In early January 2020, the SCIP database (SCIP = Substances of Concern In Products) of ECHA, the European chemicals agency, was activated. This is implemented in Germany in the Chemicals Act. WIKA had already been able to enter data by the cut-off date and thus also …
Standards/approvals/directives
Play it safe with double block & bleed
Pratik R. Vishwakarma | Know-howWhat is the safest way to separate a process and the attached pressure measurement technology? The HSG 253 standard must be applied to this question, and it answers unequivocally: by means of an instrumentation valve with double block & bleed (DBB). This …
SIL-certified: Functional safety with mechanical switches
July Yang | Know-howMechanical pressure and temperature switches perform sensitive tasks in safety-relevant applications, e.g. monitoring limit values. Their functional safety must be guaranteed accordingly. This is always the case if the instruments fulfil the requirements of the …
China Compulsory Certification (CCC) for electrical thermometers
Joachim Brückner | TemperatureThe “China Compulsory Certification (CCC)” is a certification system of the People's Republic of China. Since 1 October 2020 it is, for example, no longer permissible to place explosion-protected electrical thermometers (resistance thermometers and thermocouples) …
Are there any FDA-approved measuring instruments?
Jochen Gries | Know-howDoes the FDA issue its own approvals for systems or devices and therefore also issue approvals for measuring devices? Find out more in the following blog post. There are always uncertainties with this topic, which is why I'd like to shed more light on the question in …