White Paper: Piezo Technology in Pneumatic Valves

November 27, 2024 Festo introduces an innovative suite of safety products, including its new CIP safety module, that ensures the safe operation of pneumatic systems and lowers the risk of injury and system and product damage. Festo pneumatic safety solutions are compatible with the top industrial Ethernet protocols – EtherNET/IP, PROFITNET, and EtherCAT – which…
The current corona pandemic shows clearly the importance of digital transformation and Industrie 4.0. Just like Festo, thousands of companies have sent their employees to the home office. In this way, many areas of the economy have been able to stay afloat because digitalisation has advanced extensively in the private sphere.
Festo’s participation at German Technology Day, Oct 20 at Humber College’s Etobicoke campus, co-features industry 4.0 innovation and skills development because increasingly, you can’t reap the advantages of one without the other. All welcome to attend; Register for free at GermanTechnologyDay.com
Festo’s newest compact vacuum generator, the OVEL, addresses the need for an economical, fully integrated unit that is very lightweight, versatile and easy to deploy and maintain, even for its size class. It’s ideally suited for applications that involve quick, reliable small-parts handling.
June 11, 2024 Festo is expanding its portfolio to include manufacturing multilayer manifolds Festo is expanding its portfolio to include manufacturing multilayer manifolds made of plastic to be able to offer manufacturers of medical and laboratory equipment complete microfluidic solutions from a single source. Festo is taking over the production systems and processes for manufacturing…
November 1, 2023 Festo has appointed Thomas Böck, 52, to succeed Oliver Jung as head of the Management Board of the family-owned global automation technology leader, effective Jan 1, 2024. The Management Board is the senior executive team charged with overseeing the worldwide operations of the company and strategic development. Böck was most recently CEO…
Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.
April 25, 2025 By Krystie Johnston Teledyne FLIR OEM launched their Thermal by FLIR about six years ago, to expand support for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) who integrate FLIR thermal camera technology into their products. Since then, these collaborations have taken thermal into completely new spaces. Mike Walters, Vice President of Emerging Product Management at FLIR… Read More…
April 22 ,2025 By Krystie Johnston Betacom and Siemens recently announced a partnership that unites their respective expertise in technology and telecommunications, resulting in a Private 5G network they say promises to accelerate manufacturing innovation. But what exactly is a Private 5G network? And how is it going to accelerate manufacturing innovation? Here, experts from… Read More…
This project is funded [in part] by the Government of Canada.
Ce projet est financé [en partie] par le gouvernement du Canada.