Method, computer program product and computer system for the automatic production of a filter installation

Method as claimed in either one of the preceding claims, wherein the generating step (steps 35-40) comprises a step of generating input fields (P) that are to be sequentially processed, wherein the input fields (P) that are to be sequentially processed correspond at least partially to the respective components of the filter unit to be produced.

Method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the retrieved datasets are technical characteristics of the components that were selected in the corresponding input fields (P), wherein the characteristics preferably comprise one or more dimensions of the individual components.

Method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the selection (step 34) of the design (C2) of the filter unit to be produced is made as a function of at least one of the following parameters:

• the number of filter unit chambers, the desired volume or volume areas of a housing of the filter unit, the desired filtration rate of the filter unit, a filtration module used, the inside pipe diameter of individual components, a ventilation type of the housing.

Method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the selection (step 35) of the field of application (C1) of the filter unit to be produced is made as a function of at least one of the following parameters:

• use of the filter unit in a pharmaceutical application, use of the filter unit in a chemical application, use of the filter unit for filtering beverages, use of the filter unit for filtering gases, use of the filter unit for filtering liquids.

Method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, which furthermore comprises a step (step 74-80, step 92) of generating a drawing on a display device or a readable medium as a function of the selected or entered components.

Computer program product for automatically producing a filter unit comprising a plurality of components or elements, which can be loaded directly or indirectly into the internal memory of a computer and which comprises coding segments that can execute a method for automatically producing a filter unit comprising a plurality of components or elements in accordance with one of the preceding claims.

Computer system for automatically producing a filter unit comprising a plurality of components or elements, which includes a memory unit, an evaluation unit, an input unit and an output unit, wherein the input unit has means for selecting (step 33) a field of application (C1) of the filter unit to be produced from among a plurality of predefined or predefinable fields of application and/or means for selecting (step 34) a design (C2) of the filter unit to be produced from among a plurality of predefined or predefinable designs;

• wherein the evaluation unit has means for generating (steps 35-40) an input field (P) on the display device as a function of the selection made, wherein only those inputs are enabled in the input field (P) which correspond to the selection made (step 33, step 34), wherein the evaluation unit further comprises means for checking (step 81) whether the entries made in each input field (P) are mutually compatible, i.e., by retrieving or calling datasets that correspond to the entries and are stored in a database or a data memory area, and wherein the evaluation unit further has means for automatically generating (step 82) an error message (F) if the entries made in each input field (P) are not mutually compatible.