General safety information – KROHNE BM 70A EEx EN User Manual
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1. General Safety Information
These additional ‘Ex’ instructions apply to BM 70..-Ex hazardous-duty versions. They are
supplementary to the Installation and Operating Instructions issued for the non-hazardous-duty
devices.
The information given in these Instructions contains only the data relevant to explosion protection.
The technical details given in the Installation and Operating Instructions for the non-hazardous-duty
versions apply unchanged unless excluded or superseded by these present Instructions.
In accordance with European Directive 94/9 EC (ATEX 100a) to European Standards
EN 60079-xx, level gauges of the BM 70..-Ex series are approved for use in hazardous locations
under
PTB 99 ATEX 2061 X
by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).
Note:
In addition to the establishment regulations for high voltage systems (VDE
0100), attention should be paid to the regulations of EN 60079-14 "Electrical
installations in hazardous areas".
It is absolutely necessary that the details contained in this approval certificate
together with its boundary conditions be observed (see also Annex A.1 “EC
Type Test Certificate“).
Assembly, installation, start-up and maintenance may only be carried out by
personnel who have been specially ‘trained in explosion protection’!