In this episode, Frank Langro, Festo’s Director of Product Market Management for the Pneumatic Product Line in North America, addresses the history and benefits of pneumatic technologies and the roles they play in a variety of industrial automation applications, introduces us to the Festo Essentials product line, explains what makes Festo unique, and tells us what to expect from them in the future.
This episode of the RS Expert Advice podcast features Frank Langro, the Director of Product Market Management for the Pneumatic Product Line in North America at Festo, a leading global supplier of pneumatic, electric, and electronic technologies for industrial and process automation applications and the global market leader in technical training and education. In it, Frank introduces us to Festo, the history and benefits of pneumatic technologies, and the roles they play in Industry 4.0 applications. He also introduces essential pneumatic components for industrial automation applications, as well as the Festo Essentials product line, shares an application success story, and gives us some insights into what makes Festo unique and what to expect from them in the future.
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(1:00) Q1.Please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your role at Festo and how you ended up working in pneumatics.
(3:10) Q2.Please also introduce us to Festo.
(6:14) Q3. What roles do pneumatic technologies play in the rapidly evolving and interconnected industrial automation industry?
(11:31) Q4.Why should OEMs investing in Industry 4.0 technologies consider pneumatic solutions over electrical solutions, or in conjunction with electrical solutions?
(15:38) Q5. Which pneumatic technologies are most common in industrial automation applications, and what role do they play in these systems?
(16:56) Q6. Please tell us a little about the Festo Essentials pneumatics product line.
(23:11) Q7. Are there any success stories that come to mind when you think about your Festo Essentials pneumatic product portfolio?
(24:48) Q8. Can you tell us about any products that Festo is working on or goals it’s working towards?
(29:24) Q9. Is there anything else you’d like our listeners to know about Festo or your portfolio of pneumatic products for industrial automation applications?
Considering Pneumatics for Your Industrial Automation Application? Trust Festo and RS.
Festo is a leading global supplier of pneumatic, electric, and electronic technologies for process control and industrial automation applications, the international market leader in technical training and education, and a family company with roots dating back to 1925. Festo is dedicated to making tomorrow’s working world simpler, safer, and more productive and sustainable and helping people, companies, and organizations leverage the benefits of Industry 4.0 automation and digitization technologies. The company is also committed to internal and external quality, extending from its production, training, services, and logistics processes to it products and people.
RS offers more than 3,600 in-stock pneumatic solutions from Festo, as well as access to more than 36,000 parts, including pneumatic and fluid control products, sensors, motors and motor controls, industrial controls, connectors, wire and cable, tools and hardware, surge protectors, PLCs and HMIs, power supplies, test and measurement solutions, and switches. RS also partners with both Festo and customers to provide comprehensive support services throughout the design, build, and maintenance phases.
For more information about Festo, the Festo Essentials pneumatic product line, and the RS portfolio of Festo products, please visit the embedded links. For assistance identifying, deploying, and maintaining Festo products engineered to enable safe, reliable, cost-effective, sustainable, and durable industrial automation solutions, please contact your local RS representative at 1.866.433.5722 or reach out to the RS technical support team.
