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BS EN 62491:2008

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Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products. Labelling of cables and cores
Published date

31-01-2009

INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Rules
   4.1 General requirements
   4.2 Use of designated cable cores
   4.3 Use of additional labelling
5 Identification labelling
   5.1 General
6 Connection labelling
   6.1 General
   6.2 Local-end connection labelling
   6.3 Remote-end connection labelling
   6.4 Both-end connection labelling
7 Signal labelling
   7.1 General
   7.2 Labelling by signal designation
   7.3 Labelling of cables for certain designated conductors
8 Composite labelling
9 Arrangement of additional labelling
   9.1 General
   9.2 Relative positions of the labelling
   9.3 Characters to be used
10 Correspondence between labelling and documentation
11 Conformance to this standard
Annex A (informative) - Examples of labeling
Bibliography
Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications

Gives rules and guidelines for the labelling of cables and cores/conductors used in industrial installations, equipment and products, in order to maintain a clear relation between the technical documentation and the actual equipment and for other purposes.

IEC 62491:2008 provides rules and guidelines for the labelling of cables and cores/conductors used in industrial installations, equipment and products, in order to maintain a clear relation between the technical documentation and the actual equipment and for other purposes. International Standard IEC 62491 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 3: Information structures, documentation and graphical symbols.

Committee
GEL/3
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 07/30160937 DC. (02/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
IEC 62491:2008 Identical
EN 62491:2008 Identical

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