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Impulse
Synergies
Tennis balls: being
tested to ITF standard.
Automating the manufacture
of a brand new concept of spice jar lid using
Festo high speed electric axis and pneumatics.
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Cover story
When things start to think
Experts believe that intelligent
machines are the next big thing in
science and technology. Today’s
prototypes are laying the
foundations for the production of
the future. 14
Further related articles
(R)Evolution 4.0 6
Movement by the power
of thought 10
Small in size, big in ability 20
Water management for the Cape
Whale Coast
The holiday resort of Hermanus on
South Africa’s Cape Whale Coast has a
problem. It is located in an area where
drinking water is scarce. Pneumatic
automation technology comes to the
rescue at the Preekstoel water treatment
plant. 26
ITF set to love automated tennis ball
tester
Rapid, reproducable automated testing
of tennis balls using CPX integrated
automation platform. 29
Spicing up automation
When PCE Automation was challenged
with designing a new handling system
for automating the manufacture of a
brand new concept of spice jar lid it
turned to Festo for expert technology
and advice. 32
Manufacturing – a people business
Manufacturing suffers from a lack of
skills, but what are these skills exactly?
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Issue 23 trends in automation
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