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Services for sizing

At Festo, the sizing and simulation tools available online help you to arrive quickly at the automation solution you need. And the specialists in our worldwide service and support network are available to provide help at any time.

The right tools for every product

You will find further free resources and software tools to simplify sizing in the Festo product area. Together with detailed product information (including for CAD support), the appropriate tools for sizing, simulation and selection are conveniently assigned to every product by part number or order code.

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The right actuator online: Electric Motion Sizing

This sizing and simulation tool helps you to find the right electric or electromechanical servo drive for your application. The calculation is performed on the basis of a small number of parameters like mass, stroke/travel distance, cycle time, and promptly tells you which solution is the most economical for your requirements, whether servo drive and motor or servo drive, motor and mechanical system.

  • Quick, easy and reliable calculation
  • Free access to the Festo website – with no need to register or download and install software
  • Registered users can carry out detailed simulations and get further information, such as an analysis of the overshoot behavior

Electric Motion Sizing

Handling Guide Online - sizing industrial robots

Configure the right industrial robot, from a single-axis solution to a 3D gantry, quickly and easily with the Handling Guide Online. All you have to do is enter the axis definition, payload, etc. and in just 20 minutes you have a perfect, ready-to-order systems. We supply it together with CAD data and commissioning files, ready to install or partially assembled.

Start the Handling Guide Online

Quick and easy – the configurator for process valve units

Whether you are looking for a manually operated process valve, a unit with a pilot valve and sensor box or with a positioner, the configurator will find the right solution in just a few steps, with correctly configured CAD data and documentation that you can download directly. In this way you receive a solution that is integrated with each other and ready for installation.

Need an automated process valve?

Do you need a ball valve or a butterfly valve complete with automation for your process? Configure a solution that is ready to install here:

Configure a ball valve unit now

Configure a butterfly valve unit now

Already have the process valve?

Select just a drive unit without process valve for automating existing process valves. Simply enter the required parameters in the configurator’s input menu and the configurator suggests the right solutions for you.

Configure a quarter turn actuator unit now

Safety-related characteristic values for Sistema

Here you will find safety-related characteristic values of Festo components in Sistema database format.

Sistema download

For the safety of your systems, we have solutions for safety functions: from functionally safe automation technology to safety concepts to employee training on site.

Product-specific application notes

Our application notes provide detailed descriptions of how to implement specific functions and applications such as integrating our products in your PLC or achieving a desired safety category.

Application notes can be found on the relevant product detail page under ‘Downloads and media’ in the expert knowledge section. Enter the part number or order code in the search field or navigate to the right page via the product selection.

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