Festo Ag & Co. Kg

Festo Ag & Co

Festo Se &co. Kg

Heiko Kühbauch

Michael Berner

Grzegorz Bogdanowicz

Thomas Lederer

Jens Anderle

Eduard Wenske

Ralf Starzmann

Boris Saric

Peter RÜHLE

Swen Schuppler

Frank Sterns

Maik Kliem

A sorting system () for sorting sorting objects (), including a sensor unit () which is adapted to detect a property, in particular a size, shape, weight, color and/or material, of a sorting object (), and a valve arrangement () which is adapted to blow on the sorting object () in order to convey the sorting object () to one of a plurality of possible sorting destinations (), wherein the sorting system () is adapted to selectively set, according to the detected property, a blowing strength () to a first blowing strength (A) greater than zero or to a second blowing strength greater than zero, the second blowing strength being different from the first blowing strength (B), and to blow the sorting object using the valve arrangement with the set blowing strength to cause the sorting object to be conveyed to the sorting destination.

Sorting method and sorting device

A valve assembly including a valve support and electrically actuated valves mounted thereon. A reception passage includes a control circuit board contacted to the valves extends in the valve support. In the interior of the valve support, there further extend several electric conduction rods which are responsible for power supply and which are electrically contacted to the control circuit board via takeoff contact means.

Valve assembly

A modular control device () is proposed, containing a support module arrangement () equipped with a control module arrangement (). Additionally provided information-carrying modules () make it possible to make information regarding the control modules () available. They respectively contain a fastening section () fixed in place on the support module arrangement () and an information-carrying section (), which is pivotably seated on hinge means (). The information-carrying section is embodied in an L-shape and can be selectively positioned in a working position, in which it extends over the control module arrangement (), or in a release position, in which it makes the control module arrangement () accessible.

Modular control device, especially of an electro-fluidic type

An electrofluidic control device comprises a plurality of electrically operated power modules arranged at least in part in the form of control valves, said power modules being contacted by an concatenation strand. By way of a connection module and at least one additional feed module separate operating voltages may be supplied to the concatenation strand at mutually spaced points.

Electrofluidic control device

A valve construction kit is provided for the production of valve clusters respectively having several juxtaposed plate-like valve units. Each valve unit comprises a core module having a valve spool and a frame-like encasing element surrounding the core module. The construction kit furthermore comprises several encasing elements differing at least as regards the consistency of the their material and of different types so that it is possible to produce valve units for different applications owing to the selected combination with core modules.

Valve construction kit for the production of valve clusters

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Köngen, Germany

Heiko Kühbauch