Installing/Mounting; Basic Safety Notes; Handling The Device; Pressure Equipment Directive (Ped) 2014/68/Eu - Siemens SITRANS LR500 Series Operating Instructions Manual

Installing/mounting

5.1

Basic safety notes

5.1.1

Handling the device

Do not lift a heavy device by the housing
If your device comes with a heavy flange, do not lift it by the housing. Instead, lift the device
by the neck of the antenna or the flange itself.
Damage to antenna surface
Take special care of antenna surface to prevent damage. Any damage to the antenna surface,
particularly to the tip/lens, could affect performance. (For example, do not sit device on its lens
antenna.)
5.1.2

Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 2014/68/EU

Note
Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 2014/68/EU
Siemens Level Transmitters with flanged, threaded, or sanitary clamp type process mounts have
no pressure-bearing housing of their own. Therefore, they do not come under the Pressure
Equipment Directive as pressure or safety accessories (see EU Commission Guideline A-08 and
A-20).
Pressure applications
Danger to personnel, system and environment will result from improper disassembly.
• Never attempt to loosen, remove, or disassemble process connection while vessel contents
SITRANS LR500 series with mA/HART
Operating Instructions, 03/2024, A5E51099898-AA
CAUTION
CAUTION
DANGER
are under pressure.
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