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Festo's new CAFC protective valve terminal hood provides a cost-effective alternative to cumbersome control cabinets(01/06/2011)
Most automation designers currently elect to house the system’s valve terminal and constituent control modules in some form of protective cabinet. However, conventional cabinets often take up far more space than is actually required by their functional content. By creating a small, self-contained protective hood for its valve terminals, Festo has overcome this problem. Festo has dramatically reduced the cost of installing its valve terminals ... [more]
Festo's electric bi-parting drive secures simultaneous movement of two carriages in opposite directions on the same linear axis(29/04/2011)
Festo'snew ELGG bi-parting drive has a pair of bearing guides supporting two identical carriages, driven by a toothed belt attached to the top of one carriage and the bottom of the other. This arrangement causes the carriages to move simultaneously, either away from or towards the centre line of the axis. Typical applications include centring items on a conveyor system, opening and closing safety doors on processing machines, and large-format gri... [more]
Festo launches ELGR toothed belt drive axis to enter the low-cost electric actuator market(23/02/2010)
Festo has entered the low-cost electric actuator market with the launch of a unique toothed belt drive axis which marries cost-optimised design rules with precision engineering. Costing 65 percent less than Festo’s EGC series high performance electromechanical axes, the new ELGR toothed belt axis sets a new price-performance standard for the motion control industry. Designed primarily for applications involving relatively short stroke lengths... [more]
Festo one-day orientation course explains the latest requirements of the new Machinery Directive to machine builders(18/02/2010)
Festo has introduced a one-day orientation course for machine builders struggling to interpret the latest requirements of the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Following the decision of the EC Machinery Working Group to extend the transition period of the existing EN 954-1 safety standard beyond its expected end-of-life deadline of December 2009, but for an unspecified amount of time, machine designers and builders now face the dilemma of wh... [more]
Festo launches CoDeSys embedded controller for use with its CPX multifunctional control terminals(14/12/2009)
Festo has launched a CoDeSys embedded controller for use with its CPX series of multifunctional control terminals. The new CPX-CEC module provides machine builders with a means of overseeing all the units in a CPX terminal – regardless of whether they are for pneumatic or electric drives, or I/O functions – using a fast, easy-to-program controller. CoDeSys is an acronym for Controller Development System. Developed by the German software compa... [more]
Festo appoints Barr and Paatz as a System Integrator for its electrical drives business(31/12/2008)
Festo has appointed Barr & Paatz as a System Integrator for its electrical drives business. This partnership agreement, one of only four across the UK, marks the latest move by Festo to expand its presence in the electrical drives and controls market. Under the arrangement, Festo will provide Barr & Paatz with pre-sales support and technical backing across a fast-expanding range of servo, stepper and linear drives, motor controllers, electro-m... [more]
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