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The world of bulk material handling seems easy at first glance: moving, filling, delivering. The art of dealing with a variety of different materials, however, lies in the details, such as the docking and undocking of containers at weighing stations. In the process, crosscontaminations

and the release of dusts can occur. AZO CleanDock prevents this

problem. Its latest generation can do even more: it “thinks” for itself. Directly attached to the dock, the integrated controller CEC of the modular electrical terminal CPX from Festo ensures additional process security and shortened commissioning times.

Electromobility is on a growth course worldwide. It’s not just the streetscape that’s changing, the automotive industry markets are also undergoing a fundamental change. Corporations globally are investing heavily in battery production. Modern automation solutions play a leading role in this change.

The trend for electric vehicles is clear. However, their success depends on high-performance and cost-effective batteries. In the UK, the pilot project AMPLiFII at WMG is laying the foundations of a new generation of traction batteries. The project includes innovative automation technology from Horizon Instruments with a Festo pick and place solution.

The Dutch company Synchron Lab Automation developed an automated DNA extraction system with very high throughput rates by working very closely together with Festo. As a result, customers in the seed industry can collect DNA from up to 40,000 samples per day.

Production in the fast lane: Virtually fully automated body shop

Fully automated assembly system with IO-Link®

Nowadays, cataract surgery is a routine procedure. But this is only possible because companies like BYTEC Medizintechnik develop devices that enable eye surgeons to carry out operations accurately, error-free and in accordance with their own personal requirements. Piezo, proportional and fast-switching valves from Festo, designed in the form of a control block, allow the necessary rapid incisions to be made.

Filling and packaging with IO-Link

Precisely dosed:
Packaging machines with digital pneumatics

Multi-Carrier-System drives the packaging process

Flexible, yet standardised:
Servo presses and handling systems for connector assembly

Sample application

Modular and scalable automation concept for connector assembly

For many years now, the products of Bayer Division Crop Science have been contributing to good yields and bigger harvests in more than 120 countries around the world; they are thus helping to ensure that world populations receive adequate supplies of high quality foods.

The R&D process for a new crop protection product takes 10 to 15 years. To enable fast and individual production, Bayer created a new multi-purpose system in 2002 which places huge demands on safety and reliability.

Controlling cooling circuits when manufacturing solar and flat-panel displays

Sample application:

Fast, precise and fully automated handling of fragile solar cells

Fully automated production line for dispensing processes when manufacturing electronic components

Flexibility in packaging with the Multi-Carrier-System (MCS®):

Top loader example

Flexibility in packaging with the Multi-Carrier-System (MCS®):

Side loader example

High speed with electric and pneumatic systems in the production of special metallic tubes

Fully automated production line by bdtronic GmbH

High speed with electric and pneumatic systems in the production of special metallic tubes

Japanese company Musashi Medical Laboratory supplies easy-to-operate regulators in smartphone format for these oxygen system devices, thus significantly improving comfort and handling for patients.

With a population of 2.8 million, Bursa is the fourth biggest city in Turkey and needs approx. 700,000 cubic metres of fresh water every day. In order to optimise the supply of drinking water, the local municipal water company BUSKI recently modernised its water treatment plants. The 28 newly automated filter basins in the Dobruca water treatment plant can treat up to 500,000 cubic metres of water every day – more than two thirds of the city’s drinking water needs.

Ready-to-install handling system in headlight production

Perfect curves
Dispensing casting resin

Handling solution for moving and positioning a dispensing head

Quality inspection of bipolar plates for fuel cells

Automatic testing of touchscreensand keys on mobile devices

Sample application