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Supporting
Advanced Automation — As no one else can!
Letter from the Editor
We are very pleased to provide you with the second issue of The Insider, Festo Corporation's
quarterly communication on new and noteworthy developments within the company. Each newsletter
will serve as a summary of product, service, and corporate initiatives from the previous
quarter, as well as provide a preview of items planned for the quarter ahead...as only an
Insider would know.
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| Sensors |
New Sensors
Catalog Available!
This 340-page
catalog covers our full line of Electronic Sensors for Automation, including
optical sensors, proximity sensors, pressure/vacuum sensors, flow sensors,
and actuator feedback. Download
PDF of Sensors Catalog. |
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Optical Sensors
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Featuring:
- distances ranging from 0 to 20m
- high precision
- high performance
- flexibility
- speed
Detailed information at: www.festo.com/us/sensors/SOE |
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Proximity Sensors
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Featuring:
- proximity
sensors for all types of applications
- innovative design
- detection
of various metals
- varying distances and speeds
Detailed information at:
www.festo.com/us/sensors/SIE |
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Pressure/Vacuum Sensors
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Featuring:
- digital
trigger functions
- continuous monitoring applications
- LED
display and analog data
- Cost effective
- Easy to mount
- Easy
to configure
- Connects electrically
Detailed
information at: www.festo.com/us/sensors/SDE |
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Flow Sensors
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Featuring:
- Ultra fast response
times
- High accuracy
- Integrated or remote
display
- Wide measuring range
of flow
Detailed information at: www.festo.com/us/sensors/SFE |
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Actuator Feedback
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Featuring:
- Easy installation
- Guaranteed to work with all Festo actuators
- Integrate into Festo grippers and actuators
Detailed information at: www.festo.com/us/sensors/SM
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Fittings,
Connectors, Flow/Pressure Controls, and Tubing
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New Catalog
Available!
This 153-page
catalog covers our full line of Quick Star Push-in Fittings, Connectors,
Flow/Pressure Controls and Tubing.
To access this catalog on-line, please click here. |
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| Push-in fittings |
Push-in connectors |
Flow/Pressure
Controls |
Tubing |
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Quick
Star Posters – Metric & Inch
These convenient posters
of the Festo Quick Star range of push-in fittings and connectors offer you
the latest connection technology for shorter assembly times.
- Quick Star Metric Series
Push-in Fittings, Connectors, and Flow/Pressure Controls. Request
your copy.
- Quick Star Inch Series Push-in
Fittings, Connectors, Flow/Pressure Controls, and Tubing – Hybrid Push-in
fittings (with Metric/ R Thread and Inch Tubing Connection) Request
your copy.
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| F.A.S.T. |
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F.A.S.T. PROGRAM EXPANSION
We are pleased to announce that the product offering for the FAST Program
has been expanded.
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SLT guided actuator
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SDE1 pressure
sensor
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PEV-1/4-B
pressure sensors
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MPA will replace
the
CPA*
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*This change
will not affect the delivery for CPA.
For a complete list of
products in the FAST Program please click
here.
Call: 1-877-85-4FAST
E-mail: FAST@us.festo.com |
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| Immediate
Engineering Support |
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Need assistance?
Need
technical advice fast?
For immediate access to
a Festo application engineer for technical support –
Call 1-866-GO-FESTO
(1-866-463-3786)
E-mail: product.support@us.festo.com |
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| News |
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Festo
Didactic is pleased
to announce the availability of two new brochures:
Roadmap
to Mechatronics
Mechatronics is defined as the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering,
electrical engineering, electronics, information technology and systems
thinking used in the design of products and automation processes.
Learning
Systems – Modular Systems for Mechatronics Training
Outlines teaching Mechatronics through practical applications. |
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Festo-Didactic will participate in the 2006 ACTE Convention and Career Tech
Expo - Connecting Education and Careers
- November 30 - December 2, 2006
- Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
- Booth #341.
For more information on the exposition,
please visit the ACTE website. www.acteonline.org |
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Online Product
Catalog - Updated!
Festo has expanded its On-Line Product Catalog functionality with:
- Improved product searching
capabilities
- Side-by-side product
comparison
- Standard lead times
listed for each product
Access the On-Line Product
Catalog: http://www.festo.com/us/catalog |
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E-Commerce - Online
Shop Edition II
Now Available!
Featuring:
- Instant pricing and availability
- Order tracking
- Easier product selection
- Access to 3D CAD drawings
- Side-by-side comparisons of several products
- Exploded diagrams with spare parts, accessories, photos
- Technical data and catalog pages
For more details, visit
the Online
Shop. |
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| Trade
Show and Events Schedule 2006 |
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Festo is committed to increasing
product awareness by exhibiting at various trade shows and events throughout
the USA. From July 11th to July 13th
, Festo exhibited at the Semicon West show which was held at the Moscone Center
in San Francisco. For additional information on the products provided to
the Semiconductor industry, please take a look at our Semiconductor
brochure. |
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| Our trade show schedule for the balance
of 2006 is listed below. For additional
information on these shows, please do not hesitate to contact us or to visit
the websites provided. |
| Date |
Event |
Location |
More Information |
| 8/8 - 8/10 |
NI Week 2006 (Booth#203) |
Austin, TX |
www.ni.com |
| 10/25 - 10/26 |
AB Automation Fair |
Baltimore, MD |
www.automationfair.com |
| 10/29 - 11/2 |
Pack Expo International (Booth# 5711)
Save $25.00 on admission to the Pack
Expo 2006 Show! For your FREE
registration:
- Go to www.packexpo.com and
click on “Register Now”
- Proceed with registration
- In Section 5, “Regtype Selection”,
enter the following code in the box
provided: 52H32
- Your registration fee will be waived
prior to your checkout.
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Chicago, IL |
www.packexpo.com |
| 11/30 - 12/2 |
ACTE - Didactic Show
(Booth #341) |
Atlanta, GA |
www.acteonline.org |
| New Technical
Articles |
Published Technical
Articles about Festo Products & Services
See our complete
list of Technical Articles. |
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From
MSNBC.COM
P. Block / A. Kilian / P. Schmit / P. Block /
A. Kilian / P. Schmit
This four-story, fiberglass structure is the winner of MIT's mini-skyscraper design
contest. |
New
'skyscraper' sways in the wind
Four-story fiberglass sculpture
wins architecture competition at MIT.
Click on the link above
and see the winner of a mini-skyscraper design contest sponsored by the architecture
department at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
“. . . the actuators
were donated by German company Festo, a maker of automation technology. . .” |
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| National “Take
Your Kids to Work Day” |
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Festo recently
participated in the National “Take Your
Kids to Work Day”. The Festo Marketing team challenged the kids
to create an ad based on all of the information they gathered during their
visits to the various other departments within Festo.
Suffice to say, we do believe
that there are several future advertising executives amongst our group. After
the ads were created, everyone within the group voted for the best ad (see
photo).
It’s hard to say
who enjoyed the activities more: the children or the adults! |
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Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s
Technology”
Award
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Congratulations
to Team #358, the FESTO/Hauppauge Robotic Eagles on receiving the Delphi “Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award.
This Award celebrates an elegant and advantageous machine feature and recognizes
any aspect of Engineering elegance including design, wiring methods, material
selection, programming techniques, and unique machine attributes. |
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We hope that you have enjoyed and benefited
from our newsletter. We encourage you to provide
us with feedback and suggestions for future issues. Thank you. |
