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Safety instructions
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General dangers of failing to follow the safety
instructions
Load cells are state‐of‐the‐art and reliable. Load cells can
give rise to remaining dangers if they are inappropriately
installed and operated by untrained personnel.
Everyone involved with siting, starting up, maintaining or
repairing a load cell must have read and understood the
Mounting Instructions and in particular the technical
safety instructions.
Remaining dangers
The scope of supply and performance of the load cells
covers only a small area of weighing technology. In addi­
tion, equipment planners, installers and operators should
plan, implement and respond to the safety engineering
considerations of the weighing technology in such a way
as to minimize remaining dangers. Prevailing regulations
must be complied with at all times. Reference must be
made to the remaining dangers associated with the
weighing technology.
Ambient conditions
In the context of your application, please note that be­
cause of the alloy elements used, the high‐strength alu­
minum alloy only has limited corrosion resistance if it
comes into contact with electrolytes or if there are high
and low pH values. With stainless steel single point load
cells, please note that acids and all materials which re­
lease ions will also attack all grades of stainless steel and
their welded seams.
Should there be any corrosion, this could cause the load
cell to fail. If this is the case, the operator must take ap­
propriate protective measures.
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