ISO 3511-1:1977
Process measurement control functions and instrumentation -- Symbolic representation -- Part I : basic requirements
Forms one part of four which provide a universal means of communication between the various interests involved in the design, manufacture, installation and operation of measurement and control equipment used in the process industries. This part establishes a symbols system for use in depicting the basic functions. The system has been limited to the identification of instrument functions and does not provide means of illustrating specific instruments. The definitions are used solely for the purpose of application and understanding of the symbol system.
Forms one part of four which provide a universal means of communication between the various interests involved in the design, manufacture, installation and operation of measurement and control equipment used in the process industries. This part establishes a symbols system for use in depicting the basic functions. The system has been limited to the identification of instrument functions and does not provide means of illustrating specific instruments. The definitions are used solely for the purpose of application and understanding of the symbol system.
This document specifies graphical symbols for diagrams related to industrial components, products and processing. This document constitutes a symbol library, from which users can use the symbols or created symbol examples for use in diagrams (see Tables 1 to 149). General rules and guidance for the preparation and presentation of graphical symbols are given in ISO 14617-1. Application rules for the symbols are shown in normative Annex A. This document does not apply to: ? graphical symbols for fluid power objects, see ISO 1219-1 (the collective application standard of the ISO 14617 series); ? symbols of measurement and control functions such as mathematical functions and process functions; ? graphical symbols for electrotechnical objects, see the IEC 60617 database. Symbols deleted from the previous edition of the ISO 14617 series are summarized in informative Annex B as a reference. The alphabetic index of symbols defined in this document is shown in informative Annex C.
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