Rice Lake Weigh Modules/Mount Assemblies - Manual (Page 58)

VESSEL ATTACHMENTS
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Piping
INCORRECT CORRECT
Table 2
PIPING GUIDELINES
Use flexible bellows to make the connection
to the vessel, if possible. Do not use the
bellows to compensate for an initial offset in
the pipes. Two bellows may be used in series
where large deflections must be accommo-
dated.
Placing a right angle bend in the pipe in a
horizontal plane greatly reduces the stiff-
ness of the pipe.
Use the smallest diameter pipe suitable for
the application.
Use the lightest wall pipe suitable for the
application.
Avoid tilting of the weigh vessel as a result of
nonuniform support stiffness. Small rota-
tions of the vessel can be amplified into large
movements at the first support.