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Karb Maschinenbau
GmbH
Lochmühlenstraße 112-113
97357 Prichsenstadt
Germany
Area of business:
Planning, consulting, design and
manufacture of special-purpose
machines, tools and equipment
Fills 14,500 fresh vegetables in an hour: the new antipasti
multi-filling machine from Karb Maschinenbau.
Everything under control: the grippers developed by
Karb Maschinenbau use Festo cartridge cylinders EGZ.
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conveyor at the same time. The valve
terminal CPX/MPA, which controls the
proportional valves for the grippers,
ensures highly sensitive gripping without
pressure marks. The grippers developed
by Karb Maschinenbau use Festo cartridge
cylinders EGZ.
Expertise and worldwide availability
The machine took around five years to
develop from the initial idea to final fine-
tuning. Behind the smooth running system
that makes the filling process look so easy
lies a lot of complex and time-consuming
work that had to be accomplished on the
journey from the initial concept to
commissioning, including design,
manufacture and control. Throughout this
period, Karb Maschinenbau was
supported by Festo employees. Along with
their expertise, they provided sample parts
for extensive testing and carried out trials
in the Festo test laboratory. The many
years of cooperation with Festo together
with the high quality of the products and
their availability worldwide were pivotal
to the project. The machine building
experts are already working on the next
step of automating the feeding and
packaging process.