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Safety Instructions
S Temperature limits
S Electrical load limits
Please note that when several force transducers are
interconnected, the load/force distribution is not always
uniform.
Use as a machine element
Force transducers can be used as machine elements.
When used in this manner, note that to favor greater sen­
sitivity, force transducers were not designed with the
safety factors usual in mechanical engineering. Please
refer here to the "Load-carrying capacity limits" section
and Chapter 12, starting on page 29.
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
Force transducers cannot (as passive transducers)
implement any safety-relevant cutoffs. This requires addi­
tional components and constructive 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 appropriate additional
safety precautions that meet at least the applicable
safety and accident prevention regulations (e.g. auto­
matic emergency shutdown, overload protection, catch
straps or chains, or other fall protection).
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