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Safety instructions
Use as a machine element
Force transducers can be used as machine elements. When used in this
manner, note that to favor greater sensitivity, force transducers were not
designed with the safety factors usual in mechanical engineering. Please refer
here to the "Load-carrying capacity limits" section and to the specifications.
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 additional 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. automatic emergency shutdown, overload
protection, catch straps or chains, or other fall protection).
The electronics conditioning the measurement signal should be designed so
that measurement signal failure does not subsequently cause damage.
General dangers of failing to follow the safety instructions
Force transducers are state-of-the-art and reliable. There may be dangers
involved if the transducers are mounted, sited, installed and operated
inappropriately, or by untrained personnel. Every person involved with siting,
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 or by non-compliance with the mounting and operating
instructions, these safety instructions or other applicable safety regulations (BG
safety and accident prevention regulations) when using the force transducers.
A force transducer can break, particularly in the case of overloading. The
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