

Editorial 1
Panorama 4
In brief
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trends in automation
Issue 32
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 applications in
industrial installations can be made more
flexible with enhanced modularity and rapid
changeovers.
Compass
Easy to select, easy to connect, easy to configure:
Challenges facing machine builders
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Easy to select, easy to connect, easy to configure
Warren Harvard, Product Manager for Electric Drives
at Festo, discusses the challenges facing machine
builders and what can be done to improve the easier
selection, connection and configuration of electric
drives solutions.
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