Interviewee
Craig
Correia, Process Automation, Industry Segment Manager
craig.correia@us.festo.com
Ph:
781-935-5180
Cell:
508-380-4673
Fax:
781-935-5390
Interview
Summary:
The company
supplies actuators, controls, and learning services. It has
activities in 180 countries and three manufacturing facilities
just in the U.S.A . WEFTEC is the coming out party for the
process automation products for the U.S. The product is well
established in Europe and there are wastewater applications in
China but this is the initial push in the U.S. Pneumatic
actuators have a number of advantages over electrical including
corrosion resistance in outdoor exposures. The learning services
include one on energy savings.
Product Information:
Pneumatic actuators
Pneumatic actuators are intended
to convert pressure energy into motion energy, a process
involving the transmission and dissipation of forces.
Festo was the first manufacturer
in Europe to create pneumatic cylinders; our first pneumatics
range came out in 1956.
Festo's test
program
Benchmarks
for drive technology
Festo places great importance on
outstanding production quality: Every drive is subjected to a
comprehensive test program with function, leakage and endurance
tests. These provide statistics confirming service life
characteristics for the best possible operational safety. The
record-breakers were cylinders with a running performance of
82,000 km, meaning they could have travelled almost twice around
the globe.
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