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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Buerkert Werke Gmbh & Co. KG, Ingelfingen, DE;
Markus Feinauer, Ingelfingen, DE;
Peter Krippner, Ingelfingen, DE;
Buerkert Werke Gmbh & Co. KG, Ingelfingen, DE;
Abstract
A safety module for a process valve and a system comprising a safety module and a process valve are provided. The safety module comprises at least a first interface complementary to a first connection interface of a drive module of the process valve and a second interface complementary to a second connection interface of a process valve actuator of the process valve, such that the safety module can be retrofitted in the process valve. The safety module further comprises at least one safety valve and fluid lines provided for fluidically coupling the safety valve to the drive module and the process valve actuator of the process valve. The at least one safety valve of the safety module is configured for forced venting of the process valve in a safety case.