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March 21, 2023 The EXCL gantry checks all the boxes for affordability, performance, flexibility, footprint, and integration Festo introduces the EXCL, a multi-axis gantry kit that lowers acquisition, engineering, and assembly costs for automated sample handling and liquid dispensing in laboratory devices. The EXCL joins Festo’s rapidly expanding portfolio of products dedicated to applications in…
Variable speed drives, due to their operating principle, produce a series of unwanted secondary effects, such as: motor winding isolation stress, bearing stress, acoustic switching noise in the motor and electromagnetic interference. In most applications these effects are at an acceptable level – but in some cases these effects need to be mitigated.
The new ADN-S ultra compact pneumatic cylinder is another space-optimized product joining Festo’s core range of quick availability products. This double acting cylinder is ideal for small movements in tight quarters.
Festo’s newest compact vacuum generator, the OVEL, addresses the need for an economical, fully integrated unit that is very lightweight, versatile and easy to deploy and maintain, even for its size class. It’s ideally suited for applications that involve quick, reliable small-parts handling.
Covid-19 is making Canadian businesses even more aware of the advantages of advanced automation and other productivity enhancing solutions.
And then there were seven. The EPCE electric cylinder has become the seventh member of Festo’s Simplified Motion Series (SMS), a family of electric actuators that mimics the simplicity of pneumatics in performing simple point-to-point movements or positioning tasks. Each has an integrated servo drive, controller and electronics, and two on-board control options as standard: Digital I/O and IO-Link.

Weidmüller’s scalable engineering software, u-control 2000, adapts individually to your requirements. And, the u-control is powerful, compact and fully compatible with Weidmüller’s I/O system u-remote. This article looks at what makes u-control the heart of your automation.
Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are one of the main components of any automated system. A typical control system has inputs, outputs, controllers (i.e., PLCs), and some type of human interaction with the system, a human machine interface (HMI), for example.

December 18, 2025 Questions created by Krystie Johnston, Managing Editor at Kerrwil Media Ltd. Answers to be attributed to Nick Rinaldi, Director of Business Development – Home Builders, Schneider Electric Canada Canada’s housing market is demanding smarter, more sustainable solutions, and Schneider Electric Canada is helping to lead this transformation. Their innovative residential technologies make homes more energy Read More…
December 18, 2025 By Krystie Johnston There is something special about having a passion and putting it to work for a good reason. And that is exactly what STUDSON and HighBar are doing right now with the recent launch of their HighBar-equipped SHK-1 industrial helmet. A revolution in head safety, the concept version was introduced just last year Read More…