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Mechanical installation
5.1 Important measures for installation
• Handle the transducer with care.
• Do not overload the transducer.
• Welding currents must not be allowed to flow over the transducer. If there is
a risk that this might happen, you must use a suitable low‐ohm connection
to electrically bypass the transducer. HBM, for example, provides the highly
flexible EEK ground cable, which can be screwed on, both above and
below the transducer.
WARNING
If there is a risk of breakage through overload on the transducer and
thus a risk to persons, additional safety measures are to be taken.
5.2 General installation guidelines
The direction of measurement in which the forces work should be as much
towards the transducer as possible. Torsion and bending moments, eccentric
loading and transverse forces may result in measurement errors and if the
limit values are exceeded, could destroy the transducer.
The transducer can take up 100 % (80 % at 50 kN, 50 % at 100 kN) of its
nominal force as transverse force by reference to a force introduction point on
the force‐introduction surface (see diagram Fig. 5.1), without losing its
mechanical competence.
Fig. 5.1
Transverse force introduction
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Transverse force
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