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Boehringer Ingelheim
Pharma GmbH &
Co. KG
Birkendorfer Straße 65
88400 Biberach an der Riß
Germany
Area of business:
Research, development,
medicine and biotechnology
controller produces high-quality results
and robust control behaviour. The fact
that the control cabinet is installed in the
technical corridor instead of the reactor
room saves money on EX protection.
It is often the small solutions that, when
put together, offer many plus points. For
example, stainless steel pipes with small
nominal sizes of up to ½" can be replaced
with easy-to-install and cheaper tubing.
The power supply to the proportional
valves and signal transmission to PROFI-
NET are routed directly via the valve ter-
minal, thus eliminating the need for cables
in the field.
“A project like this can be compared to the construction
of a house, where all the different tradespeople must
coordinate with one another.”
Alexander Kelm, Project Management Components PA Europe, Festo
Functional, flexible, cost-effective
The installation can now be controlled
much more flexibly and easily. What is
more, Boehringer Ingelheim was able
to reduce installation costs compared with
the technology previously used. Function-
al, flexible and attractively priced, the pro-
portional valve technology, developed and
supplied as a complete solution by Festo,
ensures long-term increased efficiency in
the inertisation processes in this pharma-
ceutical company’s technical centre.
Compact: the control cabinet was
pre-assembled as a ready-to-install
solution.
Standard: Festo quarter turn actuators
DAPS control ball valves and butterfly
valves on the reactor.