2. MPE

Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast) Text with EEA relevance · European Union

The MPEs for weighing-in-motion of a single wagon or a total train are shown in Table 9. Table 9 Accuracy class MPE 0,2 ± 0,1 % 0,5 ± 0,25 % 1 ± 0,5 % 2 ± 1,0 % The MPEs for the weight of coupled or uncoupled wagons weighing-in-motion shall be one of the following values, whichever is the greatest: the value calculated according to Table 9, rounded to the nearest scale interval; the value calculated according to Table 9, rounded to the nearest scale interval for a weight equal to 35 % of the maximum wagon weight (as inscribed on the descriptive markings); one scale interval (d). The MPEs for the weight of train weighing-in-motion shall be one of the following values, whichever is the greatest: the value calculated according to Table 9, rounded to the nearest scale interval; the value calculated according to Table 9, for the weight of a single wagon equal to 35 % of the maximum wagon weight (as inscribed on the descriptive markings) multiplied by the number of reference wagons (not exceeding 10) in the train, and rounded to the nearest scale interval; one scale interval (d) for each wagon in the train, but not exceeding 10 d. When weighing coupled wagons; the errors of not more than 10 % of the weighing results taken from one or more passes of the train may exceed the appropriate MPE given in point 2.2, but shall not exceed twice the MPE.

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