South Africa

In practice

Motion solutions develop pioneering SABS Hail Gun

South Africa is one of the countries that are prone to severe hailstorms as it is situated in the mid-latitudes of the north and south equator. A hail storm can easily wreak havoc on gardens, car bodywork, windows and solar panels. Over the past years, Gauteng has been lashed by heavy hail storms raising interest in products that are resilient to nature’s bullets. In a pursuit for these products, South African Bureau of Standards (SABS), whose testing activities include a wide range of testing, calibration and inspection, approached Festo to help them design and build a fully automated Hail Gun for testing solar panels against hail damage.

In practice

Customised Air Preparation Control Panel

Festo provides Air Preparation Control Panels for the mining and food preparation sector.

In practice

New technology for the mining industry

A prominent diamond mining company in Botswana required to replace their dated mining solutions with new technologically advanced products that will improve their machine efficiency. Festo provided the remedy in the form of a complete technical solution which reduced the customer’s workload and increased productivity. Festo has been offering secure and reliable products that have been tried and tested to withstand the harsh mining environment for over 50 years.

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Floatation cell level control

Festo increases efficiency at a prominent mining company in South Africa.

In practice

Developing automotive skills in Gauteng

In 2015 Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC), a support centre that helps strengthen global competitiveness in the local automotive industry seeked a company that could assist them in boosting their institution as an automotive industry destination of choice. They required a well-established skills development that could provide them with technologically advanced services, certify their infrastructure and improve their training facility’s standards. As leaders in technical training and development, Festo Didactic fitted right into this portfolio.