In many ways, green fluid power technology is just starting to hit its stride. Twenty years ago, a green, efficiency-minded design was little more than a feather in the cap of a fluid power system. If the fluid power industry wasn’t actively fueling its dirty technology reputation, it wasn’t working too hard to fix it…
Technology Tuesdays Podcast: Mike Guelker of Festo
Click below to listen to Design World Associate Editor Mike Santora chat with Festo Actuator Product Manager Mike Guelker. In this podcast they discuss pneumatic cylinders and the advances necessary for them to stand up to today’s harsh environment applications. You can also read the full roundup on pneumatic cylinders here. Festo www.festo.com
New environments challenge pneumatic cylinders
The biggest change pneumatic cylinders have seen in the past couple of years has been environment-driven. Engineers are requiring better performance from their cylinders and they’re requiring it in much more demanding applications. These environments include, but are not limited to, medical, hydroforming, foundries, food processing and packaging and others. These demanding environments are pushing…
Smart Technology: It’s closer than you think
We are in the midst of another industrial revolution, but this one has us with our heads in the clouds and our hands ready to cut the wires. We all know fluid power is a multifaceted technology, but it is also a mature one. Changes are coming, however, as companies look to tie fluid power…
Festo Has Developed a New Series of Bellows Grippers That Gently Expand to Engage Inner Surfaces
Festo now delivers the unique DHEB series of bellows grippers to customers in the electronics and light assembly industries. These bellows grippers expand in diameter when actuated by an integral pneumatically driven piston to securely grip the interior surface of a work piece. “There is a whole range of either extremely fragile work pieces or…
Festo Develops Low Cost Fieldbus Connectivity
The new CTEU bus node from Festo makes it easy to add Fieldbus connectivity to pneumatic valve terminals. CTEU enables fieldbus connectivity at costs no higher than those for multi-pin solutions. Fieldbus connectivity to valve terminals also significantly reduces installation and engineering costs. The CTEU bus node inexpensively opens up DeviceNet, CANopen, EtherCat, Profibus, and…
Festo’s New Compact, Low-cost VTUG Pneumatic Valve
The VTUG is designed for food, beverage, packaging, electronics, semiconductor, and light assembly industries where low cost and assured performance (high flow rate, small footprint, and long cycle life) is essential. Compact, lightweight VTUG aluminum manifold and valve housings can be mounted in cabinets, on machines, and on robotic end effectors. The VTUG valve terminal…
New NPQP polypropylene push-pull pneumatic fittings
Festo is introducing a new addition to its portfolio of push-pull pneumatic fittings. The new metric NPQP fitting series is focused on the most popular fitting functions and offers resistance to aggressive media due to the polypropylene material utilized. In addition, this NPQP series provides an economic alternative to stainless steel fittings. Tubing connections feature…