RS is proud to offer Festo's extensive
portfolio of flexible, cost-effective, and user-friendly electric
automation products engineered to improve the way people work and
companies compete.
FORT
WORTH, Texas, Jan. 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RS, a trading brand of RS
Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global provider of product and service
solutions for industrial customers, offers Festo's extensive
portfolio of flexible, cost-effective, and user-friendly electric
automation products for process control and factory automation
applications.
RS offers Festo's industry-leading
portfolio of flexible, cost-effective, & user-friendly electric
automation products.
The Festo product portfolio features one of the industry's
most comprehensive selections of electric automation solutions and
includes a wide variety of linear and rotary mechanical systems,
servo drives and motors, industrial and motor control solutions,
automation systems, sensors, and grippers engineered to enable the
seamless connectivity essential to Industry 4.0 facilities and
automate everything that moves on a single, unified platform.
Backed by nearly 100 years of R&D experience and more than 60
years of automation expertise, the entire line is also engineered
to simplify installation and commissioning processes, facilitate
flexibility, boost productivity, support sustainability efforts,
deliver an excellent price-performance ratio, and improve the way
people work and companies compete.
These benefits allow users to overcome a wide range of
challenges common to process control and factory automation
applications in multiple market segments. And while Festo offers
more than 1,000 different electric automation solutions designed to
adapt to the unique needs of various applications, there are
several that exhibit especially broad appeal, including its CMMT-AS
servo drives, CMMT-ST servo drives, and CPX-AP-I automation system,
which are just a few of the more than 37,000 Festo solutions
available at RS.
Festo's CMMT-AS and CMMT-ST servo drives both enable simple and
error-free commissioning of rotary and linear movements in just a
few steps and a few minutes using the Festo Automation Suite.
Contributing features include support for several different bus
protocols (EtherCAT, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, and Modbus) and an
auto-tuning function that enables seamless integration into Festo
control solutions and direct fieldbus integration into other
Ethernet-based automation environments using downloadable,
control-specific function blocks compatible with controllers from
all major manufacturers, including Siemens, Rockwell, and Beckhoff.
The CMMT auto-tuning function also automatically optimizes the
rotary and linear motion control behavior of connected servo motors
and linear mechanisms. In addition, both servo drives feature
integrated safety functions that can be configured without
software, including safe torque off (STO) up to SIL3/Cat 3 PL e and
safe stop 1 time controlled (SS1-t), when using a suitable external
safety relay unit and circuitry.
Festo's state-of-the-art CMMT-AS servo drive is one of the most
compact servo drives on the market and an integral component of the
Festo automation platform. Designed to enable easy commissioning
and highly dynamic and precise point-to-point and interpolating
motion, CMMT-AS servo drives deliver precise force, speed,
position, and safe brake control capabilities in a range of
demanding applications, including assembly, handling, and packaging
equipment. Additional features include an energy recovery function
that supports sustainable operation, two multi-encoder inputs (one
for connected motors and a second for redundant measuring systems
in safety-related two-channel solutions), and an integrated
operating panel with a touchscreen and USB interface that supports
full-text diagnostics, simple on-site data backups, and data
transfer between several CMMT-AS servo drives connected in series.
These competitively priced servo drives can also be paired with
Festo's EMMT-AS servo motors via a single-cable solution to further
simplify and reduce installation effort and save even more cabinet
space.
Festo's ultra-compact and extra-low-voltage CMMT-ST servo drive
is 50% smaller than the competitively compact CMMT-AS and designed
for high-precision positioning tasks and point-to-point and
interpolating motion with low continuous power requirements
extending from 150–300W, such as stepper motors and brushless
direct-current motors. In addition to delivering excellent economic
efficiency and maximum space efficiency, CMMT-ST servo drives
support primary voltages spanning 24–48VDC and motor currents up to
8A (peak 10A). They also feature an integrated web server that
enables quick and easy online diagnostics and transfer and update
of firmware and parameters. Additionally, when operating a CMMT-ST
on an existing 24VDC network with a maximum continuous power output
of 150W, users can ditch the extra power supply to further reduce
costs, installation effort, and cooling requirements.
Festo's CPX-AP-I automation system is a flexible,
high-performance, low-cost, and user-friendly remote I/O system
engineered to support decentralized automation via
simple integration into a wide variety of control systems. The
system can be comprised of a PROFINET, PROFIBUS, EtherCAT,
EtherNet/IP, or ModbusTCP bus interface, up to 80 digital or analog
input I/O modules and existing valve manifold connections, and
separate M8 or M12 cables for communication and power supply to
form voltage zones and ensure stable data transfer. CPX-AP-I
automation systems integrate modules into host systems including
IO-Link masters; enable end-to-end connectivity with extended
diagnostics and remote maintenance capabilities to increase machine
availability, uptime, and productivity and improve energy
efficiency; and support real-time communication with a 200Mbaud
data rate. Its real-time communication capabilities and
deterministic system behavior enable cycle times up to 250µs, and
its IO-Link master and configuration software make it quick, easy,
safe, and economical to integrate, update, and replace IO-Link
devices, such as sensors and actuators. In addition, cable lengths
of up to 50m between modules enable
enormous system dimensions, and future-proof IP65/67 designs
support scalability in a wide range of smart factory
applications.
For more information about these products and other Festo
automation products available at RS, please visit the links
embedded here, check out the new Festo Electric Automation RS
Expert Advice podcast, or visit the Festo website. For assistance
identifying, procuring, deploying, and maintaining Festo automation
products engineered to help you build better products, streamline
production, improve safety, sustainability, and productivity, and
cut costs, please contact your local RS representative at
1.866.433.5722 or reach out to the RS technical support team.
About Festo
Festo is a global player and an
independent family-owned company with headquarters in Esslingen am
Neckar, Germany. Festo has set
standards in industrial automation technology and technical
education ever since its establishment, thereby making a
contribution to sustainable development of the environment, the
economy, and society. The company supplies pneumatic and electrical
automation technology to 300,000 customers of factory and process
automation in over 35 industries. The LifeTech sector with medical
technology and laboratory automation is becoming increasingly
important. The products and services are available in 176
countries. With about 20,800 employees in over 250 branch offices
in around 60 countries worldwide, Festo achieved a turnover of
around €3.81 billion in 2022. Each year, around 7% of this turnover
is invested in research and development. In this learning company,
1.5 % of turnover is invested in basic and further training. Festo
Didactic SE is a leading provider of technical education and
training and offers its customers worldwide comprehensive digital
and physical learning solutions in the industrial environment.
About RS in the Americas
In the Americas region,
RS stocks more than 250,000 industrial and electronic products from
more than 700 trusted suppliers. These solutions cover categories
extending from automation and control equipment to interconnect,
passive, active, and electromechanical components and include more
than 80,000 high-quality, competitively priced RS
PRO products. For more information, please visit
https://us.rs-online.com or connect with us via social media on
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About RS Group
RS Group plc provides product and
service solutions that help our customers design, build, maintain,
repair, and operate industrial equipment and operations, safely and
sustainably. We stock more than 750,000 industrial and electronic
products, sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, and provide a
wide range of product and service solutions to 1.1 million
customers.
We support customers across the product lifecycle, whether via
innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving
time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing
purchasing costs and optimizing inventory in the maintenance,
repair, and operation phase. We offer our customers tailored
product and service propositions that are essential for the
successful operation of their businesses and help them save time
and money.
RS Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock
ticker RS1 and in the year ended 31 March
2023 reported revenue of £2,982 million.
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