Festo’s new VTUX valve terminal can serve as I/O, remote I/O and decentralized I/O. These IP65/67-rated terminals can be located anywhere on a machine. For high flow rates up to 670 l/min, a high flow sub-base is used. High flow and compact sub-bases of one or four valve positions can be mixed and matched on a terminal. VTUX offers a platform for integrated vacuum systems for configuration of up to 16 vacuum channels per terminal. The platform enables bi-directional communication from the PLC to the vacuum generator and the electronics side of the terminal features mix-and-match modules. All Festo Automation Platform-based modules appear to the control engineer to be under a single IP address.
