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  1. Automation

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  3. Food processing and packaging

  4. Packaging industry

Automation for the packaging industry

Non-damaging and fast, clean and safe, variable and flexible— these are typical requirements for packaging companies. Often you will be able to make your packaging processes even more efficient by making use of automation solutions from Festo: from individual components through to ready-to-install subsystems. We provide you with the support you need—anywhere in the world.

OEE – increasing system availability

High system availability can be planned. The key indicators for overall equipment effectiveness are availability, performance and quality. These examples show how you can reduce downtimes and increase cycle rates while maintaining top quality.

OEE – increasing system efficiency (PDF)

Solutions for packaging machines

MCS® with format changeovers at the touch of a button

This innovative transport system offers maximum flexibility, can be easily integrated into existing intralogistics and makes modular solutions for economical production possible, from batch sizes of 1 upwards.

Transport system MCS®

One standard for all functions: Festo Motion Terminal VTEM

Digitised pneumatics for radically optimised usage: our highly functional Motion Terminal VTEM with its Motion Apps and new valve technology replaces over 50 individual components and even entire systems – via tablet and smartphone.

More about the Festo Motion Terminal

Packaging machines: solutions for palletising with ready-to-install handling systems

There is a right and suitable solution for every palletising job thanks to matching handling axes with gripper technology, including control cabinet and programming. You assemble the handling system using standard components, including safety functions, display and operating units. It's quick and easy with our Handling Guide Online.

Learn more about our engineering tools and design services

Adaptive gripper finger

Adaptive gripper finger DHAS

Gentle gripping, low-vibration transport, depositing without impact – the versatile, adaptive gripper finger DHAS will also impress you with its great feel for all sensitive surfaces and delicate materials.
Linear gantry

Linear gantry EXCT

With 90 picks/min, the high-speed-picker EXCT is incredibly efficient. The most dynamic and energy-efficient alternative to conventional serial solutions, it boasts a single-belt kinematic system that greatly reduces dead weight – a benefit that certainly pays off.
Toothed belt axis

Toothed belt axis ELGA-TB-KF

As a sturdy and very fast toothed belt axis, the ELGA-TB will master your tasks effortlessly. Its internal guides (recirculating ball bearing, roller and plain-bearing guides) and sturdy cover strip make it the perfect choice to handle even the toughest of applications.

Dosing and packaging in practice

Bosch Packaging Festo Motion Terminal

In practice

Exactly the right dose

Coffee, sugar, pharmaceuticals—nowadays, virtually everything is packed in small, low-cost sachets. The new, flexible flat pouch machine Sigpack VPF from Bosch Packaging Technology ensures correct packaging and a precise mixing ratio. The world's first freely scalable sachet machine uses the new flexibility provided by the digital pneumatics of the Festo Motion Terminal.

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Transnova Ruf packaging machine

In practice

Picking, packing, and palletizing

“Our design-to-order concept sets us apart from the majority of packaging machine manufacturers,” says Michael Ruf, deputy general manager of Transnova Ruf. In addition to cutting-edge robotic and control technology, the company is using pneumatic automation technology from Festo, and especially proportional technology on valve manifolds.

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Cama side loader CL

In practice

Make some room!

With the “Breakthrough Generation of Machines” from Italian packaging machine manufacturer Cama, manufacturers of consumer packaged goods and pharmaceuticals are experiencing a completely new feeling of space in their factories.The new machines from Cama take up one third less space—thanks to the valve manifold concept CPX/MPA.

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ECONO-PAK Multi-Carrier-System

In practice

Carefully packaged

The servo-controlled horizontal cartoner HK-S from ECONO-PAK gently and efficiently places scratch-sensitive tubes of shoe polish into cardboard boxes. The freely configurable and flexible Multi-Carrier-System (MCS) from Festo perfectly synchronizes the conveyors for the product and the cardboard box and ensures reliable packaging with high throughput.

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No packing required

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