Festo VTUX: Starting a new generation of valve islands with open architecture and pneumatic-electric integration

From 3 to 5 July, 2024 Shanghai International Automobile Manufacturing Technology and Equipment and Materials Exhibition (AMTS) in Shanghai New International Expo Centre kicked off, the world's leading industrial automation and teaching training enterprise Festo ( Festo ) to "digital electric double drive, intelligent manufacturing value" as the theme.

The world's leading industrial automation and teaching training enterprise Festo ( Festo ) to "digital and electric double drive, intelligent value" as the theme, relying on digital, electrification, automation skills, with one-stop innovative solutions for the car industry to show up.

With the car industry one-stop innovative solutions to appear in the exhibition, and partners to discuss the "digital" and "intelligent" transformation, to explore the sustainable development of the car production industry.

In the wave of industrial automation, every innovation in technology is promoting the continuous expansion of the productivity gap.

In view of the new trend of digital intelligence, Festo launched a new generation of valve island automation control channel - VTUX, and made a wonderful appearance in this exhibition.

Festo invented the world's first valve island in 1987. and this product, as a collection of classic valve islands in the past, is the first of its kind in the world.

This product, as a collection of classic valve islands in the past, is not only a concentrated display of Festo's technological talent, but also represents that valve island technology has formally stepped into a new era of open architecture and gas-electricity integration.

VTUX valve island is leading the valve island technology to a more efficient, more intelligent, more sensitive to the future, VTUX valve island planning concept in depth to meet the needs of users.

The electric and gas parts are separated from the "conventional version" and "enhanced version" of the planning distinction, but at the same time in the planning and use of the exchange is able to interoperate.

The resulting four forms can perfectly cover most of the automation scenarios on the market.

With the VTUX Valve Island Channel, customers can plan their valve island requirements for all stations with one series of channels, greatly simplifying the complexity of selection.

This greatly simplifies the complexity of selection, allows for optimal planning in terms of cost, and eliminates the need for compatibility issues between different brands and series.

Its common air pipe connection method, so that all the air pipe are facing the same direction, useful to reduce the overall width and optimise the layout of the machine.

At the same time, the modular valve number planning ensures that in the same or higher flow output at the same time, only one valve width can be sensitive to a variety of needs.

In particular, the combination of 10mm and 12mm air plate bases further enriches the functional diversity of the valve island.

The choice of high-performance lightweight materials and innovative structural planning, not only to easily cope with a variety of intelligent production scenarios, but also excellent sensitivity and modularity characteristics, highlighting its leading position in technology.

In terms of communication capability, VTUX Valve Island is also a top performer. Its internal serial connection supports up to 128 different valve functions, which fully meets the needs of pneumatic control in different scenarios.

What's more, through the compatibility with CPX-AP-A long-distance I/O system, VTUX valve island realises convenient long-distance monitoring and control, which greatly improves the operation power.

The selection of advanced AP communication skills enables easy and seamless connection with various bus systems, providing users with unprecedented options and possibilities.

At the same time, support for a variety of pressure zones and the sensitive transformation of parallel and serial connections allows users to quickly customise the most suitable solution according to practical needs.

Whether in automated production lines, car production, packaging logistics, or in robotics and printing equipment, VTUX Valve Island can significantly improve production power and product quality by accurately controlling pneumatic actuators. In the context of Industry 4.0 and intelligent production, Festo VTUX valve island with its open architecture and gas-electricity integration features, will undoubtedly become an important driving force in the field of industrial automation, and will join hands with the existing classic valve island, such as VTSA, etc., in the future of industrial automation process to shine, and bring unprecedented innovation and value to the industry.