In practice

An automatic warehouse for chips in no time at all

What do you do when you need to build a complete automatic storage system for high-end products within three months? The automation and product development company EPHI called Festo to work with them. The Eindhoven-based full-service supplier managed to help its Asian customer at lightning speed with an automated storage and retrieval system for semiconductors.

In practice

Authentic organ sound through modern technology

For the restoration of the 18th-century mechanical organ in the village church of Woubrugge, organ builder Elbertse & Van Vulpen took a special decision: instead of using an air pump to generate wind, an ingenious solution was devised that authentically creates wind through the original bellows. In a collaboration with Festo and ERIKS, the idea was translated into a technical solution in which a servo-driven spindle guide, sensors and controls in a custom-built control box take over the work of the ‘calcants’, the organ pedals.

In practice

Festo pneumatics expertise helps Cerulean

Soaring energy prices and the need to continuously drive down costs are key considerations for manufacturers. So, when packaging machinery specialist Cerulean decided to redesign its highly successful FPS-1 tube packer, high energy efficiency and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) became key design requirements.