Ideal? Pneumatics!

10 good reasons for using pneumatics

Customised automation with pneumatics not only minimises costs, it is also reliable, sturdy, explosion-proof and overload-proof

 

Benefits of automation concepts with pneumatics:

Saving costs with pneumatics from Festo

Saving costs by:

  • Fast engineering and fast commissioning
  • Simple pilot air supply
  • Simple installation
  • Fewer interfaces
  • Longer service intervals
  • Benefits of scale due to knowledge transfer
Expert and professional advice at Festo

Expert and professional advice:

  • Joint design of the compressed air system
  • Calculation of compressed air consumption
  • Support during the tender phase
Pneumatic components from Festo are robust and reliable

Robust and reliable:

  • High switching cycle rate
  • Simple and independent adjustment of: opening and closing times
  • Directly flange-mounted onto the process valve, without a gear unit
  • Open/close operation, intermediate positions, for variable positioning along the entire stroke
Control cabinets from Festo for outdoor use

Ideally suited for outdoor use:

  • Insensitive to temperatures between -20°C and +80°C
  • Low-temperature design down to -40°C
  • High-temperature design up to +120°C
  • Corrosion-resistant, complete stainless steel design optional
Festo provides service from a single source

Everything from a single source:

  • Orders processed quickly
  • Only one part number
  • Faster project implementation
Energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions from Festo

Energy-efficient and environmentally friendly solutions:

  • 100% duty cycle
  • Low current consumption
  • Zero-leakage tubing
  • Few moving parts
  • Precisely sized units
Maximum safety with products from Festo

Maximum safety:

  • Low voltage for all system components
  • Compressed air reserve in the air reservoir
  • 3 emergency functions for voltage drop (open-close-stop)
  • Low operating pressures
  • Harmonised solutions
High power density with systems from Festo

High power density:

  • For small size and low weight with smaller nominal diameters
  • High forces up to 50,000 N and torques up to 10,000 Nm
  • More power by simply increasing the pressure
Pneumatics from Festo is overload-proof

Overload-proof:

  • Damage-free load bearing until the system is at rest
  • Reserve force for overcoming increased breakaway torques, for example for deposits
  • 100% duty cycle
  • Ideally suited for variable-speed drive
Pneumatics from Festo is ATEX-approved as standard

Explosion-proof:

  • ATEX-approved up to zone 1 as standard – without extra costs
  • Perfect for explosion-proof areas