Gentle and quick, clean and safe, variable and flexible – these are typical requirements of packaging companies. You can often make your packaging tasks even more efficient by relying on automation solutions from Festo, from individual components to ready-to-install subsystems. We provide you with the support you need, worldwide.
Solutions for packaging machines
OEE – increasing equipment availability
High system availability can be planned. The key indicators for overall equipment effectiveness are availability, performance, and quality. These examples show how you can reduce downtimes and increase cycle rates while maintaining top quality.
MCS® with format change at the press of a button
Maximum flexibility: the innovative transport system can be easily integrated into existing intralogistics and permits modular solutions for economical production, from batches of 1 upwards.
A standard for all functions: Festo Motion Terminal VTEM
Digitised pneumatics for radically optimised usage: our highly functional Motion Terminal VTEM with its Motion Apps and new valve technology replaces over 50 individual components and even entire systems – and can also be controlled via a tablet and smartphone.
Suitable automation components
Adaptive gripper finger DHAS
Gentle gripping, low-vibration transport, impact-free placement – the flexible, adaptive gripper finger DHAS with its sensitive touch for all delicate surfaces and materials is most impressive.
Linear gantry EXCT
The high-speed pick and place system EXCT: extremely efficient with more than 90 picks/min The most dynamic and energy-efficient alternative to traditional serial solutions greatly reduces the moving load thanks to the use of a single belt. It’s a product that pays off.
Carefully packaged
Multi-Carrier-System drives the packaging process
The servo-controlled horizontal cartoner HK-S from ECONO-PAK gently and efficiently places scratch-sensitive tubes of shoe polish into cardboard boxes. The freely configurable and flexible Multi-Carrier-System (MCS®) from Festo synchronises the conveyors for the product and the cardboard box and ensures reliable packaging with a high throughput.