Products and services
Festo - partner to the automotive
industry
For over 40 years, leading
automobile producers have placed
their faith in Festo's products and
services when it comes to automation with
pneumatics in the automobile industry.
Suppliers, machine constructors and plant
constructors in the direct periphery of the
industry also prefer to work in partnership
with Festo, the innovation leader. The solid
support which Festo provides at all the
crucial stages in the value-creation chain
guarantee maximum productivity and
cost-effectiveness - from engineering to
after-sales service.
Need for broad-based knowledge
The process of finding optimum technical
and economic solutions for each individual
station demands in-depth and broadbased
knowledge of the various planning
and production methods used in the
automobile industry.
No matter whether it is the planning
and commissioning of production lines
for new model generations or automating
individual steps of the production process,
the combination of know-how of Festo's
specialists and a portfolio of standard
components, with the option of specialapplication
equipment and ready-to-install
systems, guarantees tailor-made solutions.
For example, the precise feeding of sheet
metal into presses, welding in body-inwhite
production, and for the control of
paint-spraying nozzles are handled. Festo
also implements high-speed feeding,
holding or positioning on assembly lines,
or the transport of components in engine
and transmission production.
Innovation inside
Festo's range of products and services
includes customer-specific solutions in
the form of new products. for example,
Festo has worked with customers
to develop special servo-pneumatic
systems for welding guns, combining the
highest possible repetition accuracy with
intelligent controller solutions and robust
construction with excellent quality. Freely
positionable electrode arms and precise
force control with good repetition accuracy
ensure faster cycle times with high and
reproducible weld quality.
As production plant becomes more
complex, so too does the demand for
seamless data communication throughout
production operations, from the process
control level to the field level. The
detection of system statuses, monitoring of
safety-critical data, preventive maintenance
and analysis, and faster and more secure
data flows are vital requirements for
maximum productivity. Festo ensures that
field devices such as valve terminals, I/O
modules and intelligent actuators provide
state-of-the-art answers to demands for
a seamless communication structure. All
current and future field bus concepts, such
as the Ethernet-based Profinet, can be
realised with Festo.
Tailor-made services
Even a complete product portfolio which
allows efficient one-stop-shopping
becomes perfect only when backed by
support and services matched to the needs
and processes of the automobile industry
- at every step along the value creation
chain. For example, software tools for
efficient engineering, local agreements and
individual stores concepts for the supply
chain, less need for production in depth
thanks to ready-to-install pneumatics for
faster commissioning, and Festo's 19-hour
delivery service for all standard products.
With comprehensive productivityboosting
concepts from Festo Didactic for
holistic training in automaton.
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