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bioreactors in the new biotech factory
with around 5000 valve functions. The
differently sized control cabinets house
modular valve terminals CPX/MPA.
Completely pre-assembled and tested,
Festo’s ready to install system solution
was delivered directly to the plant and
came with all the construction data and
wiring diagrams. When faced with the
pressure to meet deadlines in plant
construction, read to install solutions
are ideal from Gabriele Wulf’s and Sven
Kelly’s point of view.
Standardisation simplifies operation
“For us this standardisation is nothing
but advantageous. As a result, our
machines are less complex to repair. It
means we only need a few spare parts,
training costs for maintenance staff go
down and we only have one contact for
the pneumatics,” Kelly states. This applies
not only to the planning and installation
phase of the project but above all to
the reliable operation of the machines.
Research shows that maintenance and
repair costs over the whole life cycle of
a plant are often significantly higher
than the actual investment.
The core of the automation process at
sensor actuator level is the valve terminal
CPX/MPA. Thanks to its flexible design
any non fieldbus capable signals and
process valves are connected to the bus
controlled valve terminal as an I/O
component. Thanks to standardised
automation technology, biotechnology
for Merck Serono will become a really
promising production technology – not
only at sites such as this one, high above
Lake Geneva.
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Merck Serono S.A.
9, chemin des Mines
Case postale 54
CH-1211 Geneva
www.merckserono.com
Area of activity:
Development, production and
marketing of Merck Serono
treatments with prescription drugs
Impressive facts:
200 turnkey stainless steel control cabinets from Festo for the approximately 80 preparation vessels and bioreactors in the new biotech
factory with around 5000 valve functions.
www.festo.co.uk/btp
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