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The Festo product range, from controllers to drives, makes it extremely easy to implement servopneumatic systems. It is also perfect for integration into the CPX environment with universal fieldbus connection.

When it comes to your servopneumatic welding guns, take advantage of the numerous services included in your “all-inclusive trouble-free”package. These services guarantee simple commissioning, efficient operation and rapid fault elimination

• Pneumatic drives
• Servopneumatic positioning systems
• Electromechanical drives
• Motors and controllers
• Grippers
• Handling systems
• Vacuum technology
• Valves
• Valve terminals
• Sensors
• Image processing systems
• Compressed air preparation
• Pneumatic connection technology
• Electrical connection technology
• Control technology and software
• Other pneumatic devices
• Ready-to-install solutions
• Services

An overview of the automation platform CPX

Single-platform solutions

• Digital and analogue standard tasks

• Demanding I/O tasks with single-channel diagnostics and parameterisation

• Temperature, displacement and pressure measurement

• Electrical and pneumatic safety functions

• Integrated, comprehensive diagnostics and condition monitoring

• Subordinate, decentralised installation system

Combine these functions directly with the operating elements

• Pilot or process valves

• Control valves for cylinders, grippers, vacuum

• Pressure regulators

• Servopneumatic positioning systems

• Electric drives and axes

For control, choose from fi eldbus/Ethernet as remote I/O or the following front-end controllers:

• CPX-FEC (Festo mini control system)

• CPX-CEC (CODESYS controller with 32-bit processor,  400 MHz, CANopen master)

• PC Worx (controller for control environments from Phoenix Contact)

The Festo product portfolio includes around 30,000 individual components,

which can be preassembled to create a sub-assembly based on their function. Accessories such as fittings and connections can also be assembled on the unit. The sub-assembly can thus be installed directly in the system or in the higher-level system as a ready-to-install subsystem.

This white paper describes the important points to bear in

mind when it comes to choosing the right technology.

• New software concept: one FluidSIM® for all technologies and training packages
• Calculations and simulation for all technologies in the same program
• All circuits can be read in all versions
• Overall circuits can be represented on several sheets with cross references (P, H and E circuits)
• Backwards compatible – automatic transfer of circuits from previous software versions

Your technological advantages in detail:

• Multi-sensor control for maximum precision

• Electrical and pneumatic function integration

and extensions with VPPM on CPX/MPA

• Variable pressure zone regulation for greater flexibility

• 3 presets for simple control

• Multiplexing with CPX/MPA

• External sensor input for VPPX

• VPPM IO-Link

• VPPL for higher pressures (10 ... 40 bar)

Product portfolio for automation solutions with media valves for your machines and systems. Cooling and lubricating, cleaning and washing, sterilising or dosing and mixing: with Festo as your partner, you are on the safe side worldwide.

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New operational concepts for human-machine interaction

GogniGame is a reinterpretation of a table tennis simulation game,

which was launched on the market in the 1970s. As in table tennis, the players used a joystick in order to move a bar up and down the screen to hit a ball back to their opponent. If a player did not

manage to hit the ball, his opponent was awarded a point.

With the right end-position cushioning, you can significantly increase the efficiency of your entire pneumatic system.

When used to its full effect, it can improve cycle times and even reduce the size of the components used.

And all this for the simple reason that good end-position cushioning decreases the impact forces generated by changing loads and extreme dynamic stress – factors that play a crucial role in defining the travel time and speed of pneumatic cylinders.

This white paper contains information on:

• Functional differences between the various systems
• Key factors and selection aids for selecting a handling system
• Cartesian handling systems in an overview

Check to see which products from the series MS y D would be best for your system. In the table you will find recommendations from Festo’s experts based on the limit values specified in ISO 8573-1:2010.

Maximum availability is not something that happens by chance, it’s the result of forward-looking action. Processing food economically and at the right time is absolutely essential. Otherwise there is a risk that production has to be stopped and raw materials are wasted.

Taking overall equipment effectiveness into consideration provides clear guidance on how to maximise productivity, and thus on economic operation of the system. But which influencing factors affect overall equipment effectiveness and how to get started on the path to
optimisation?

Find smart solutions for your packaging tasks – with our support.

Gentle and quick, clean and safe, variable and flexible: these are the criteria you demand from efficient end line packaging, right through to the tertiary stage. You need your customers’ products or your own products to reach the market safely – and you need end line packaging that keeps pace with production. We support you at every level of end line packaging, so you can utilise its full potential.

Anyone who wants to improve process reliability through increased machine availability must start at the very beginning – and first analyse the compressed air supply in detail. Particles, water and oil are the natural enemies of prepared

compressed air. They have an adverse effect on the components and cost additional energy.

Cover story:

Water keeps the world moving

This document contains the following information:

• Headquarter of the Festo Group
• Commercial Law Information
• Board of Directors and Supervisory Board
• Main Figures of the Festo Group
• Products and Main Product Groups
• Service worldwide
• Purchase and Procurement
• Production and Manufacturing Technologies
• Sales Organisation and Delivery Service
• Management System Certifications
• Product Approvals

If electrical and pneumatic subsystems are separate, it can often take a lot of time to construct relatively simple systems in terms of system design, purchasing, logistics, installation and  commissioning. Function integration is the answer here, allowing a saving of time throughout the value creation chain. This White Paper shows you how valve terminals can boost efficiency and productivity throughout your company.

DeviceNet and EtherNet/IP

CANopen, Modbus TCP and EtherCAT