2024 CIBF

Multi-task Intelligent Assembling Unit

Your requirements:

In today's competitive market, how to reduce the overall cost through production flexibility - When the processed workpieces require different process procedures, how to use the flexible design to complete multiple process tasks on the same machine?

Application scenarios:

for assembly and testing of small parts, as well as for gluing and testing processes in power battery module lines.
Festo solution: Festo Multi-tasking Intelligent Gripping Cell - Realization of 4 process streams - depalletizing, screwing, gluing and testing - with 2 sets of 4-axis gantry manipulators in a single working machine.

• The electric cylinder EGC/EGSC with servo system CMMT/EMMT realizes long-distance and reliable conveying of workpieces in different processes in a small space.
• The CPX-AP-I remote IO system with lightweight and flexible layout communicates quickly and stably with the host computer via industrial Ethernet. The friendly IoT port in the Festo AP communication architecture can upload the real-time status of the machine to the cloud, making it easy for users to realize remote monitoring and operation, and giving the multi-tasking intelligent gripping unit the advantages of digitization and intelligence.

Solutions for Lithium-ion Battery Formation Machine

Your requirements:

How to dynamically pump the electrolyte gas production to improve the product quality and reduce the electrolyte loss during the formation process of square shell batteries?Is there a more cost-effective product to reduce the manufacturing cost of the formation cabinet?

Application Scenario:

Formation of square-case batteries for power & storage applications

Festo Solution:

• Festo Negative Pressure Proportional Valve VPPEO - the industry's first integrated negative pressure proportional adjustment product, using 485 communication, real-time adjustment of the negative pressure size in the formation process; compared with the traditional analog control, 485 communication has the advantages of strong anti-jamming ability, long communication distance, communication rate and so on; for multiple proportional valves, 485 communication has a greater advantage in cost; the valve body control uses a long distance, and the communication rate is high; for multiple proportional valves, 485 communication has a greater advantage in cost. For the application of multiple proportional valves, 485 communication also has a big advantage in cost; the valve body control adopts piezoelectric technology, which improves the accuracy and response time of pressure adjustment.
• Localized DSBG-CS - Festo's locally developed and manufactured large bore cylinders have a significant price advantage under the premise of ensuring product performance.

Safe and accurate battery gripping solutions

Your requirements：

In the production of square shell batteries, batteries are often gripped and transferred between various stations, and there is a risk of the batteries falling when the power is cut off and the gas is cut off, especially after the chemicalization process, the cells have been charged, and the fall may cause the batteries to explode and catch fire, resulting in a safety accident. How to prevent the battery from falling after power failure?

Application Scenario:

For the production of power & energy storage square case batteries in the middle section/module line

Festo solution:

• Pneumatic Gripping System: Demonstrates the gripping process of the air jaws and how the air jaws maintain the clamping force during a power failure;
• Electric Gripping System: simulates the gripping process of the electric jaws and the holding force of the electric jaws (with brake) in case of power failure

Partition Control of Security Module (Safety station with VTSA-F-CB)

Your requirements:

How to meet "different safety response mechanisms" with economical solutions is now a great concern in automated production. In automated production, different processes have different safety response mechanisms, some require that the action stops immediately, while others require that other abnormalities do not interrupt the current process.

Application Scenario:

For critical processes in production that cannot be interrupted

Festo solution:

Festo VTSA-F-CB valve island with simultaneous control of several safety partitions based on serial and parallel communication.

• On the right side of the stand are the safety zones with encoders, on the left side are the non-safety zones. After starting the machine, the mechanisms in the booth cycle through the pick and place, when the loading grating is triggered or the emergency stop is tapped, the safe zone mechanisms stop and the non-safe zone mechanisms continue to operate.
• Controlled by a single valve island, the VTSA-F-CB valve island's internal bus system provides 96 valve addresses and up to four voltage zones, three of which are safe voltage zones; the VTSA-F-CB valve island also continues the diverse configurability advantages of the VTSA series valve islands, which can be combined with a wide range of valve calibers on a single valve terminal, and can incorporate functional valves such as slow-start valves, pilot-operated air control valves, and vacuum control valves. The VTSA-F-CB valve island also continues the advantages of the VTSA series valve island's diverse configurability.

Digital solution

Your requirements:

The significant growth of Industry 4.0 digitization is having a major impact on the manufacturing industry. The shift from traditional manufacturing methods to leaner digital solutions is helping manufacturers of all types increase their productivity and reduce costs.
Festo is committed to providing valuable digital solutions to its customers, and is showcasing digital solutions on three different topics, including: digital energy management solutions, digital solutions for data acquisition and analysis, and software solutions for servo system-integrated robotics.

Application Scenarios:

Digital energy management solutions: Festo offers complete energy management solutions, including various types of flow sensors, pressure sensors, air handling modules with energy-saving functions, gateway devices and feature-rich software solutions.

Festo's innovative energy-saving modules:

① standby detection, automatic adjustment of the air supply or shutdown ② airtightness detection ③ real-time monitoring of pressure, flow, energy consumption ④ parameterization through the bus

Among them, energy management software: ① real-time monitoring of the flow rate, pressure and air consumption of each device and branch circuit ② real-time calculation of cost savings according to the principle of Festo's energy-saving modules ③ provide a variety of historical reports of process data, which can be used without the need for any additional data. ③ Provide historical reports of various process data, which can be traced back to any detail without any obstacles ④ Customized according to the depth of your process, you can trace the compressed air usage according to each product or process ⑤ Combined with the specific process, it can help you determine whether the production is abnormal or not, and help you optimize the relevant process.

Data collection and analysis digital solutions:

Festo customized to help customers collect a variety of relevant data and its analysis and control, for example, the exhibition board on the collection of the press unit, real-time collection of force and displacement data and record the historical data, and can be multi-dimensional judgment of the press-fitting process.Servo system integrated robot software program: Festo servo control system control integrated into the robot, can easily through the robot servo system Jog, teaching and programming, to simplify the use of customer processes. We can integrate all kinds of process related equipment together, open the interface between the equipment, and simplify your use.

Products:

Energy management systems, customized digital solutions, robots, software packages for Festo servo control.