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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Joerg Hassel, Erlangen, DE;
Arno Steckenborn, Berlin, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A system for carrying out the automated processing of fluids. The system has combinable and interchangeable process modules ( ), which each contain a control unit ( ) and a fluid unit ( ) that can be controlled by the control unit in order to execute a module-specific process function. The control units ( ) are interconnected via a data bus ( ) which is shared by process modules ( ), and the fluid units ( ) are interconnected via a fluid bus ( ) having a number of channels ( ). The configuration of at least one portion of the channels ( ) of the fluid buses ( ) can be varied in the areas of their respective connection to the fluid units ( ) by using configuration devices, which can be provided in the form of adapters ( ) located between the process modules ( ) and the fluid bus ( ).