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7. Adapting to the environment
To properly define a device, we remind you of a few fundamental points to specify:
water-tightness, dust-tightness, impact resistance ;
tropicalization ;
marine atmospheres ;
corrosive atmospheres ;
weather resistance ;
sand wind tightness ;
minimum and maximum external temperatures ;
explosive and/or flammable atmospheres ;
insensitivity to electromagnetic waves ;
shock, vibration and earthquake resistance.
With regard to level gauges mounted in columns, tanks or cylinders with lateral connections to the...
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Websites
Online course on level measurement using radar technology :
https://academy-online.krohne.com/elearning/fr/cours/mesure-de-niveau-radar/
Engineer's Garage: level sensors :
...Standards and norms
- Radiation protection – Sealed radioactive sources – General requirements and classification - ISO 2919 - 2012
- Tanks for transporting hazardous materials – Tank service equipment – Fill limiters for liquid petroleum fuels - NF EN 13922 - 2011
The catalog of Iso and Afnor standards can be consulted online on the Afnor website: http://www.afnor.fr
...Regulations
Arrêté du 8 juillet 2003 relatif au contrôle métrologique des récipients-mesures. NOR: INDI0301736A
Decree no. 2002-460 of April 4, 2002 on the general protection of individuals against the dangers of ionizing radiation.
Decree no. 98-1186 of December 24, 1998 amending decree no. 86-1103 of October 2, 1986, as amended, on the protection of workers against the dangers of ionizing...
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