Maximum precision and flexibility are required in modern industrial automation. Production processes must be efficient, reliable, and adaptable in order to meet the increasing demands on quality, costs, and productivity. This is where end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) comes into play – the solution for automated material handling, assembly, packaging, and many other applications.
Whether classic automotive body production or the future field of electric mobility – Festo offers tailor-made solutions for automotive production. Our Suction Spiders – specially developed vacuum gripper systems – handle sheet metal parts quickly and precisely in the press and body shops. They ensure stable processes and enable high cycle rates. Ready-to-install systems that seamlessly combine electric and pneumatic drive technology are used for assembling battery packs and electric motors. The result: reliable, automated processes with high energy efficiency.
Festo offers efficient automation solutions for the food and packaging industry – from sensitive product packaging to logistics. Soft grippers enable gentle and hygienic handling of sensitive products such as fruit, poultry, or baked goods in primary packaging. In secondary packaging, our systems ensure precise grouping and positioning – even with changing formats. In palletizing, intelligent multiple grippers stack cartons quickly and independently of shape – reliably and in a space-saving manner. This allows packaging processes along the entire line to be automated reliably, flexibly and economically.
Whether microelectronics, photovoltaics or electric mobility – Festo offers high-performance solutions for the highly precise and economical production of electronic components. In assembly and testing of electronic modules, including odd-form assembly, our systems ensure exact motion sequences and reliable test results – even for complex or non-standardized components. When sorting solar cells, our handling solutions ensure high cycle rates and material-friendly processes to precisely transport and separate sensitive cells. In battery cell production, precisely coordinated components enable stable, automated processes with a high level of process reliability – for example when stacking, filling or sealing.
Festo offers precise and reliable automation solutions for life science applications – ideal for laboratory environments with high demands on cleanliness, repeatability, and efficiency. When gripping and turning microtiter plates and sample vials, our compact handling systems ensure precise movements in the smallest of spaces – quietly, quickly, and cleanroom-compatible. For opening sample tubes, we supply torque-controlled solutions that handle a wide variety of tube types safely and gently – for reproducible results in every application. Our automation components also support precise liquid dosing during pipetting – from single samples to high-throughput analysis. Festo brings efficiency and safety to every process step – for reliable results in research, diagnostics, and production.