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APV_UF3 ATEX_UK-0_122018.indd
UK
Relief Valve
DELTA UF3-ATEX
Instruction Manual UK-0
APV
2. Safety Instructions
Installation, connection, start-up, maintenance and repair work must
only be carried out by qualified personnel.
The following aspects must be observed:
- The instructions of this manual together with all relevant instructions
for the components, equipment and installations installed.
-
Warnings and installations fixed to the components.
-
The specific regulations for and requirements to the system in which
the valve is installed.
- The currently valid regional, national and international regulations.
- Any special requirement and national legislation relative to
the use of flammable liquids or tools, e.g. the risk of ignition
in case of spark formation, must be observed.
- It must be ensured that the group, the category and the temperature
class of the valve complies with the minimum requirements of the
operating environment!
-
Inflammable gas mixtures or dust concentrations in connection with
hot, operational and movable parts of the valve can lead to serious
or fatal injury!
- Before start of assembly the operator must make sure that an
explosive atmosphere does not exist (detection/measurement of
potential concentration of hazardous substances).
- Conductive connection to the pipeline must be provided.
The integration into the internal potential equalisation must be
guaranteed!
- In the sense of the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU, the
DELTA UF3/UFR3 relief valve is a "pressure-retaining component"
and is not a "component with safety function", i.e. the valve
must
not
be used as safety valve.