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Pneumatic Valves and Controls
News Release from: Festo
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2003
Interactive displays at Hannover
At this year's Hannover Fair Festo is presenting a range of equipment, components, services and resources - including vocational and further training.
At this year's Hannover Fair Festo is presenting a range of equipment, components, services and resources - including vocational and further training The stand features interactive 'practice orientated' displays to help visitors experience Festo expertise and discuss their requirements with resident experts
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Today, engineers and machine builders expect faultless components and products: the real difference between automation suppliers is service and support.
To this end, the Festo stand at Hannover features a service area where users of pneumatics and automation systems can evaluate the Festo support elements that will make their businesses efficient as well as their products great.
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Festo Service sections include logistic optimisation services; special 24-hour manufacturing services with full Europe-wide delivery for cylinders, valve terminals and other core products; prepack services for simplified single-part-number ordering; pre-assembly services that take pre-pack one stage further for the ultimate in convenience; all-inclusive ready-to-install pneumatic solutions offering savings up to 50%; and the Festo energy saving service designed to optimise the use of compressed air resources.
A number of innovative products and components for 2003 will also be on display, including: the DGC mini rodless linear drive - a new dimension in precision, guide reliability and load capacity; the HSP high-speed picker - for the shortest possible cycle times when handling small parts, plus time savings of up to 20%; the DGEL electrical linear axis (DGEL) with toothed belt drive - highly dynamic and accurate, ideally complemented by a matching servomotor (type MTR-AC); the MPA sub-base valve terminal - valve modularity redefined featuring fieldbus and multipin variants with advanced diagnostics; and the CPX electrical terminal for all common Fieldbus types and customer-specific installation standards.
Visitors to the Festo stand will also be able to pick up the company's electronic catalogue on CD-ROM.
As well as over 20,000 products, the catalogue includes database software for quick searches, data transfer and documentation of components, web links to 2D and 3D model ready for immediate download free of charge, and no less than 14 free software tools such as ProPneu, MuscleSIM and the Valve Configurator for rapid design work. Request free introductory details about products from Festo ...
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