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Editorial
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Panorama
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Compact
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Soft Stop
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About this magazine
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In focus
Flexibility
Snakes are virtually
unique in the animal kingdom in terms of
their flexibility of movement and adaptability.
In this issue, we show how customer applica-
tions in industrial installations can be made
more flexible with enhanced modularity and
rapid changeovers. The new Festo Motion
Terminal VTEM makes pneumatics simpler,
more versatile and more flexible.
Compass
Superconductor technology:
we talk to the experts.
1.2017
trends in automation
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Photo: © Amelia Moore,
www.ameliamoore.com
SupraMotion
Festo presented three new future concepts at
Hannover Messe. Project managers Dr. Susanne
Krichel and Stephan Schauz talk about the
challenges and the potential of superconductor
technology.
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