BS EN 62419:2009 PDF

What is BS EN 62419 - Rules for measuring instruments in control technology about?

BS EN 62419 is applicable to measurement technology. BS EN 62419 defines rules for the unambiguous designation of different types of measuring instruments and of measuring instrument features with the intention of enabling unambiguous technical communication over language boundaries. Note 1: BS EN 62419 strongly recommended that the “……. measuring instrument” is used as a secondary component in compound terms. This is consistent with the objective of standardization, namely uniformity, especially since the meaning of other secondary components, e.g., “indicator”, “gauge”, and “meter”, is no more descriptive than that of the standard component in this context. For exceptions see 4.1 and A.2. Note 2: BS EN 62419 ambiguous secondary component “... sensor” shall not be used. In its place one of the secondary components “… sensing element”, “... detector”, “... transformer”, “... transducer”, “… transm...