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The EGC family at a glance with technical features and variants, as well as optional safety elements and relevant motors and controllers.

A perfect fit of controllers, servo drives and mechanics – thanks
to quick configuration with PositioningDrives and commissioning
with just a few clicks with the Festo Automation Suite.

The simplicity of pneumatics is now combined for the first time with
the advantages of electric automation thanks to the Simplified
Motion Series. These integrated drives are the perfect solution for
all users who are looking for an electric alternative for very simple
movement tasks, but don't want the commissioning process for
traditional electric drive systems that can often be quite complex.
There is no need for any software since operation is simply based
on the "plug and work" principle. Digital I/O (DIO) and IO-Link® are
always automatically included – a product with two types of control
as standard.

Festo quality at attractive prices covering your standard automation tasks.

Festo quality at an attractive price covering your everyday automation tasks.

With this issue of Highlights 2020, you are holding a kind of compass

in your hand. It will show you where the path with Festo might take

you this year.

You will see the first results in our core product range. Numerous new

components like the mini slide DGST or the compact cylinder ADN-S

are useful additions to the portfolio.

A central theme for us is connectivity at all possible levels:

mechanical, electrical and software.

Covers 80% of your automation tasks

Covers 80% of your automation tasks

Put your trust in a partner who has been setting technological standards for decades. Whether in pneumatic or electric automation. And don't expect anything less than a complete package, from mechanical systems to integrated motion control solutions and subsystems.

Installation and control concepts are influencing each other more than ever before, especially as we move towards Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT). It is only through effective interaction between these architectures that modular, flexible and adaptable production concepts with decentralised intelligence, pre-processing, autonomous machines or subsystems, cyber-physical systems – in other words, smart factories – will be successful.

Its ability to move high payloads of up to 200 kg extremely dynamically, precisely and easily makes the EHMH very suitable for handling systems. It can be used, for example, for palletising and stacking in the packaging and automotive industries or unloading and loading machine tools. The rack and pinion technology contributes to its long service life.

Controls, Controller, Drives, axes, cylinder, operation, visualisation, front unit, gripper, sensors, air preparation, accessories, customer solutions, handling systems

Cost-effective, yet powerful and very flexible: the EPCC with ball screw drive enables precise and rapid positioning in simple positioning tasks. And its compact dimensions are ideal when you need to make optimum use of installation space: in assembly systems, test and inspection systems or desktop applications, in small parts handling or the electronics industry.

Extremely rigid and lightweight, fast and reliable, the powerful ELCC cantilever axes can take on many roles. These include palletising and erecting boxes in the packaging industry and a wide range of positioning tasks with long strokes at vertical, horizontal or other installation angles. With a profile that moves in and out of the workspace, the axis can be removed from the working area.

• 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

For applications where compact dimensions are essential, these

axes can be combined into very space-saving handling systems

that fit seamlessly into assembly systems, testing and inspection

systems, small parts handling units, desk top applications and in

the electronics industry. The low-cost linear axes ELGC and the mini

slides EGSC offer an optimal ratio between installation space and

working space. They feature a common system approach, platform

architecture and, last but not least, adapterless connections.

The PC-based Festo Automation Suite software combines the parameterisation, programming and maintenance of Festo components in one program. It enables the entire drive package, from the mechanical system to the controller, to be commissioned. Perfect for making industrial automation simple, efficient and seamless.

Whether in the electronics industry, desktop applications, assembly systems, small parts handling or test and inspection systems, the low-cost and compact mini slide EGSC is the first choice when it comes to compact dimensions and optimised installation space. It is the ideal complement to the rotary drive ERMO and the linear axis ELGC in highly efficient 2D and 3D handling systems.

When it comes to compact dimensions and optimised installation space, the low-cost axis series ELGC is ideal. These features are a clear advantage in assembly systems, test and inspection systems, small parts handling, the electronics industry and desktop applications. The spindle and toothed belt axes are suitable for all horizontal and vertical movements, and are the perfect complement to the guide axis ELFC or the mini slide EGSC.

Cover distances in a short time and then stop on the dot. Give feedback

and continue on command. The electric stopper does it, from cushioning

and stopping to outputting a sensor signal and receiving direct

commands via the PLC.

• Use, storage and transport conditions for Festo products
• Standards in pneumatics
• Compressed air preparation
• Operating conditions for valves
• Port designations of pneumatic components to ISO 5599
• Operating conditions for drives
• Pressure/force table and graphBuckling load graph
• Air consumption
• Pneumatics and explosion protection – ATEX
• EC directives/approvals
• Design – Clean room suitability
• Paint-wetting impairment substances and resistance to media
• Corrosion resistance class CRC
• Protection classes according to IEC/EN 60529
• Functional earth – protective earth – PELV
• Spark arresting

Many of Festo’s products are inherently free of copper. For example guides are made essentially of polymer. In order to be able to offer customers who manufacture lithium-ion batteries as many components as possible from our product range, we have optimised products specifically for use in this field – and we have replaced parts that contain copper with copper-free elements.

Our multi-part static system presentation comprehensively shows

• how Festo products can be connected to and integrated in various fieldbus and Ethernet protocols around the world

• how the communication hierarchies are related to one another

• and which networking and installation concepts Festo supports: for fluid and motion control for factory and process automation (FA/PA)

This White Paper contains information on:

• Use of electro mechanical axes with slides
• Possibilities of different slide bearings with single or double rail (giuding)
• Influences on lifetime, different guiding alternatives and design features