Posted to News on 2nd May 2007, 19:49
Festo unveils new process automation learning system
At IWEX 2007, Festo launched a new and highly innovative training system developed specifically for the process industry. Designed to facilitate hands-on automation training for personnel working in the process sector, the new MPS PA process automation learning system accurately replicates real-life industrial environments. The system is entirely modular, enabling it to be configured to suit a diverse variety of process automation requirements, including water treatment and supply, cooling and refrigeration, food processing and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
The MPS PA learning system is a very cost-effective means of training personnel in the design, commissioning, use and maintenance of large-scale processes that would be prohibitively expensive or impracticable to shut down for training purposes. The MPS PA is fully compatible with other modules in Festo's MPS series of modular production systems, enabling users to configure installations that exactly match their training needs. These include simulation stations, PLCs and industrial controllers, together with a software package known as Fluid-Lab-PA that allows trainers and trainees to perform measurement and control operations on PCs.
Festo trains over 42,000 personnel worldwide every year and is a leader in technology-based courses on pneumatics, hydraulics and PLCs, as well as in soft skills and personnel development, such as service engineer communication courses, employee engagement and team coaching.
