FESTO - Expotainer : Automation Exhibition
1st March, 2016
An Automation Exhibition was organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon on 1st March, 2016. The exhibition was conducted by FESTO, Bangalore. The objective of the exhibition was to apprise students about various Automation technologies and their applications in industry and to bring the latest technology in pneumatic, electronics and didactic, directly to the student’s door - step.
The FESTO Expotainer is a fully self-contained exhibition vehicle providing a display of the latest equipment in the field of automation technology utilizing pneumatics and electronics as well as incorporating the latest developments in didactic training aids. The exhibition was meant for students of Mechanical Engineering branch.
The Expotainer was parked in the campus and students visited it in a batch of 10. During the exhibition, following components / products and Automation modules were displayed:
STATIC DISPLAYS
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1. SYSTEMATIC GRIPING
2. HANDLING TECHNOLOGY
3. MINIATURE DRIVE
4. VALVE TERMINAL WITH INTEGRATED FUNCTIONALITY
5. ELECTRICAL DRIVES
6. PART SENSING & VISION
7. TUBING OPTIMIZATION
8. COMPLETE RANGE OF PUSH-IN FITTING
9. ULTRA COMPACT MAINTENANCE UNIT
DYNAMIC DISPLAYS
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1. HANDLING APPLICATION
2. PICK - N - PLACE APPLICATION (ELECTRO - PNEUMATIC)
3. PICK - N - PLACE APPLICATION (PNEUMATIC)
4. LINEAR TO ROTARY CONVERTER
5. PROCESS VALVES
6. AIR DRYER
7. ROTARY INDEXING TABLES
8. SERVO DRIVES FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION
9. CYLINDER VALVE COMBINATIONS
Students were given demonstration of Solutions for Factory and Process Automation products by FESTO Trainer, Mr. Arpit Agrawal. Mr. Agrawal explained the complete range of low cost automation products offered by FESTO. Students took keen interest in knowing the applications of the automation modules and were motivated to apply some of the concepts in their projects.