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trends in automation
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There are many tricks and
methods
that you can use to
help remember something
you have just learnt.
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Driver of the economy:
With only six percent of the African population, South Africa
produces a quarter of the continent’s gross domestic product.
At jaw-dropping speed
OYSTAR IWK has broken the filling
record with its new tube line. Valve
terminals CPX/MPA control the
plant.
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Automatic tool changer
Robert Schubert GmbH’s tool changer
works fully automatically. The central
component is the valve range VUVG
from Festo.
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Impulse
Fresh air standards
Standard air quality classes with ISO.
Look no further than Festo for help in
selecting service units for the right
compressed air quality classes.
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Cover story
There is no end to learning
How
do we remember the really
important things when up to 90%
of what we’ve learnt is forgotten
after 24 hours? Are there actually
ways of learning without being
aware of it? For companies, the
informal acquisition of knowledge
is becoming increasingly
important.
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Further related articles
“You are your brain”
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The goddess of wisdom 28
Synergies
Economic power in the Cape
Rapidly growing sectors of the economy,
such as mobility and infrastructure,
are opening up good development
opportunities for automation companies
in South Africa.
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Tea time in Buenos Aires
With the Festo PrePack service MAI S.A.
in Argentina is getting on with producing
tea bag packaging machines.
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The goddess of wisdom
The fully automatic learning factory
from Festo Didactic, Athene, provides
Siemens’ trainees and engineers with
practical experience in the classroom.
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Shaken, not stirred
An impressive solution for the safe
removal of the bed plate from the
V8 engine block in the Aston Martin
engine plant.
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