Festo (Rus. Festo ) is a manufacturer of industrial equipment and automation systems located in Esslingen am Neckar , Germany [2] . The main areas of activity of the company are pneumatic and automation .
| Festo AG & Co | |
|---|---|
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| Type of | Faith Partnership |
| Base | Esslingen am Neckar , Germany , 1925 |
| Founders | Gottlieb Stoll, Albert Fetzer |
| Location |  Germany : Esslingen am Neckar |
| Key figures | Eberhard Veit (Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
| Industry | Pneumatic automation, electronics |
| Turnover | € 2.24 billion (2012) [1] |
| Number of employees | 16,200 (2012) [1] |
| Affiliated companies | |
| Site | www.festo.com |
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History
Festo was founded by Gottlieb Stoll and Albert Fetzer in 1925. Initially, they produced woodworking equipment , and entered the automation industry much later. In 2000, the electric tool business was transformed into a separate company, which became known as Festool . In 2002, Festo appealed to the US Supreme Court to resolve the Festo Corp. case . v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
Products
Products range from simple kits and assemblers to fully automated solutions that include equipment from both Festo itself and third-party manufacturers. A typical task of the company is the development of special production equipment.
Festo works with institutes, universities and software companies on the Bionic Learning Network program [3] . This program allows you to implement ideas and initiatives in the fields of automation and didactics , which can then be useful when developing new products. Such products were Aqua Jelly [4] , AquaPenguin [5] [6] , Aqua Ray [7] , Airic's arm [8] , Airacuda [9] and SmartBird [10] [11] .
One of the latest creations of Festo specialists, in addition to the BionicWheelBot spider robot transformer, is the BionicFlyingFox flying robot, the prototype of which was the flying fox, the largest of the bat family. The BionicFlyingFox robot, according to company representatives, is an "ultralight flying object with intelligent kinematics." The length of the robot is 87 centimeters, the wingspan is 228 centimeters, and the weight is only 580 grams [12] .
Festo CIS
The history of Festo's presence in Russia began when, in 1971, the company entered into the first contract for the supply of automation equipment with the USSR Ministry of Machine Tools . In 1988-1989, the first Festo representative offices appeared in Moscow, leading work on production automation and staff training. Later, representative offices appeared in other major cities of the Russian Federation. [13]
In 2003, a branch of the group of companies was opened in Almaty, the Republic of Kazakhstan, to provide technical and consulting support for the automation of production in the Central Asian republics, accelerate the delivery of both individual pneumatic and electronic components, and turnkey systems (control cabinets) . In addition, the branch holds specialized practical trainings in (Electro) Pneumoautomatics, (Electro) Hydroautomatics, Programming logic controllers (SPLC), Temperature, flow, pressure and tire technology.
Festo also publishes the corporate magazine Trends in Automation in Russia [14] .
See also
- Robotino
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Festo - facts, figures, data
- ↑ Company Profile , Goliath
- ↑ Bionic Learning Network Archived March 28, 2012. , Festo.com
- ↑ Aqua Jelly
- ↑ AquaPenguin Archived February 20, 2012. , Festo.com
- ↑ Festo's robotic penguins are bionic, cuter than Man from Atlantis . Dvice.com . Date of treatment April 26, 2009. Archived on August 29, 2012.
- ↑ Aqua Ray
- ↑ Airic's_arm
- ↑ Airacuda
- ↑ Smartbird
- ↑ short talk and Video of Smartbird flying
- ↑ "Festo's New Bionic Robots Include Rolling Spider, Flying Fox" IEEE Spectrum, March 28, 2018
- ↑ Russian representative office of the international company Festo
- ↑ Corporate magazine Trends in Automation