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Anton Paar
Anton-Paar-Straße 20
8054 Graz
Austria
Area of business:
Development and manufacture
of highly accurate laboratory
instruments and process measuring
systems and custom-tailored
automation and robotic solutions.
Developing the dispensing head was no
minor task either. This is where Festo
VODA valves come in. These media valves
are directly actuated diaphragm valves.
Depending on how the pressure is defined,
the metering of the fluid to be transported
is higher or lower. The opening pressure of
the valve is therefore defined by the
pretension and flexibility of the
diaphragm. This enables the medium
used to be dispensed extremely
accurately. With the Modular Sample
Processor the samples are precisely
assigned to the correct container – to the
last millilitre.
Reliability worldwide
“In this sub-project, the engineers from
the Medical Technology and Laboratory
Compact bench-top platform: the Modular Sample Processor
can be used as a bench-top unit for liquid media and solids, or
integrated into complete automation solutions.
“Right from the initial CAD concept we
worked closely with our system partner
Festo to create the platform.”
Project manager Dipl.-Ing. Markus Schöllauf
from the Automation and Robotics division of Anton Paar
Automation division of Festo demonstrated
their level of expertise combined with
high commitment,” continues Schöllauf.
This provides reliability for follow-on
projects, adds the project manager – as
does the fact that products, solutions and
services from Festo can be supplied
quickly almost anywhere in the world.
This is also important for companies like
Anton Paar, so that the Modular Sample
Processor can be marketed on a
worldwide basis.