nevada area.
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1/2013
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Festo Introduces the Solid-State Cylinder Switch SMT-8M-A Festo is introducing the new SMT-8M-A solid-state cylinder switch for T-slot applications on pneumatic drives. The company’s premier new switch is fully optimized, harmonized and tested for Festo pneumatic drive packages, which ensures high reliability and fast set up.
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1/2013
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Festo Showcases Advanced Lab Automation Solutions at SLAS 2013 Festo will showcase its next generation solutions for laboratory automation and screening at SLAS 2013 in Orlando, Booth #1301 on January 12-16. The SLAS 2013 workshop will cover recent advancements in three key areas of lab automation and a discussion of new Piezo-valve-based technology for gas control. Compact, energy efficient Piezo valves have a host of mobile and stationary applications, including in vitro diagnostics and respiratory care.
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11/2012
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More than just hygienically safe Three hygienically safe pneumatic drives have just been launched that offer more than just suitability for use with foods and corrosion resistance. The standard cylinder DSBF and the round cylinder CRDSNU are equipped with self-adjusting cushioning PPS, while the guided drive DGRF is designed to handle work pieces under harsh environmental conditions.
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12/2012
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Festo Sponsors Trainee of the Year The German American Chambers of Commerce (GACCs) named Christina Chadwick at Bauer Foundation Corporation in Odessa, Florida, as Trainee of the Year. The GACCs recognize outstanding German subsidiary companies that demonstrate excellence in their workforce training, especially for young people.
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11/2012
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The CECC Controller with IO-Link Master is a New Automation Solution for the Water Treatment Industry Festo CECC is the first mini controller with IO-Link master and CoDeSys V3 for the water treatment industry. The CECC controller is designed to reduce installation times, simplify programming and enable fast and cost-effective control of sensors and valve actuators – either electric or pneumatic.
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11/2012
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More than just hygienically safe Pneumatic Guided Drive DGRF with Genuine Added Value The DGRF hygienically safe pneumatic guided drive is designed to operate under harsh environmental conditions. It has a curved and corrosion resistant body and FDA-compliant standard seals. The guided drive DGRF combines compact design with precision and torsional rigidity. This cylinder provides ease of cleaning. The cylinder sensor SMT-C1, can be mounted directly on the DGRF using the sensor rail. The tubing/fitting combination PLN/NPQP can be assembled quickly and easily and ensures long-term trouble-free operation.
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11/2012
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Festo Develops an Innovative Control Platform for the Water Treatment Industry Festo now offers a modular and scalable control system designed to speed up water treatment control system renovation and new installations. The Festo water treatment control system is designed to lower manual operation in favor of automation. |
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09/2012
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Festo Corporation Celebrates 40 Years of Advancing Automation in the United States HAUPPAUGE, NY- Festo Corporation, the United States arm of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automation equipment, is celebrating 40 years of advancing automation. Based in Hauppauge, New York, the company has grown to become a significant force in the process and industrial automation industries.
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08/2012
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Highly Scalable Valve Manifold for Value and Performance The MPA-L valve manifold offers a perfect mix of value and performance. It is scalable down to a single valve slice, so directional valves can be adapted to any application.
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07/2012
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Festo Introduces Ball Screw Axes with Recirculating Ball Bearing Guide EGSK and EGSP The company has developed a whole new generation of electric modular motion axes and systems.
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06/2012
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Festo’s New T-Gantry and H-Gantry Herald a New Era in Packaging Handling Systems with Packing Cycle Times of 670 Milliseconds Festo delivers the systems directly to the packaging machine, ready to install and adapted to all required machine interfaces.
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06/2012
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Festo Now Offering Energy Self-Sufficient Automation Solution for Water Technology Solar and wind power are key to this application Hauppauge, NY (PRWEB) June 18, 2012
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06/2012
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Festo Introduces Pitch Slide Module for Effective Handling of Small Parts The new solution is ideal for high-speed repositioning with different grids.
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06/2012
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Festo Introduces New Operating Concepts Between People and Machines Mind controlled game, a machine that write original music, and a mechanical assistant that is based on the dexterity and flexibility of an elephant’s trunk are recent Festo bionic developments.
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06/2012
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Festo Introduces New Microslide DGSC – It Measures Only 8 mm wide The new pneumatic slide is a spatial miracle of design HAUPPAUGE, NY, June 7, 2012 - Festo’s new microslide DGSC is a real spatial miracle. At only 8mm wide, this pneumatic slide is ideal for installation in small spaces such as in the production of electronics and small parts assembly. But the space-saving design does not impair precision. On the contrary, its positioning accuracy is just 0.01mm due to the preloaded ball bearing cage guide.
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06/2012
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Maximum performance and high precision Maximum performance and high precision are the main advantages of the electric mini slide EGSL. The slide’s precision, load capacity and dynamic response with strokes of up to 300 mm makes the EGSL a perfect component for compact positioning systems. It lends itself particularly well to vertical applications and short-stroke slide functions with variable positioning.
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05/2012
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Festo unveils new bionic grippers These new grippers are modelled after geckos and birds HAUPPAUGE, NY, May 14, 2012 — Small, lightweight, and powerful: Festo demonstrated today how energy-efficient gripping principles found in nature can be applied in automation technology with the NanoForceGripper and the research project “PowerGripper.”
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05/2012
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Festo Develops SmartInversion – forward motion through inversion Future concept: Festo explores metamorphosis in technology HAUPPAUGE, NY, May 7, 2012 — The Festo Bionic Learning Network has introduced a new innovation in automation technology – SmartInversion. The mechanical principles of rotation and linear motion are the basis of many solutions in automation. Rotary actuators, servo motors, and pneumatic and electric semi-rotary actuators work on the principle of rotation. Linear axes and parallel grippers are examples of linear motion. Another new form of motion involves the inversion of a body.
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05/2012
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NPQP Fittings The new metric NPQP fitting series is focused on the most popular functions and offers a very good resistance to aggressive media due to the polypropylene material utilized.
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04/2012
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Festo Develops the ExoHand – A Solution for future human-machine cooperation in industrial environments Festo, a worldwide provider of automation technology, is meeting the challenge of an ageing population with an assistance system that creates a more humane working environment in production and extends people's scope of action.
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04/2012
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Festo process automation at Metropolitan Solutions – This year, Festo is taking part for the first time in the Metropolitan Solutions exhibition in hall 26 (stand B23). This special event at the Hanover Trade Fair 2012 provides a platform for global providers of pneumatic and electrical automation technology to showcase energy-efficient and cost-optimized solutions for infrastructure in water and wastewater technology. Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to find out more about the Festo Bionic Learning Network.
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04/2012
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Space-saving pneumatic miracle These are the pneumatic valves the automation market has been waiting for: the valve range VUVG from Festo has a size-to-performance ratio never before achieved by any other valve. The secret of its success lies in its patented cartridge sealing principle.
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03/2012
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Secure gripping in many variants Standard gripper series from Festo sets new standards.
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03/2012
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Festo Introduces the MS9 Compressed Air Preparation Unit The MS9 is the latest addition to the MS-series of modular air preparation units. The MS-series received the Federal Republic of Germany’s highest award for design excellence.
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02/2012
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C-slot Cylinder Sensor - SMx-10M The cylinder sensor SMT/SME-10M is used in factory automation, particularly to detect the position of magnets fitted to pneumatic drives. This cylinder sensor is only approx. 25mm long and highly functional but is nonetheless carefully designed down to the last detail.
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11/2011
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Valve series VB12 For universal and classic applications. This design is durable and sturdy valve system, simple installations and maintenance thanks to a single mounting screw, fast and easy replacement of fittings and it’s a flexible design: assembled and tested units or individual components as modules for individual configurations.
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10/2011
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Getting to grips with the adaptive gripper DHDG Learning from nature – built for nature: with the adaptive gripper DHDG from Festo fruit, bulbs or pressure-sensitive food can be handled quickly and reliably. This is thanks to the so-called “Fin Ray effect” which is based on the design of the tail fins of fish.
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10/2011
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Intelligent compact vision systems reduce investment and production costs Quality and price are the factors that influence buying decisions. For food manufacturers operating on small profits, this can often mean a delicate balancing act. One way to resolve this dilemma is to monitor food production using compact vision systems. These can significantly reduce investment and production costs.
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10/2011
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CPX-CMXX Multi-Axis Module The multi-axis module CPX-CMXX is an intelligent technology module for synchronous and coordinated motion solutions based on the Festo CPX architecture. The CPX-CMXX module is ideal for applications involving multiple individual axes or simple Cartesian kinematics (gantries).
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10/2011
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Stop the waste! Compressed air preparation is not exactly a hot topic for plant operators. As a result, carelessly maintained compressed air systems waste energy and result in premature wearing of high-quality pneumatic valves and drives. Festo is now launching a push for greater compressed air efficiency.
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10/2011
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Air is money Well-organized energy management increases the efficiency of pneumatic systems and components. It provides protection against gradually increasing compressed air losses and ensures a long-term gain in performance through the integration of new technical developments. Accurate analyses form the basis for lower energy costs.
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09/2011
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Festo VTOC Valve Manifold Has Highest Density/Smallest Footprint in the World Hauppauge, N.Y., September 8, 2011 — Festo announced today the development of the high density/small footprint VTOC pilot gas valve manifold. This is the highest density manifold – with up to 48 valves – for its footprint in the world because the manifold features two 3/2-way valves on each valve position and valve widths of only 0.393 inches (10 mm).
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09/2011
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Valve series VB20 For universal and classic applications. The benefits of the VB20 are, a durable and sturdy valve system, simple installation and maintenance thanks to a single mounting screw, fast and easy replacement of fittings, manifolds rails for up to valve positions, flexible design, and assembled and tested or individual components as modules for individuals configurations.
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08/2011
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Rapid rotation with Festo servo pneumatics Swivel module DSMI-B rotates 180° in just 0.5 seconds. Soft stop module CMPX and free positioning module CMAX deliver maximum flexibility and a host of other advantages.
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08/2011
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Servo motor double controller CMMD-AS CMMD-AS is a double controller with two independent servo motors; for standard applications and simple positioning tasks with I/O connection. CMMD-AS’s suitable applications consist of palletizing, sorting, handling systems, clamping, gluing/cutting (contouring), electronic gearing.
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07/2011
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Breakthrough with high-speed handling units H-gantry and T-gantry with high dynamics – and low costs.
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07/2011
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Photovoltaic stars in San Francisco Festo handling solutions at Intersolar North America 2011.
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07/2011
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Unique Sliding Fork handling system for glass substrates Festo handling solutions at Intersolar North America 2011.
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07/2011
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Solar modules produced in a 10-second cycle Robotic systems for trimming, taping, and framing.
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05/2011
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CMAX – Servo-Pneumatic Positioning Module CMAX Servo-Pneumatic Positioning Module for CPX Terminals. Enables servo-pneumatic functionality to be integrated into the CPX platform. Capable of either position or force control. Controlled via all fieldbuses available on CPX platform and Festo PLC modules. Supports a variety of actuators, and has comprehensive diagnostics to ease troubleshooting and minimizing downtime.
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05/2011
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CMPX - Electronic End Position controller “Smart Soft Stop” CMPX Electronic end position control enables a cycle time reduction of up to 30% together with almost vibration-free travel to the mechanical end-positions, increasing the
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05/2011
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Everything in view – at all times FluidDraw Professional software makes drawing pneumatic and electrical circuit diagrams easier than ever.
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04/2011
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Saving energy in vacuum technology With its integrated air-saving function, the OVEM vacuum generator from Festo is an energy-efficient solution. The OVEM vacuum generators are available in metric and inch versions for added convenience to users.
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03/2011
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Piezoelectric Valve Key to Extended Battery Life of New Auto-Adjusting Personal Oxygen System Long-term oxygen therapy is the only intervention known to increase life expectancy for the over 30 million chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) sufferers in the United States. Providing individuals with the correct amount of oxygen is critical to preventing blood oxygen levels from dropping below normal and stressing vital organs, limiting ambulation, and ultimately decreasing longevity.
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01/2011
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CoDeSys Embedded Controller Complete integration of Electronic Drives, Pneumatics and IO on the same platform making Festo’s CPX-CEC, the complete automation solution. Operability with the CoDeSys platform makes programming, code-sharing, de-bugging and visualizations very easy.
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