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Supporting advanced automation...as no one else can.

Festo extends good wishes for a happy, healthy, successful New Year to all of our colleagues and customers. We are pleased to provide you with the following information:

Automation Components  
Electromechanical Actuators

EGC Toothed Belt and Ball Screw Actuator

A new generation of electrical linear actuators designed for high dynamic speeds and high rigidity.

  • Toothed belt or ball screw
    • Sizes 70,80,120,185 (ball screw)
    • Sizes 50,70,80,120,185 (toothed belt)
  • High loads and torques
  • High speeds and feed forces

http://www.festo.com/us/egc

Pneumatic Actuators

DFPB Quarter-Turn Actuator

A rack-and-pinion quarter-turn actuator used in the process industry to automate process valves. Designed for harsh ambient conditions in the process industry.

  • Excellent corrosion protection
  • Maintenance-free, easy to clean
  • Double acting (10 sizes from 10 to 300 Nm)
  • Single acting (7 sizes from 20 to 150 Nm)

http://www.festo.com/us/dfpb


DGSL-N Pneumatic Mini Slides

A new addition of NPT options to our DGSL pneumatic slides.

  • Maximum flexibility (NPT sizes 10,12,16,20,25)
  • High load capacity and positioning accuracy
  • Guide unit with high linear and parallel precision

http://www.festo.com/us/dgsl

Control Technology

CECX Modular Controller For Electromechanical and Pneumatic Actuators

Adds Fieldbus master functionalities and electrical control options to the control family.

  • Two product designs
    • Modular master controller with CoDeSys
    • Motion controller with CoDeSys and SoftMotion
  • Simple configuration
  • Numerous communication assemblies

http://www.festo.com/us/cecx


Integrated Controller FED-CEC

Compact control system for installation in the front-end display series 50… 5,000

  • Space optimized
  • Very simple planning and programming using CoDeSys and FED Designer
  • Integrated CANopen master interface for easy control

http://www.festo.com/us/fed-cec

 

Website Enhancements  
Corporate/General  

New Website Launched!
In our continuous efforts to improve the accessibility of information to our customers, Festo is pleased to announce the launch of our new website, featuring many new features and benefits.

  • Easier navigation
  • Easier product selection with product feature benefit tables
  • Convenient “one-click” access to CAD models, downloads, new products, and many other frequently used areas

http://www.festo.com/us

New Web Landing Pages  

EGC

http://www.festo.com/us/egc

DFPB

http://www.festo.com/us/dfpb

DGSL

http://www.festo.com/us/dgsl

CECX

http://www.festo.com/us/cecx

FED-CEC

http://www.festo.com/us/fed-cec

Events  
Trade Show and Events Schedule 2009

Supporting advanced automation… as no one else can!

Festo Corporation is committed to increasing product awareness to our customers by exhibiting at various trade shows and events through the USA. Should you have an interest in attending any of these shows, please contact Exhibit.Coordinator@us.festo.com for additional information.

 

Festo will exhibit at the following shows in the first half of 2009. You can find the entire 2009 trade show schedule at www.festo.com/us/exhibitions.
Date Event Location More Information Booth

March 8-13

McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

www.pittcon.org

N/A

March 17-19

Jacob Javits Center
New York, York

www.interphex.org
3247
June 23-25 Kansas City, MO www.skillsusa.org
N/A
July 14-16 San Francisco, CA www.semiconwest.org
2421
Technical Articles  

Published Technical Articles

Control Systems Keep the Rockettes in Motion
Design News, December 12, 2008

How to Streamline Air Circuits
Machine Design, October 9, 2008

Sizing Circuits for performance and efficiency
Hydraulics & Pneumatics, September 2008

Automation increases speed and accuracy...
Packaging Digest, September 2008

For a complete list of white papers and published articles, please visit www.festo.com/us/articles

We encourage you to provide us with feedback and suggestions for future issues.  Thank you.


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