The “UL approval” is an important and well-known product approval. That there are different approvals for “UL” (“Underwriters Laboratories”) is, however, less known. When one talks in general about “UL approval”, in most cases “UL Listing” …
Standards/approvals/directives
Safety temperature limiter for plants safe to operate
Andreas Borchard | Know-howHeat-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 …
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. Sulphur hexafluoride is defined …
Two WIKA voting members in ASME
Stefan Schneider | WIKA insightIndustrial bodies and organisations are seeking WIKA's expert opinion. Larry Harper (l.) and Michael Muth (r.) of WIKA USA, for instance, now have considerable say in ASME BPE. The ASME BPE is the Bioprocess Equipment group of the American Society of Mechanical …




