Festo showcases 21st century automation at first North American Experience Centre

The game changing Festo Motion Terminal is one of the new technologies customers can see demonstrated at the new Festo Experience Centre in Santa Clara, CA.

Santa Clara, CA, September 2018  – Festo has opened its first North American customer experience centre here in the heart of Silicon Valley. With the ever-increasing linkages between making things and controlling processes through cloud computing and Big Data, the company says this high tech hotbed is an ideal site for this newest demonstration pavilion.

The 5,000 sq. ft. Festo Experience Center, Santa Clara, features a demonstration hall where augmented reality devices allow visitors to virtually experience manufacturing and processing systems utilized in such industries as semiconductors and electronics, solar and flat panel, assembly and test, medical technology, laboratory automation, food & packaging and process automation. Rotating exhibits showcase active and static displays of the latest automated manufacturing and processing solutions. Plans call for demonstrations of:

• Modular and reconfigurable systems conforming to the concepts of Industry 4.0 – the fourth industrial revolution
• Cyber-physical devices that change functionality based on downloadable apps
• Predictive analytics relying on smart-sensors, Big Data concepts, and connectivity to the cloud to alert teams to system failures before failures occur
• Cloud-based dashboards and data analytics facilitating optimum overall equipment/process effectiveness
• Solutions for optimum energy efficiency in manufacturing and processing
• Frictionless transport through high temperature superconductors
• Online productivity tools for bringing products and systems to market faster and with less engineering overhead.

The Experience Centre also features a laboratory for focused customer solutions and training and meeting areas.

Festo at a glance

Festo, the world’s leading supplier of automation technology and technical education, is deploying its products and services to meet the challenges of digitization and smart production. Established in 1925, the independent, family-owned company based in Esslingen, Germany, has been a driving force in automation for over 60 years. Some 300,000 customers worldwide in factory and process automation put their trust in the company’s pneumatic and electric drive solutions. In addition, Festo Didactic provides state-of-the-art training solutions for industrial companies and educational institutions.  The Festo Group registered sales of around €3.1 billion in the 2017 financial year and is represented worldwide at 250 locations with a total of 20,100 employees. About 8% of its annual turnover is invested in research and development.

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