User's Manual

HBM: Business Document

5 Mechanical installation

5.1 Important precautions during installation

A torque flange is a precision measurement element and therefore needs

careful handling. Dropping or knocking the transducer may cause permanent

damage. Make sure that the transducer cannot be overloaded, including while it

is being mounted.

 Handle the transducer with care.

 Check the effect of bending moments, critical rotational speeds and

natural torsional oscillations, to prevent the transducer being

overloaded by resonance sharpness



Make sure that the transducer cannot be overloaded.

There is a danger of the transducer breaking if it is overloaded. This can cause

danger for the

operating personnel

of the system in which the

transducer

installed

Implement appropriate safety measures to avoid

overloads and to protect

against resulting dangers

 Use a Use a thread locker (medium strength, e.g. LOCTITE) to

glue the screws into the counter thread to exclude prestressing

loss due to screw slackening, in the event of alternating loads.

 Comply with the mounting dimensions to enable

correct operation.

An appropriate shaft flange enables the special torque flange to be mounted

directly. It is also possible to mount a joint shaft or relevant compensating

element directly on the rotor (using an intermediate flange when required).

Under no circumstances should the permissible limits specified for bending

moments, lateral and longitudinal forces be exceeded. Due to the torque

flange's high torsional stiffness, dynamic shaft train changes are kept to a

minimum.

Note

WARNING