Module for an automation device

Abstract

There is described a module for an automation device with a plurality of adjacent modules, having a housing capsule that has at least one rear wall and two side walls and which is provided for housing electric components. There is also described an automation device having modules of said type. It is proposed that one of the side walls of the modules be embodied as being thermally conductive and that the other side wall be embodied as being thermally insulated. That will on the one hand result in improved heat dissipation for the modules and, on the other, will prevent the thermal coupling of adjacent modules of the automation device.

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       6 . A module for an automation device, comprising:
 a housing capsule with a rear wall a thermally conductive side wall and a thermally insulated side wall.   
   
   
       7 . The module as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the automation device comprises a plurality of adjacent modules. 
   
   
       8 . The module as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the housing capsule houses electric components. 
   
   
       9 . The module as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the thermally conductive side wall has a u-shape. 
   
   
       10 . The module as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the thermally conductive side wall has ribs. 
   
   
       11 . The module as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the thermally conductive side wall has ribs. 
   
   
       12 . The module as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the electric components are thermally coupled to the thermally conductive side wall. 
   
   
       13 . The module as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the electric components are thermally coupled to the thermally conductive side wall. 
   
   
       14 . The module as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the electric components are thermally coupled to the thermally conductive side wall. 
   
   
       15 . An automation device, comprising:
 a plurality of adjacent modules, wherein a module has a thermally conductive side wall and a thermally insulated side wall, wherein the thermally conductive side wall of a first module is adjacent to the thermally insulated side wall of a second module.   
   
   
       16 . The automation device as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the first module has a housing capsule with a rear wall and the second module has a housing capsule with a rear wall. 
   
   
       17 . The automation device as claimed in  claim 16 , comprising a forced-ventilation. 
   
   
       18 . The automation device as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the forced-ventilation is based on a ventilator. 
   
   
       19 . The automation device as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the thermally conductive side wall has a chimney, wherein a width of the chimney of modules losing less heat is smaller than of modules losing more heat. 
   
   
       20 . The automation device as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the thermally conductive side wall has a ribs, wherein a rib height of modules losing less heat is smaller than of modules losing more heat. 
   
   
       21 . The automation device as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the thermally insulated side walls of different modules have a different width.