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Safe pressure monitoring for vaccine production

Silvia Weber | Pressure
Pressure monitoring - vaccine production

It can take up to three years to turn bacteria, viruses or cell cultures into a vaccine. Since vaccines are injected directly into the body, safety and purity have the highest priority in production. The demands on the plant equipment are correspondingly high, for …

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Safe filter monitoring with differential pressure gauges

Jing Lyu | Applications
Filter monitoring with differential pressure gauges

Filter monitoring is a core task of differential pressure gauges - the differential pressure increases as soon as the filter becomes clogged. The measuring instruments thus signal when the filter needs to be cleaned or replaced. The efficiency of such a solution can be …

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SIL-certified: Functional safety with mechanical switches

July Yang | Know-how
Functional safety: SIL-certified mechanical switches

Mechanical pressure and temperature switches perform sensitive tasks in safety-relevant applications, e.g. the safety function and monitoring of limit values. Their functional safety must be guaranteed accordingly. This is always the case if the instruments fulfil …

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MTTF and MTTFD – What is the difference?

Arndt W. Jahns | Know-how
What is a MTTF bzw MTTFD

The MTTF value is a term from the field of risk analysis & risk evaluation. The exact meaning is m ean t ime t o f ailure or simply the mean life of a component. The MTTF has gained particular relevance due to EN ISO 13849-1. In accordance with this standard, …

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The ELMS1 overload protection saves lives

Markus Heidl | Applications
Certified Dual Hoist Twin Mode

There is always a lot going on in a port like Antwerp. Ships arrive, they are unloaded and loaded, ships leave again – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. All as fast as possible, because time is money. In Antwerp in 2018, a container throughput of …

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