25/05/2021 Festo Ltd
High energy costs, rising cost pressure and a growing awareness of climate change have turned energy efficiency into a core business objective. For many companies, having verifiable environmentally friendly and carbon neutral credentials also gives a competitive advantage. Industrial automation specialist Festo combines its Festo Energy Saving Services (FESS) with energy-saving products to help manufacturing facilities fully realise the efficiency of their compressed air system.
Modern compressed air systems are generally much more efficient than older ones that have expanded over many years. As the first company in the world to be certified by TÜV Süd for compressed air audits under the ISO 11011 standard, Festo has the necessary know-how to identify potential savings and propose and implement solutions or improvement measures.
How Festo Applies Artificial Intelligence for Predictive Applications
To showcase the use of AI in its automation technologies, Festo highlighted two use cases involving predictive maintenance and predictive energy.
Apr 20th, 2021
As part of Festo’s exhibit at the 2021 virtual Hannover Messe event, the company featured its Festo AX software, developed by Festo and Resolto (a Festo subsidiary specializing in artificial intelligence).
Dr. Frank Melzer, member of Festo’s management board for product and technology management, noted that Festo uses condition monitoring and machine learning to monitor the behavior of its customers components, machines, and systems. “AI is the enabler that takes the automation business to a new level of efficiency,” he said. “We continuously monitor machine data and check it against our AI model, which describes the good state of a component or machine. The AI algorithms then detect deviations from the normal state and can also pre