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“The Festo Motion Terminal allows
the flexible adaptation of a machine
over its entire life cycle.”
Marcio Lopes da Silva, Product Management Motion Terminal, Festo
Instead of a valve, a pressure regulator
and a pressure sensor, in other words
three components, only one single tech
nology – a valve – is needed.
Greater overall equipment effectiveness
Transparent diagnostic data and self-opti
mising algorithms, which autonomously
counteract wear and external influences,
contribute to greater overall equipment
effectiveness. The ability to change data
on the fly and to optimise processses at
the touch of a button makes improve
ments and identical standard equipment
a reality. This is a huge leap forward from
flow control valves which up to now had
to be adjusted manually to control speed.
Assigning functions via software has the
added benefits of protecting against tam
pering and protecting know-how, as well
as greatly simplified maintenance without
long lists of spare and wearing parts. You
only need to keep one component in
stock, which can be mounted immediately
and doesn’t have to be re-set because the
parameter data function is transmitted to
the valve by the Motion Terminal control
ler. Another benefit is the piezo technology
with increased service life.
Simplification for the factory of the future
The Festo Motion Terminal VTEM is based
on integrating digitisation and pneumat
ics. This amazing innovation combines the
strengths of pneumatics, such as robust
ness and easy commissioning and oper
ation, with benefits that until now were
restricted to servopneumatics or electric
automation for complex motion tasks.
This means that in the future this develop
ment can replace dedicated pneumatic
and electric applications.
Additional information on the 2017/2018
market launch can be found at
www.festo.com/motionterminal