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Sustainability
Sustainability is a question of social responsibility. Festo is taking this on – with a comprehensive approach that is aligned with the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals. This touches every part of our business, from procurement to production at our sites to the use of our products by customers. Correct sizing at the engineering stage,
energy-efficient and production-efficient products, Energy Saving Services and our range of technical basic and further training help to reduce CO₂ emissions and thus improve the ecological footprint – all the way to carbon-neutral production. Festo sees automation as an opportunity and enabler for efficiency improvements in a sustainable industry.
Piezo technology
An inconspicuous little device is changing the world of valves forever: the piezo bender. It is the core of piezo valves, and what makes them small, low-energy, efficient, fast and inherently proportional. With their numerous benefits, piezo valves are very much in demand due to their ability to meter, mix or dispense gases and liquids with high precision. Piezo valves are therefore popular in life sciences, the electrical industry as well as other industries, and in near-patient mobile end devices. Due to their compact dimensions and very low heat generation, they are also suitable for use as pilot controls in very small spaces - as in the Motion Terminal VTEM.
LifeTech
Festo offers an attractive mix of standard automation components and specially developed industry-specific solutions, whether for laboratory processes, manufacturing medical equipment or in vitro diagnostics. Our fluid and motion technology is perfectly tailored to the needs of modern laboratory environments. And our innovative products, systems and services for the diagnostic market reduce the validation time and speed up the time to market. Our products, systems and services enable us to achieve the precise flexibility, quality and safety that the respective industry demands. Not to mention maximum efficiency.
Electromobility
Electromobility is a growing trend: never before have as many electric cars been registered as in 2021. At its heart are lithium-ion batteries as energy storage. These are still the only available scalable technology that can be used for propulsion. Solutions from Festo ensure that these expensive components are produced safely and end up in the car without getting damaged.
Electric automation
Moving away from pneumatics and towards electrics or a mix of the two: one of the major automation trends in recent years has been electric automation. Demand continues to rise rapidly. Festo is responding to demand with an offer that covers most movement options: from cost-effective and simple movement between two end positions to highly complex and flexible servo drive solutions with many synchronized axes or dynamic Cartesian robots. Seamless connectivity characterizes this portfolio: mechanical, electrical and intelligent. From the shop floor to the master controller, everything fits together. In combination with state-of-the-art communication and control concepts, innovative servo drive technology, direct integration in networks and clever software solutions already represent automation solutions for tomorrow.
Digitalization
Efficient and safe processes are the prerequisite for the highest possible overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). This is particularly important in highly competitive markets in order to remain competitive – or even to gain an edge. Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, is one of the tools that will be used to monitor and improve processes in the future. However, AI also helps to detect faults and imminent failure of components or to improve energy efficiency. With Festo Automation Experience AX, such a tool is now available.