Festo Didactic is the world-leading equipment and solution provider for technical education. The product and service portfolio offers solutions for rapid learning and retention in the entire spectrum of automation technologies: pneumatics, electropneumatics, hydraulics, electrohydraulics, electronics, electrical and mechanical engineering, sensors, robotics, telecommunications, CNC technology, PLC and fieldbus technology, information technology, electric power and controls, instrumentation and process control, refrigeration and air conditioning, automation and mechatronics, family and consumer sciences, and project-based learning.
Festo Didactic supplies educational institutions and industries with learning factories, laboratory equipment, training programmes, computer-based learning systems, web-based learning systems, simulation training software and modular multimedia educational programs. They qualify people in appropriate learning environments to be sufficiently competent and flexible to immediately start work in production processes and other industrial contexts and to contribute to the productivity of industrial companies.
Lab-Volt and Festo Didactic signed and closed an acquisition agreement on June 20, 2014. Lab-Volt is now conducting business as Festo Didactic, part of the Festo Group. Both product portfolios of Lab-Volt and Festo Didactic will be available for dealers and customers worldwide from one source. Lab-Volt's range of products is referred to as "LabVolt Series".
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Festo MPS PA Compact WorkstationThe MPS PA Compact Workstation offers Huge flexibility. Controllers and operating units are not permanently installed, but are simply clicked into place in the ER mounting frame. This enables the controller, operating unit or touch panel to be replaced in next to no time. Option: refrigeration engineering The standard version of the MPS PA Compact Workstation provides 4 control loops. In addition, a cooling unit with heat exchanger and a water/air cooler are available. This results in even more options for temperature control. Networked technologies An increasing number of valves with pneumatic drives are being used in water supply and disposal. This is safer and more energy efficient. Therefore, no modern learning system should be without a 2-way ball valve with pneumatic process drive and signal box. It represents the increasing integration of different technologies in process automation. Professional performance recording. The Sentron PAC3200 multifunction measuring unit from Siemens records and saves measured values such as voltage, current and energy consumption, allowing analysis of the network quality. The unit can be incorporated into master control systems and energy management systems via Ethernet. On the trail of waste Identifying potential savings means first of all: measuring current consumption. The Wattmeter acts as a smart meter for training systems with a 24 V DC power supply and a maximum of 120 Watts. A switchable interface for 0 – 10 V DC or 4 – 20 mA is integrated for data transmission. Ethernet is available as an option. Hot topic: energy efficiency As everywhere in automation, software plays an outstanding role in the Compact Workstation, e.g. in measuring technology. The process data can be clearly visualized using the measuring software and then analyzed by either the whole class or as group work.more... -
Festo Learning Systems for Industry 4.0**Industry 4.0: the fourth industrial revolution** Find your perfect entry into Industry 4.0/Industrial Internet of Things—tailored to your learning level and your course requirements. For standardized training content, the modular mechatronic production system, MPS® 203 I4.0, advances to the cyber-physical learning laboratory CP Lab and then to the smart universal training factory, CP Factory for Industry 4.0/the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Expand your existing systems to the next equipment level at any time. **What are the features of the production of the future?** - Entire production plants will be digitally networked: - Intelligent components with plug-and-produce capability - The plant has a virtual emulation – this will enable automatic start-up and reconfiguration - Rapid balancing of capacity utilisation in a production network - Automatic adaptation of production lines to ordering capacities through simple, rapid extension or reduction of the manufacturing facilities - Simple compensation for defective production units - Control of production is becoming more intelligent and adaptable - Automatic start-up and reconfiguration of facilities - Customer-specific production - Humans and technology are cooperating to an increasing extent
Practice-oriented learning system to teach Industry 4.0 applicationsmore... -
Festo Robotino 4The Festo Robotino 4 conveys topics such as mechatronics, programming, sensors, motor and drive technology, closed-loop control technology and image processing in a simple and straightforward manner. It offers various interfaces for many external devices and media. This extendibility enables interesting learning scenarios. The integrated learning system consists of hardware, software and workbooks. **Mobile robots for flexible production** With the electric gripper kit for the Robotino, we provide you with the right building blocks to flexibly expand the MPS 400 learning fields to include the topic of mobile robotics. The accessory kit for the installation and commissioning of an electric gripper is designed to be mounted on Robotino generation 3 or later. It contains all hardware components necessary for operation in between current MPS stations and sample programs for Robotino.more... -
Festo Equipment set TP 1221: Basic Motor Control TechnologyThe fundamentals of electric motor controllers With the shift toward industrial electrification, control systems for electric motors are vital to the performance and protection of factory equipment. These systems range from the simple starting and stopping of electric motors to directing energy flows in an automated factory. Many types of technical workers, primarily industrial electricians, industrial maintenance technicians, and mechatronics technicians, need to understand, install, maintain, and troubleshoot control circuits and their main controllers such as manual starters, automatic starters, reversing starters, reduced voltage starters. The equipment set Basic Motor Control Technology builds knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of industrial electric motor controllers. The curriculum is specially designed to develop soft skills in addition to technical skills. Equipment allows teachers to insert various faults to develop troubleshooting skills – a must for a good preparation for the workplace. The course first familiarizes students with the operation of individual components, then provides hands-on application opportunities to use them in realistic, industrial motor control circuits. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to install, commission and troubleshoot the most common electric motor controllers using contactors and relays. **Benefits** - Innovative design for power switchgear from SIEMENS with safe and faultable connection boxes - Faultable components to develop troubleshooting skills - Curriculum with high focus on soft skills development along with technical skills - Realistic training using industrial-grade equipment - Safe grounding method PE+
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