To ensure optimum availability, safety and reliability of chemical plants, components used in the chemical industry have to meet extremely high standards. Festo provides suitable products with high corrosion resistance and explosion protection: several thousand products are certified for the corresponding explosion prevention and protection category.
We also help you plan your production plants and work with you to create the right automation solution at an early stage.
Automation for bulk materials applications
Individually tailored to your requirements and applications for dosing, conveying, storing, mixing and separating – all from a single source.
SIL: functional safety
Minimise the safety risks for people and the environment
The reliability of safety functions in electric and electronic systems is assessed according to safety integrity levels defined in the basic standard IEC 61508.
Festo provides suitable products that meet the requirements for safety-related functions in chemical plants.
Configurator for process valve units
Quick and easy
From manually actuated process valves to fully automated ones, the new configurator makes selecting the optimum solution quick and reliable.
Bayer Division Crop Science customer application
Proven solenoid valve technology for SIL applications
Tried and tested in operation since 2002: certified solenoid valves with no limitation on operating time in a multi-purpose plant with the highest standards in safety and reliability
Explosion prevention and protection
Keeping explosive atmospheres under control
Open- and closed-loop control in potentially explosive atmospheres:
Festo offers suitable products for the entire pneumatic and electrical control chain, including extensive documentation and declarations of conformity.
Additional information on explosion prevention and protection