Calibration - KERN PCJ Series Operating Instructions Manual

8 Calibration

General:
According to EU Directive 2014/31EU, weighing instruments must be calibrated if
they are used as follows (legally regulated area):
• In commercial transactions, when the price of a good is determined by
weighing.
• In the manufacture of medicines in pharmacies and in analyses in medical
and pharmaceutical laboratories.
• For official purposes
• In the manufacture of prepackages
In case of doubt, please contact your local calibration office.
Weighing instruments in the legally regulated range (-> calibrated weighing instru-
ments) must comply with the limits of error in use during the period of validity of verifi-
cation - these are generally twice the limits of error of verification.
If this calibration validity period expires, a recalibration must be performed. If it is nec-
essary to adjust the weighing instrument to comply with the calibration error limits in
order to pass this recalibration, this does not constitute a case of warranty.
Calibration instructions:
The weighing instruments marked as legal for trade in the technical data have been
issued with an EU type approval. If the scale is used in the legal-for-trade area as
described above, it must be calibrated and regularly recalibrated.
The recalibration of a scale is carried out according to the respective legal regula-
tions of the countries. The verification period in Germany, for example, is usually 2
years for weighing instruments.
The legal regulations of the country of use must be observed!
The calibration of the weighing instrument is invalid without the sealing
marks.
For weighing instruments with type approval, the attached seal marks indicate
that the weighing instrument may only be opened and serviced by trained and
authorized personnel. If the seal marks are destroyed, the calibration validity
expires. The national laws and regulations must be observed. In Germany, re-
calibration is required.
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