Automatisation dans la production automobile

Pour la direction, tout doit aller plus vite. Et avec plus de flexibilité. Et en économisant également de l'énergie. Nous répondons à ces exigences avec des solutions pneumatiques et électriques qui tirent le meilleur parti de chaque technologie sur toute la chaîne des processus de fabrication de véhicules.

Le niveau de compétences constant de Festo

En savoir plus sur nos solutions pour votre domaine particulier de la production automobile. Cliquez simplement sur la zone de production respective et trouvez les bons produits.

Manipulation précise dans l'emboutissage

C'est ici que les choses sérieuses commencent. Les systèmes doivent fonctionner avec précision à la vitesse la plus élevée possible et recourir à d'énormes forces. La sécurité fonctionnelle est donc vitale. Pour l'emboutissage, nous proposons principalement des solutions de manipulation et de préhension de haute précision qui se sont révélées robustes, durables et économiques pour séparer, alimenter , fixer, soulever et transporter les tôles en toute sécurité.

Il y a, par exemple, nos venturis OVEM et OVEL. Ces générateurs de vide combinent la génération et la surveillance du vide en une unité compacte. L'OVEM avec fonction d'économie d'air intégrée a déjà intégré l'efficacité énergétique : un clapet anti-retour prévient le gaspillage d'air comprimé utilisé pour le maintien. Les deux générateurs de vide ne requièrent pratiquement pas d'entretien.

Un autre point positif :
La technologie IO-Link intégrée rend les venturis compatibles avec l'Industrie 4.0.

High-precision welding and handling in the body shop

Car body construction in automotive manufacturing is a job for welding robots. Here, sturdy solutions have to position the sheet metal with great accuracy and repeatability, supply the line with small parts and the welding guns with compressed air and cooling water. With a special focus on car body construction, Festo has developed Industry 4.0-capable components for servo-pneumatic welding guns. We offer complete, application-specific solutions to guarantee a reliable supply of compressed air and  cooling water for individual welding robots or entire welding lines. The design is pretested, tailored precisely to your body shop specifications and ensures that you have a structured and bundled media supply. As a result, the welding points remain reliably reproducible.

And our flagship, the valve terminal VTSA with the terminal CPX, is also on board. It combines I/O modules, valve functionality and safety functions to ISO 13849-1 into one unit, including the exhausting of system components, reversing and protection against restarting. The high degree of function integration and the flexible connection to all common fieldbus systems transform this automation solution into the decentralised intelligence in Industry 4.0 scenarios.

Error-free, high-speed painting systems

A precise compressed air supply with the required air quality plays a key role in ensuring that the car bodies pass through the paint shop at high cycle rates and with consistent quality. Festo provides a range of solutions and components for this.

With our service unit components from the MS product series for compressed air preparation, you can combine different sizes, filter cascades and air dryers for the required, energy-optimised compressed air quality.

The compact proportional flow control valves VPCF from Festo are designed to deliver accurate spray jet control in critical environments such as painting systems. It is IP65-classified, has ATEX approvals and is free of PWIS, of course.. The high dynamic response enables variable cycle times: never more than is needed and avoiding any time loss.

Record-breaking speed in powertrain production

Festo offers components and systems for the rapid and precise movement of loads, ensuring both fast transport and the implementation of extremely precise monitoring tasks.

The range of electric or pneumatic stoppers brings loads of up to 800 kg to a stop reliably, gently and without any vibration. It is designed for the typical conveyor belt speeds found in powertrain production.

And our flagship, the valve terminal VTSA with the terminal CPX, is also on board. It combines I/O modules, valve functionality and safety functions to ISO 13849-1 into one unit, including the exhausting of system components, reversing and protection against restarting. The high degree of function integration and the flexible connection to all common fieldbus systems transform this automation solution into the decentralised intelligence in Industry 4.0 scenarios.

Reliable final assembly

We deliver suitable solutions for fully automated motion sequences and for safe, flexible human-machine interaction. This includes components for reliable positioning and an extensive product portfolio for handling and assembly as well as various grippers and vacuum systems.

As part of the human-machine interaction, our servo-pneumatic balancer system YHBP moves loads around during assembly as if they were weightless. It also adheres to the safety standard Performance Level d for loads up to 999 kg. And if the power fails, the load will be prevented from falling.

We also have a world first for you: the clip fix tool AGTC. It takes care of laborious, ergonomically stressful tasks with a perfectly reproducible compressed air pulse that automatically fixes the assembly clips in position. This creates a more reliable process and relieves the strain on your colleagues in production.