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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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Additional safety precautions
The force transducers (as passive transducers) cannot execute (safety) shutdowns. This
requires additional components and design measures, for which the installer and
operator of the plant is responsible.
Wherever,in the event of breakage or malfunction of the force transducers, people or
property may be injured, the user must take suitable additional safety precautions which
at least comply with the relevant accident prevention regulations (e.g. automatic
emergency stop, overload protection, catch straps or chains, or other fall protection
devices).
The electronics that processes the measurement signal should be designed so that
failure of the measurement signal cannot lead to secondary failures.
General dangers of failing to follow the safety instructions
Force transducers are state-of-the-art and failsafe. The transducers can be dangerous if
they are mounted, set up or operated improperly, or by untrained personnel. Every person
involved in setting up, starting up, operating or repairing a force transducer must have
read and understood the mounting instructions and in particular the technical safety
instructions. The force transducers can be damaged or destroyed by non-designated use
of the force transducer or by non-compliance with the mounting manual, these safety
instructions or other applicable safety regulations (safety and accident prevention
regulations of the Employers' Liability Insurance Association) when using the force trans
ducers. A force transducer can break, particularly if it is overloaded. The breakage of a
force transducer can cause damage to property or injury to persons in the vicinity of the
force transducer.
If force transducers are not used in accordance with their intended purpose, or if the
safety instructions or the specifications in the mounting instructions are disregarded, the
force transducers may also fail or malfunction, with the result that (due to loads acting on
or monitored by the force transducers) people or property may be injured.
The scope of supply and performance of the transducer covers only a small area of force
measurement technology, as measurements with (resistive) strain gage sensors
presuppose the use of electronic signal processing. Equipment planners, installers and
operators should always plan, implement and respond to the safety engineering
considerations of force measurement technology in such a way as to minimize residual
dangers. Pertinent national and local regulations must be complied with.
Conversions and modifications
The design or safety engineering of the transducer must not be modified without our
express permission. Any modification shall exclude all liability on our part for any
resulting damage.
