User's Manual

Safety instructions
T40B A3452-10.0 9
Additional safety precautions
The torque flange cannot (as a passive transducer)
implement any (safety‐relevant) cutoffs. This requires
additional components and constructive measures, for
which the installer and operator of the plant is responsi
ble. The electronics conditioning the measurement signal
should be designed so that measurement signal failure
does not subsequently cause damage.
The scope of supply and performance of the transducer
covers only a small area of torque measurement technol
ogy. In addition, equipment planners, installers and oper
ators should plan, implement and respond to safety engi
neering considerations in such a way as to minimize
residual dangers. Pertinent national and local regulations
must be complied with.
General dangers of failing to follow the safety
instructions
The torque flange corresponds to the state of the art and
is reliable. Transducers can give rise to residual dangers
if they are incorrectly operated or inappropriately
mounted, installed and operated by untrained personnel.
Every person involved with siting, starting‐up, operating
or repairing a torque flange must have read and under
stood the mounting instructions and in particular the tech
nical safety instructions. The transducers can be dam
aged or destroyed by non‐designated use of the
transducer or by non‐compliance with the mounting and
operating instructions, these safety instructions or any
other applicable safety regulations (BG safety and acci
dent prevention regulations), when using the transducers.
Transducers can break, particularly in the case of over
loading. The breakage of a transducer can also cause
damage to property or injury to persons in the vicinity of
the transducer.