Festo has played a significant role in shaping the industrial landscape and improving the economy. Today, they have a strong presence across Africa. Their success can be attributed to their Process, Electric and Pneumatic Automation, as well as Didactic (technical education) business units that act cohesively to provide customers with single-source best-fit solutions.
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Algae are extremely efficient photosynthesisers, and absorb ten times more carbon dioxide than land plants. In bioreactors equipped with appropriate sensors, control technology and automation, the efficiency of algae can be increased to a hundred times that of land plants. The PhotoBionicCell research project, part of the Festo Bionic Learning Network, is demonstrating a potential approach for industrial biologisation in the future.
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The key to a carbon-neutral future is to assess CO₂ emissions from the product and then reduce these emissions with innovative solutions. Festo supports this process through free engineering tools. “Together ...
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Up to 80 I/O nodes can be connected to the main systems, with a cable length of up to 50 m between the modules.
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Festo South Africa is giving its customers easy access to its big five Core Range products through its latest campaign.
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Festo has developed an innovative product portfolio that contains a selection of over 2500 attractively priced quality products that have been designed with the optimised functionality necessary to fulfil numerous standard automation tasks.
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The innovation aims to begin a new era in human-robot collaboration, at a price point that suits even small and medium-sized companies.
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The pneumatics stage of Festo’s three-part ‘Absolute Automation 2.0’ campaign takes customers on a journey to higher productivity.
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WorldSkills is a global competition organisation that raises the profile of skilled individuals worldwide. This organisation also demonstrates how skills are essential in achieving economic growth. Their ...
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Festo aims to aid its process automation customers to thrive even during unpredictable periods, by continually analysing the value-creation chain and communicating with its customers to understand their needs.
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In the automation industry, machine users are continually confronted with new challenges. The only way to achieve lasting success is by selecting the perfect components. Festo offers over 2200 Core Product ...
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Digital learning has been growing significantly since the Covid-19 outbreak two years ago. Festo Didactic has combined the Internet and education to provide industry professionals with the opportunity ...
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