Biotech, pharmaceutical and cosmetics automation

Cleanliness is a top priority in the pharmaceutical industry and production equipment must always be thoroughly cleaned after each use. And of course this makes the system prone to wear. Or, like our customer ROTAN GmbH, you can choose corrosion-resistant stainless steel components from Festo as they are more resistant.

Safe cleaning systems for the pharmaceutical industry

For its new plant, B.Braun wanted to increase productivity, improve process reliability and, at the same time, reduce operating costs. This was achieved by working with Festo to standardise and decentralise pneumatic automation technology throughout the plant.

Infusion solutions

Pneumatic control cabinets, valve terminals, compressed air distribution stations or ready-to-install mounting plates are used in all areas of production. We support you worldwide, from the design to the delivery of ready-to-connect solutions, even in potentially explosive atmospheres. We also manage large-scale projects with several 10,000 IO points and thousands of process valves, for instance in the large-scale plasma fractionation plant at Biotest AG.

Efficient use of blood plasma

We respond flexibly to your needs with global and local solutions so that configuring and automating ball valves and butterfly valves is really easy. Whether we buy the valves you need locally or configure them from our catalogue makes no difference to us. You decide, we deliver. Simple, standardised and everything from a single source. Read more about how the close cooperation with Boehringer Ingelheim has resulted in an exceptional solution in process automation.

When the chemistry is right, so are the physics

The world of bulk material handling seems straightforward at first glance: moving, filling, delivering. However, the art of dealing with a variety of different materials is in the details, such as the docking and undocking of containers at weighing stations. In the process, cross-contamination can occur and dust can be released. The AZO CleanDock prevents this problem. Its latest generation can do even more: it “thinks” for itself. Directly and decentrally attached to the dock, the integrated controller CEC of the modular electrical terminal CPX from Festo ensures additional process reliability and shortened commissioning times.

The dock that “thinks” for itself

The servo press kit YJKP from Festo performs three joining and press-fitting steps: from inserting the cartridge, needle and spring to inserting the glass and plastic covers. The precisely adjustable press-fitting and joining forces ensure consistent quality and low reject rates. The automated systems ensure that the insulin pens from the system from Syntegon Technology Sandved are always in order and can deliver the exact amount of insulin to the patient.

The fast way to a safe insulin pen.

Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics are now often packaged in small and inexpensive sachets. Flexibility is a must when manufacturing different products and packaging sizes on one machine. That is why the world's first freely scalable pouch machine from Bosch Packaging Systems uses the digital pneumatics of the Festo Motion Terminal.

Precisely dosed

No matter what you want to move, transport or pack, multi-axis handling systems from Festo move your workpieces and products in all three dimensions. Pneumatic, electric or a combination of both – perfectly coordinated

Customised packaging made easy

Before the packaged goods are sent to the warehouse, they are automatically stacked on pallets. But there is not enough room for classic robots everywhere. Festo palletising systems can be installed so they take up little space, either directly in, as an extension of or next to a packaging machine.