The Turkish megacity of Bursa has clean drinking water. There, Festo has completely modernized the Dobruca water treatment plant, from the operating and control level right up to the process valves in the field. It was possible to create an automation system from a single source, thanks to the perfectly matched components from Festo. This…
Using blood plasma efficiently
Blood plasma contains more than 120 valuable proteins and is an indispensable resource in the production of life-saving medicines. It is in high demand on global markets. To make more efficient use of this valuable commodity, Biotest AG developed a new large-scale plant for plasma fractionation, with which it is possible to obtain five instead…
A Swabian recipe for success
Achieving the perfect pretzel takes skill, practice, and time. Or simply a clever automation solution. The Schill bakery produces 10,000 pretzels a day. The dough is automatically kneaded, divided into portions, and shaped into a strand. Then it is precisely aligned by a positioning unit from Festo, followed by the twisting process using gripping technology…
Fiber balls in the fight against micropollutants
Each year, 8,000 tons of pharmaceutical products and 10 tons of microplastics end up in Germany’s largest river, the Rhine, alone. Conventional wastewater treatment plants will always struggle to deal with such large quantities of micropollutants. That is why the town of Barntrup in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia added a purification stage for…