REDWIRE EXCL multi-axis gantry by Festo reduces engineering, acquisition, assembly expenses

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EXCL gantry top view – The EXCL gantry can accommodate two independent Z-axes. On the right: a rotary gripper for decapping and capping; on the left: a pipette system aspirates and dispenses.

Festo Canada has just launched a new multi-axis gantry kit, the EXCL, designed to break price and performance barriers in laboratory automation. This gantry reduces acquisition, engineering, and assembly expenses for automated sample handling and liquid dispensing in lab devices, joining Festo’s growing family of products built specifically for life-sciences applications.

The Festo team recently attended the SLAS trade show in San Diego, where it held the North American debut of the EXCL, along with two other new products.

With quick and trouble-free assembly

The EXCL multi-axis gantry can accommodate two independently transversable Z-axes: one of these axes can handle samples, and the other one manages fluids – or one axis decaps and caps sample vials while the other one handles liquids. Independently transferable Z-axes not only boost performance; they also perform the operations of two standalone devices, which lowers footprint and expense while also saving on integration time when both applications reside in the same footprint.

This device seamlessly integrates with all Festo pipette heads, like the DHOP and the popular EHMD rotary gripper for capping and decapping. Interoperability, which reduces both risk and engineering time, is a key feature of Festo components. The EXCL’s PCB controller mounts within the device, with no special control cabinet necessary.

This multi-axis gantry has an open-source motion and fluidic application programming interface with PC control, with common programing languages like G-Code. Festo uses a library of common drives to reduce the learning curve and allow equipment manufacturers to develop an optimized control strategy, while eliminating the need to purchase a generic machine and then adapt it to process a specific test or assay solution. This way, manufacturers construct a unique piece of equipment with world-leading Festo mechatronics, with less expense and effort.

Customers receive the EXCL as a kit, which ensures quick and trouble-free assembly. Each unit comes with a unique part number for every user; this reduces procurement time, while making reordering simpler. Another major benefit: Festo can provide technical support for customers all over the world, including here in Canada, with its global customer-service network.

To learn more, contact Festo Canada.


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