Valve module system
AssigneeFesto AG & Co.
InventorsMartin MAICHL, Martin KILB
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Abstract
A valve module system for supplying compressed air to a compressed air consumer, in which valve modules are provided with differently configured channel plates in order to enter into fluidic communication with fluid channels of a support plate. At least one fluid channel configured in the support plate, which opens out at a coupling surface of the support plate, is associated with a sensor from the group of a: pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a flow sensor, a humidity sensor, which is electrically connected to a control apparatus and which is configured for providing an electrical sensor signal to the control apparatus.
Claims21
1-17. (canceled)
A valve module system for supplying compressed air to a compressed air consumer, comprising:
- a support plate which support plate is provided with one or more interfaces at an interface area, each interface being configured for attaching a valve module and comprising a connection area which connection area is provided with a plurality of channel openings,
- wherein each channel opening is connected to a fluid channel provided in the support plate, and to one or more valve modules,
- wherein each of the valve modules comprises a valve housing in which valve housing one or more valve assemblies are accommodated and which valve housing is supported with a narrow side partly on the respective interface, and
- wherein the valve module system further comprises a channel plate, which channel plate is sealingly connected to the valve housing by a first coupling surface and which channel plate bears sealingly against the connection area by a second coupling surface aligned in particular parallel to the narrow side, a plurality of connection channels being formed in the channel plate, which plurality of connection channels are each formed for a connection between one of the valve assemblies and one of the channel openings, wherein at least one fluid channel formed in the support plate, which fluid channel opens out at a coupling surface of the support plate, which fluid channel is associated with a sensor from the group of:
- a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a flow sensor, a humidity sensor, which sensor is electrically connected to a control apparatus and which sensor is configured to provide an electrical sensor signal to the control apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.