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Volvo press image Welding process Faster and more reliable: Volvo is constantly improving its welding processes. (Photo: Volvo)

Festo press image Tip Dresser Tip dresser for articulated-arm robots: On the right the two holes for electrode milling, and on the left the compact housing with the vision system which provides the data for repositioning the electrodes. (Photo: Festo)

Festo press image static welding equipment For static welding gun systems: A fast and precise pivot arm brings the electrode milling device, the so-called tip dresser, to the electrodes after 150 spot welds have been completed. (Photo: Festo)

Festo press image Leif Winberg/Volvo and Leif Lindahl/Festo At the camera-controlled electrode milling device: Leif Winberg, Plant Engineer for Resistance Welding at Volvo in Olofström (left) and Leif Lindahl, Business Development Manager Automotive with Festo Sweden. (Photo: Festo)

Festo press image Robots Time savings: The new tip dressers significantly reduce cycle times where multiple welding robots are in use. (Photo: Festo)

Volvo press image body parts volvo Properly welded: Volvo body parts (Photo: Volvo)

Festo Press Images Bionic Gripper 1 The adaptive shape gripper DHEF grips formless, round and sensitive objects – as the tongue of a chameleon does. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Images Bionic Gripper 2 The adaptive shape gripper DHEF grips formless, round and sensitive objects – as the tongue of a chameleon does. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image Stefanie Seiler and Nenja Rieskamp These two Festo colleagues developed the adaptive form gripper DHEF from a bionic prototype to a catalogue product: Stefanie Seiler (Product Management, on the left) und Nenja Rieskamp (Product Development) (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo press photo Human-Robot Collaboration The robot performs restacking tasks in the immediate vicinity of the worker, among other processes.

Festo press photo mobile robot worker The robot as a mobile worker: it is not permanently installed but mobile and flexible for versatile production.

Festo press photo printed circuit boards The APAS robot from Bosch supports quality inspection of printed circuit boards.

Lely Press Image Martijn Boelens “Just like Lely, Festo is an internationally active family-owned company which focuses on long-term responsibility instead of short-term profits. When it comes to product development we have a similar approach,” stresses Martijn Boelens, Vice President Customer Solutions at Lely. (Photo: Lely)

Festo Press Image Arnoud Nieuwdorp “The movements of the hybrd arm of the milking robot Astronaut A5 motion is gentler, and it’s more energy-efficient and faster,” says Arnoud Nieuwdorp, Global Key Account Manager, Festo Netherlands. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image Jan Bredau “With the new robot arm operating and maintenance costs, and thus total cost of ownership, decline as well,” adds Dr. Jan Bredau, head of Systems Engineering at Festo corporate headquarters in Esslingen, Germany. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Lely Press Image Lely milking robot Lely’s milking robot Astronaut A5: Automation helps to avoid hard, monotonous work and to increase output. (Photo: Lely)

Lely Press Image Robot arm Robot arm of Lely’s milking robot Astronaut A5: with electric axes from Festo and corresponding software. (Photo: Lely)

Festo Press Image ESBF Powerful, fast and precise positioning - the electric cylinder ESBF. High performance with a rating of 17 kilonewtons and a stroke of 1500 mm. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image EMCA 2 Integrated drive EMCA: The brushless DC motors from Festo with absolute position recording, integrated regulator, power electronics, absolute encoders. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image AquaJellies Autonomous behaviour thanks to integrated communication and sensor technology. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image BionicWheelBot Mechatronic overall system: intricate kinematics based on a natural model. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image BionicWheelBot The BionicWheelBot in rolling mode with extended propelling legs. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image BionicFlyingFox Despite its wingspan of 228 cm and its overall length of 87 cm, the BionicFlyingFox weighs 580 grams. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image BionicFlyingFox The wing kinematics of the BionicFlyingFox are also divided into primaries and secondaries. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image Dennis van Beers, Managing Director of Festo Benelux "This means it is important to guide and support our customers during the transition into the age of digitalisation". (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image Festo eXperience Centre 1 Start-up atmosphere in the Festo eXperience Centre: in a relaxed atmosphere, customers can discuss all topics related to the Digital Customer Journey, the digital value chain of the customer, with the Festo engineers. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image Festo eXperience Centre at Festo 2 The Festo eXperience Centre: an important building block for the Dutch digitalisation initiative "Smart Industry”. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image Future Learning Lab Technologies relevant for the age of digitalisation: Festo Didactic offers suitable learning units in the "Future Learning Lab" of the Festo eXperience Centre. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Lely Press Image robot arm Astronaut A5: Lely’s milking robot supported by Festo’s automation technology. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)

Festo Press Image packaging line High degree of Automation: Sorting and packaging line for vine-ripened tomatoes. (Photo: Festo AG & Co. KG)