News and Events
News
Bionic Learning Network
Festo founded the Bionic Learning Network as a collaboration with renowned universities, research departments, and small innovative companies to solve problems in the automation industry through a bionic approach.
Festo Didactic Received CareerTech NJ’s 2018 Business Partner of the Year Award
Monmouth County Vocational School District, in conjunction with the New Jersey Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools, has recognized Festo Didactic with a 2018 Business Partner of the Year award. The award recognizes the council’s efforts to expand career and technical education opportunities at county vocational-technical schools and county colleges. Festo Didactic hosts the district’s new Advanced Manufacturing Robotics program for shared-time students at their Eatontown, NJ headquarters.
New Building HVAC Controls Training System
Modern installations use a technology called direct digital controls (DDC), a microprocessor-based system that can be programmed for various control sequences. These complex HVAC systems require installation and maintenance technicians to have a strong understanding of their general operation.
To answer these training needs, the Festo Didactic Building HVAC Controls Training System assists instructors in teaching the fundamentals of modern controls using commercially available components from Johnson Controls, a manufacturer recognized worldwide.
New SCADA for LVDAC-EMS
SCADA for LVDAC-EMS (SAP#8094377) is a new software solution that creates custom interfaces to communicate with different workstations for EMS and LVDAC-EMS. It gives the users the capabilities to create their own SCADA windows to monitor AND control different parameters and functions from different workstations (different computers running LVDAC-EMS) and bring this into one SCADA screen and supervise the whole installation/lab.
Siemens SINAMICS Startdrive Software
The latest version of the Siemens SINAMICS Startdrive software package can be downloaded using the link below. The CD version (SAP# 8022477) is now obsolete since Siemens discontinued this medium.
Festo Didactic and Siemens Mechatronics Certification Program Partnership
Festo Didactic has announced their partnership with Siemens to continue their commitment to improving access to the industry’s best trainers, sophisticated learning systems, and industry-approved curriculum.
Festo Didactic states that Students enrolled in Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification Program (SMSCP) powered by Festo Didactic state-of-the-art equipment will gain a hands-on understanding of the complexities of the mechatronics system.
Events
Jan 31-Feb. 1 – NJASA TECHSPO 2019, Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City
Feb. 14-15 – PACTA, Hershey PA
April 24-26 – Region I ACTE Conference, Community College of Beaver County, PA
July 24-26 – 2019 PACTA Summer Leadership Conference, State College, PA