User Instructions

HBM: Business Document

5 Mechanical installation

5.1 Important precautions during installation

NOTE

A flexplate is a precision measurement element and therefore needs careful

handling. Dropping or knocking the flexplate may cause permanent damage.

Make sure that the flexplate cannot be overloaded, even while it is being

mounted.

• Handle the flexplate with care.

• Check the effect of bending moments, critical rotational speeds and natural

torsional oscillations, to prevent the transducer being overloaded by

increases in resonance.

• Make sure that the flexplate cannot be overloaded.

WARNING

There is a danger of the flexplate breaking if it is overloaded. This can

cause danger for the operating personnel of the system in which the

flexplate is installed.

Implement appropriate safety measures to avoid overloads and to protect

against resulting dangers.

• If alternating loads are expected, use threadlocker (medium strength, e.g.

LOCTITE No. 242) to glue the screws into the counter thread to exclude

prestressing loss due to screw slackening.

• Comply with the mounting dimensions to enable correct operation.