A Look at 10 End of Arm Tool Providers

FESTO

FESTO has been around since 1923. The company makes a range of product and services including mechanical grippers and bellow grippers.

The Esslingen, Germany-based company last week announced that it has developed new compressed air technology that makes pneumatics more “sustainable, resource saving and energy-efficient.”

FESTO said its Motion Terminal VTEM “uses piezo technology and motion apps that can replace over 50 individual components within a pneumatic control circuit.”

End of arm tools are helping increase the capability and range of robot arms, helping operators reduce costs and deliver products faster.

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