Operating instructions

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Approved Auxiliary Measuring Devices
When using the weighing platform as a legal measuring instrument in the EU,
you may connect to it only auxiliary measuring devices that have been
approved for legal metrology in accordance with the EC Type-Approval
Certificate No. D95-09-006:
– Electromechanical weighing instruments verified for legal metrology
– Hand or foot switches for activating the tare function and/or print function
– T-connector Model YTC01, Sartorius
– Interface converters Model Series 7253,
YCC 01- and YCO...,Sartorius
– Digital remote displays Models YRD12Z and
YRD13Z, Sartorius
– Printers Models YDP02-0D,YDP02-0CE,
Sartorius
– Industrial terminals of the isi series, used as display and control devices
– Checkweighing display with Model YRD 10Z, Sartorius
color-coded indicators (does not display weights or other
measured values)
– Bar code scanners
– Other printers and/or auxiliary measuring devices that are stated on an EC
Type-Approval Certificate for a Sartorius non-automatic weighing instrument,
or other printers and devices whose suitability for connection to weighing
instruments is confirmed by independently issued certificates or reports
provided by a Notified Body in the EU and the Signatories of the Agreement
on the European Economic Area.
For applications not subject to the regulations of legal metrology, any type of
auxiliary device can be connected to the weighing platform:
– D/A converter Model YDA01Z, Sartorius
– Additional printer, card reader, bar code scanner, remote display, modem,
PC device for data transfer to a central computer, or a similar device.
Information Concerning the EC Machinery Directive
Sartorius balances, scales and weighing platforms are not machines in the
sense of the EC Machinery Directive; however, as individual instruments they
meet the safety requirements of this Directive.
If Sartorius balances, scales and weighing platforms are installed in conveyor
systems, supplemented by auxiliary devices or equipment or otherwise
modified, responsibility for compliance with the EC Machinery Directive and
other safety requirements shall rest with the person who is responsible for the
conveyor system, equipment added and/or modification.