Basics of Automation Technology Festo Didactic GmbH&Co. KG www.festo-didactic.com Copyright Festo Didactic 2007

Manufacturing of Cars at Ford

Automated Assembly Line

Production of Cars with Industrial Robots

MecLab® Station Stack Magazine

MecLab® Station Conveyor

MecLab® Station Handling

Electrical Switches Normally open contact toggle switch Normally closed contact

Relais

Proximity Switches for Pneumatical Cylinders Barrel Piston with Magnet

Optical Proximity Switches (Thru Beam) Transmitter Without Object Receiver With Object Transmitter Receiver

Thru Beam Sensor - Applications Standstill control in feeding units Parts detection in handling devices and transfer presses

Thru Beam Sensor – Applications (II) Object detection at long distances Object detection in harsh environments

Optical Proximity Switches – Retro Reflective Sensor Without Object S E With Object Retro-Reflective Sensor Transmitter + Receiver Mirror

Retro Reflective Sensor - Applications Position control of small objects IC-pins control

Optical Proximity Switches – Diffuse Sensor Without Object S E With Object Object Diffuse Sensor Transmitter + Receiver

Diffuse Sensor - Applications Recognition of objects with different contrasts IC-Pin inspection

Inductive Proximity Switches With Object Without Object Oscillator core coil Magnetic Field

Inductive Sensors - Applications Object Detection

Pressure Switch

Single and Double Acting Cylinder

Profile Cylinder

One Way Flow Control Valve

Flow Control

3/2 and 4/2 Way Valve – Working Principle

4/2-Way Solenoid Valve 4/2-Way-Valve Monostable 4/2-Way-Valve Bistable

4/2-Way-Valve - Cut-Away Drawing

4/2-Way-Valve – Cut Away Drawing (II)

Mechanical Grippers - Types

Mechanical Grippers – Working Principle Housing Gripper jaws Bearings slider Piston

Vacuum Grippers – Working Principle Vacuum generator Suction Cup 1 Supply port 2 Vacuum port 3 Exhaust port

Inline-Type Vacuum Generator P Supply port V Vacuum port R Exhaust port

Lorentz-Force

DC-Motor – Working Principle

DC-Motor – Picture and Symbol

Solenoid

Programmable Logic Controllers

Open and Closed Loop Control x y Process Process Controller x y