Fluid Device for Suction Gripping

A fluid flow device comprising a plurality of fluid flow functional modules each fastened on a respective individual base comprising:

• two parallel lateral faces via which the bases are adapted to be placed against one another in such a manner that when the bases are placed against one another, two of the bases each have one lateral face that is free;
• a primary fluid transport channel passing through the base to open out in its two lateral faces in identical relative positions;
• a front face along which the module extends so as to couple an inlet channel of said module with a secondary channel extending inside the base from the front face and opening out in the primary channel;
• a check valve having both an open state and also a closed state in which the check valve closes the secondary channel when the base is not provided with a module;
• and
• a top face in which there extends a tertiary channel opening out in the primary channel;
• the device including a fastener means for fastening the bases to one another, leaktight coupling means for coupling primary channels with one another, leaktight coupling means for coupling an end of the primary channel opening out in one of the free lateral faces to a source of fluid under pressure in order to feed the modules, and leaktight coupling means for coupling the end of the tertiary channel opening out in the top face of the base to a source of fluid under pressure in order to feed the module.