Experiencing films with all the senses is what cinema audiences can expect in one of the world’s 18,000 MediaMation cinema seats. With this concept, the whole body senses the movie, thanks to movements controlled by Festo’s servopneumatics and VTEM motion terminals. In essence, this provides a unique way of combining the digital world with pneumatics. […]
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Pneumatic automation in textile industry with fluidic muscle
Edited by Mike Santora Wernli was the first textile manufacturer in the world to produce colored dressing materials. Now its cohesive and adhesive elastic bandages, as well as compression bandages, show it continues to be on the cutting edge. Innovations like bandages with sensors for measuring fever or for therapeutic pressure regulation – coupled with […]
How are pneumatic actuators used in automation applications?
Pneumatic actuators come in an array of permutations for automation. Rod and rodless actuators are the two most common, though rodless are far more common in the U.S. Rodless actuators include bearings to address moment loads in X. Y, and Z. Tip: Avoid undersized pneumatic actuators for applications by accurately calculating application force; subtracting piston-rod […]
Comparing the Real Costs of Vacuum Generators
Mike Guelker Product Manager – Pneumatic Actuators Festo Corp. • Hauppauge, N.Y. Vacuum generators come in an extensive array of types, sizes, designs and efficiencies to suit widely ranging applications. And while maximizing performance for a given task is important, anyone using a vacuum system should also take a close look at overall costs before […]
The new Festo semi-rotary drive is designed for fast installation, long life
Festo introduces a new pneumatic semi-rotary vane drive and matched contactless position sensor that transforms a relatively simple and low cost drive into a solution that lowers engineering and inventory overhead, is fast and easy to install, and delivers long service life due to its sealed housing. Standard swivel angles for the DRVS semi-rotary drive […]
Festo introduces low cost etherNet/IP connectivity
The new Festo CTEU-EP universal EtherNet/IP interface module improves the quality, performance, and diagnostics of OEM pneumatic systems at a fraction of the cost of previous generation solutions – configure up to 96 valves on multiple valve terminals with a single EtherNet/IP node. The CTEU-EP is a Rockwell Encompass referenced product. The new CTEU-EP universal […]
Festo launches new compact, sturdy solenoid valves at Hannover Fair
Festo has expanded its VG compact and VS sturdy valve series. Announced at Hannover Fair this week, the new VUVG-…-S and VUVS-…-S are the ideal solutions for pneumatic automation technology and are available in 24 hours at competitive prices. With focused features that meet the key requirements of solenoid valves, the compact VUVG-…-S and the […]
New Festo mobile app enables quick delivery of industrial automation components
Festo, Hauppage, N.Y., has launched a new mobile app with features that allow fast delivery of parts and lower cost inventory. The new Mobile App delivers quick and easy access to Festo’s FAST Catalog of industrial automation components that are available for shipping on either the same day an order is placed, in three days, […]
Festo and Graybar Ink national distribution agreement
Festo and Graybar, a distributor of electrical, communications, and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, recently signed a national distribution agreement. Under the terms of this agreement, Graybar will distribute Festo pneumatic, electro-mechanical, and process automation components to its customers. The new relationship with Graybar is the first […]
Membrane technology flexes its muscle – precisely
The method of reinforcing elastic items with fibers made of different materials and thus influencing their properties has been around for a long time. Car tires, for example, are given stability and robustness in this way, and garden hoses their flexible and resistant shape. Festo has developed this principle further, resulting in the Fluidic Muscle, […]