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Responsible handling of sulphur hexafluoride

Arthur Böttcher | Know-how
hazardous environment

Sulphur 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 …

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Two WIKA voting members in ASME

Stefan Schneider | WIKA insight
Harper and Muth

Industrial 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 …

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Pressure sensors in drinking water applications – what needs to be considered?

Stefan Heusel | Applications
woman_water_bottle_pressure_sensor

Pressure 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 …

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Calibration with portable instruments in hazardous areas

Marco Wörner | Applications
CPH6510 in hazardous area

When 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 …

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When does a sensor modification require changes to the approval?

Stefan Heusel | Know-how
intrinsically safe sensor?

Generally, all pressure sensors which are distributed in  the EU market have to comply with the requirements of the “ pressure equipment directive ” as well as the EMC directive 2004/108/EC. Depending on the application or location of operation, a variety of …

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