Heat-generating plants are used in industry and in heating technology. The safe operation of such plants requires a large number of safety devices. They are designed to prevent, among other things, excess temperature, overpressure and vacuum. In the area of temperature …
Standards/approvals/directives
EAC approval for pressure gauges and thermometers: What must be considered?
| Jürgen Reiser | Know-howWhoever exports measuring instruments or other technical goods to Russia and many of its neighbouring countries, has to go through the certification process of the “Eurasian Conformity” (EAC). An EAC approval is comparable with CE conformity. It is issued for each …
Responsible handling of sulphur hexafluoride
| Arthur Böttcher | Know-howSulphur hexafluoride - or SF 6 gas for short - is, so far, the gas with the strongest known greenhouse effect. Its contribution to the greenhouse effect is about 23,000 times that of CO 2 and is persistent in the atmosphere. Due to its specific properties, SF 6 …
Pressure sensors in drinking water applications – what needs to be considered?
| Stefan Heusel | ApplicationsPressure sensors are needed in a variety of applications around the production and distribution of drinking water. As soon as a pressure sensor comes into contact with drinking water, one wonders, as a user, whether this is allowed. After all, for food and also …
Calibration with portable instruments in hazardous areas
| Marco Wörner | ApplicationsWhen one looks at it objectively, most industrial plants constitute a hazardous zone. Many materials necessary for process operation, and also finished products, are flammable or explosive. The more of these materials are needed for the manufacturing process or are …