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Cultivation of Biomass On an Industrial Scale

i4.0 today

Algae’s chloroplast cells photosynthesise to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and chemical energy sources – or valuable organic matter. Biological transformation portfolio Together with its customers, Festo develops intelligent control cabinet solutions for bioreactors and continues to expand its portfolio.

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Universal automation lays the foundation for smart factories

Control Engineering

Distributed control system (DCS) users are working toward eliminating the proprietary nature of automation and working toward a universal standard for process control industries. The control software will program as you do today with the ability to send control algorithms to the smart devices at the edge.