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Accident prevention
The prevailing accident prevention regulations must be taken into account,
even though the nominal (rated) force values in the destructive range are well
in excess of the full scale value.
Additional safety precautions
The force transducers cannot (as passive transducers) implement any
(safety‐relevant) cutoffs. This requires additional components and construct-
ive measures for which the installer and operator of the plant is responsible.
In cases where a breakage or malfunction of the force transducer would
cause injury to persons or damage to equipment, the user must take appropri-
ate additional safety precautions that meet at least the requirements of applic-
able safety and accident prevention regulations (e.g. automatic emergency
shutdown, overload protection, catch straps or chains, or other fall protection).
The layout of the electronics conditioning the measurement signal should be
such that measurement signal failure does not cause damage.
General dangers of failing to follow the safety instructions
The force transducers are state‐of‐the‐art and reliable. There may be risks
involved if the transducers are mounted, sited, installed and operated inappro-
priately, or by untrained personnel. Every person involved with siting, start-
ing‐up, operating or repairing a force transducer must have read and under
stood the mounting instructions and in particular the technical safety
instructions. The force transducers can be damaged or destroyed by non‐des
ignated use of the force transducer or by non‐compliance with the mounting
and operating instructions, these safety instructions or any other applicable
safety regulations (BG safety and accident prevention regulations) when using
the force transducers. Force transducers can break, particularly in the case of
overloading. The breakage of a force transducer can also cause damage to
property or injury to persons in the vicinity of the force transducer.
If force transducers are not used according to their designated use, or if the
safety instructions or specifications in the mounting and operating instructions
are ignored, it is also possible that the force transducer may fail or malfunc-
tion, with the result that persons or property may be affected (due to the loads
acting on or being monitored by the force transducer).
The scope of supply and performance of the transducer covers only a small
area of force measurement technology, as measurements with (resistive)
strain gauge sensors presuppose the use of electronic signal conditioning. In
addition, equipment planners, installers and operators should plan, implement
and respond to the safety engineering considerations of force measurement
technology in such a way as to minimize residual dangers. On‐site regulations
must be complied with at all times.
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