
Instruction Manual
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10/2009
Flame Arrestors Series FA
Instruction Manual
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ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS
READ THIS PAGE BEFORE PROCEEDING!
Emerson Process Management (Rosemount Analytical) designs, manufactures and
tests its products to meet many national and international standards. Because these
instruments are sophisticated technical products, you MUST properly install, use, and
maintain them to ensure they continue to operate within their normal specications.
The following instructions MUST be adhered to and integrated into your safety program
when installing, using and maintaining Emerson Process Management (Rosemount
Analytical) products. Failure to follow the proper instructions may cause any one of the
following situations to occur: Loss of life; personal injury; property damage; damage to
this instrument; and warranty invalidation.
• Read all instructions prior to installing, operating, and servicing the product.
• If you do not understand any of the instructions, contact your Emerson Process
Management (Rosemount Analytical) representative for clarication.
• Follow all warnings, cautions, and instructions marked on and supplied with the
product.
• Inform and educate your personnel in the proper installation, operation, and
maintenance of the product.
• Install your equipment as specied in the Installation Instructions of the
appropriate Instruction Manual and per applicable local and national codes.
Connect all products to the proper electrical and pressure sources.
• To ensure proper performance, use qualied personnel to install, operate, update,
program, and maintain the product.
• When replacement parts are required, ensure that qualied people use replacement
parts specied by Emerson Process Management (Rosemount Analytical).
Unauthorized parts and procedures can affect the product’s performance, place the
safe operation of your process at risk, and VOID YOUR WARRANTY. Look-alike
substitutions may result in re, electrical hazards, or improper operation.
• Ensure that all equipment doors are closed and protective covers are in place,
except when maintenance is being performed by qualied persons, to prevent
electrical shock and personal injury.
The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
3rd Edition 2009-10
Emerson Process Management GmbH & Co. OHG
Industriestrasse 1
D-63594 Hasselroth
Germany
T +49 (0) 6055 884-0
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Internet: www.EmersonProcess.com

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PREAMBLE
This instruction manual provides information about FA series ame arrestors concerning
functions, procedures, installation, operation and maintenance.
This instruction manual covers several FA series ame arrestor variations and therefore
may describe congurations and/or options not part of your arrestor.
DEFINITIONS
The following denitions apply to WARNINGS, CAUTIONS and NOTES found throughout
this publication.
Safety Instructions
Highlights an operation or maintenance procedure, practice, condition,
state-ment, etc.
If not strictly observed, could result in injury, death, or long-term health
hazards of personnel.
Highlights an operation or maintenance procedure, practice, condition,
state-ment, etc.
If not strictly observed, could result in damage to or destruction of equipment,
or loss of effectiveness.
NOTE
Highlights an essential operating procedure, condition or statement.
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IMPORTANT
Safety Instructions
The following safety instructions apply specically to all EU member states. They should be strictly
adhered to in order to assure compliance with the applicable directives for equipment to be used
in hazardous areas. Non-EU states should also comply with the following unless superseded by
local or National Standards.
1. Where equipment or covers are marked with the symbol to the right, refer
to the Instruction Manual for instructions.
2. Further graphical symbols used in this product:
Explosion Hazard!
All graphical symbols used in this product are from one or more of the following standards:
EN61010-1, IEC417, and ISO3864.
Harmful (to Health)!
Toxic!
Operating and Maintaining this Component
This component has left the factory in compliance with all applicable safety regulations.
To maintain this operating condition, the user
must strictly follow the instructions and consider the warnings in this manual or provided
on the component.
Substances hazardous to health may emerge
from the component‘s exhaust.
Please pay attention to the safety of your
operation personnel. Protective measures
must be taken, if required.

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Safety Instructions
INTENDED USE STATEMENT
FA series ame arrestors are intended to be used as ame arrestors for industrial purposes. They must not be used in medical, diagnostic or life support applications nor as
safety devices, and no independent agency certications or approvals are to be implied
as covering such applications!
SAFETY SUMMARY
To avoid loss of life, personal injury and damage to this equipment and on-site property,
do not operate or service this equipment before reading and understanding this instruction
manual and receiving appropriate training. Save these instructions.
ExPLOSION HAzARD !
This component must be used in compliance with the conditions given in
a later section of this manual!
DANGER TO LIFE ! ExPLOSION HAzARD !
Verify all gas lines are connected as described within this manual and
tight!
Improper gas connections may cause explosion, serious injury or death!
Do not operate the ame arrestors outside the conditions, specied in the
Operating Conditions section of this manual.
• Exhaust lines must be installed in a descending way, need to be pressureless, frost-protected
and in compliance with applicable legislative requirements!

FA 01/02/03
Safety Instructions
Changes within this manual, compared to the 06/2006 edition
•
New EC Certicate of Compliance
New denition of how to carry out pressure •
drop test
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