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  • EN 61346-1:1996

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    Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 1: Basic rules

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    Superseded date:  01-10-2009

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    Published date:  05-04-1996

    Publisher:  European Committee for Standards - Electrical

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    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 Structuring principles
    4.1 General
    4.2 Function-oriented structure
    4.3 Product-oriented structure
    4.4 Location-oriented structure
    4.5 Object description and object occurrence in
         forming structures
    5 Construction of reference designation
    5.1 General
    5.2 Format of reference designations
    5.3 Additional aspects of the same type
    5.4 Identifying objects using different aspects
    5.5 Reference designation set
    5.6 Reference designation group
    6 Location designation
    Annexes
    A (informative) Basic requirements and required
         properties of the reference designation system
    B (informative) examples of transitions from one
         aspect to another aspect
    C (informative) Examples of transitions from one
         aspect to another aspect where the latter aspect has
         independent representations
    D (informative) Example: reference designations within
         a system
    E (informative) Letter codes of IEC 750
    F (informative) Differences and similarities between
         the designation system defined in this standard,
         IEC 750, ISO 3511 and ISO/DIS 1219-2
    G (informative) Bibliography
    ZA (normative) Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications

    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Establishes general principles for describing the structure of information about systems and of systems themselves. These principles are general and are intended to be applicable to all technical areas

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    Committee CLC/SR 3
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher European Committee for Standards - Electrical
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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    BS EN 15016-1:2004 Technical drawings. Railway applications General Principles
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    EN 61082-4:1996 Preparation of documents used in electrotechnology - Part 4: Location and installation documents
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    DIN EN 15380-2:2006-06 Railway applications - Designation system for railway vehicles - Part 2: Product groups
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    BS EN 23166:1994 CODES FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF NAMES OF COUNTRIES
    ISO 3511-1:1977 Process measurement control functions and instrumentation — Symbolic representation — Part 1: Basic requirements
    ISO 1219-2:2012 Fluid power systems and components Graphical symbols and circuit diagrams Part 2: Circuit diagrams
    IEC 60750:1983 Item designation in electrotechnology.
    IEC 61082-1:2014 RLV Preparation of documents used in electrotechnology - Part 1: Rules
    ISO 3511-2:1984 Process measurement control functions and instrumentation — Symbolic representation — Part 2: Extension of basic requirements
    ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
    ISO 4157-1:1998 Construction drawings Designation systems Part 1: Buildings and parts of buildings
    IEC 61346-2:2000 Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes
    ISO 4157-2:1998 Construction drawings — Designation systems — Part 2: Room names and numbers
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