EN 81346-2:2009

Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes

IEC 81346-2:2009, published jointly by IEC and ISO defines classes and subclasses of objects based on a purpose- or task-related view of the objects, together with their associated letter codes to be used in reference designations. The classification is applicable for objects in all technical areas, e.g. electrical, mechanical and civil engineering as well as all branches of industry, e.g. energy, chemical industry, building technology, shipbuilding and marine technology, and can be used by all technical disciplines in any design process.

Industrielle Systeme, Anlagen und Ausrüstungen und Industrieprodukte - Strukturierungsprinzipien und Referenzkennzeichnung - Teil 2: Klassifizierung von Objekten und Kennbuchstaben für Klassen

Systèmes industriels, installations et appareils, et produits industriels - Principes de structuration et désignations de référence - Partie 2: Classification des objets et codes pour les classes

La CEI 81346-2:2009 publiée conjointement par le CEI et l'ISO définit les classes et les sous-classes d'objets basées sur une vision des objets liée à l'objectif ou à la tâche concerné(e), ainsi que leurs lettres codes associées, à utiliser dans les désignations de référence. La classification est applicable aux objets appartenant à tous les domaines techniques, par exemple génie civil, électrique, mécanique et aussi bien que toutes les branches d'industrie, par exemple énergie, industrie chimique, technologie de la construction, construction navale et technologie marine et dans tout processus de conception.

Industrijski sistemi, inštalacije in oprema ter industrijski izdelki - Načela strukturiranja in referenčne oznake - 2. del: Razvrščanje objektov v razrede in njihove kode (IEC 81346-2:2009)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 08-Oct-2009
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Jul-2012
• ICS: 01.110 - Technical product documentation
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/SR 3 - Information structures, documentation and graphical symbols
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 3 - IEC_TC_3
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 3 - IEC_TC_3
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 23-Jul-2022
• Completion Date: 23-Jul-2022
• Ref Project: SIST EN 81346-2:2009 - Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes (IEC 81346-2:2009)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 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
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023
• Replaced By: EN IEC 81346-2:2019 - Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring principles and reference designations - Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes
• Effective Date: 23-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products - Structuring
principles and reference designations - Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for
classes (IEC 81346-2:2009)
Industrielle Systeme, Anlagen und Ausrüstungen und Industrieprodukte -
Strukturierungsprinzipien und Referenzkennzeichnung - Teil 2: Klassifizierung von
Objekten und Kennbuchstaben für Klassen (IEC 81346-2:2009)
Systèmes industriels, installations et appareils, et produits industriels - Principes de
structuration et désignations de référence - Partie 2: Classification des objets et codes
pour les classes (CEI 81346-2:2009)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 81346-2:2009
ICS:
01.110 7HKQLþQDGRNXPHQWDFLMD]D Technical product
L]GHONH documentation
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 81346-2
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2009
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 01.110; 29.020 Supersedes EN 61346-2:2000

English version
Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products -
Structuring principles and reference designations -
Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes
(IEC 81346-2:2009)
Systèmes industriels, installations  Industrielle Systeme, Anlagen
et appareils, et produits industriels - und Ausrüstungen und Industrieprodukte -
Principes de structuration Strukturierungsprinzipien
et désignations de référence - und Referenzkennzeichnung -
Partie 2: Classification des objets Teil 2: Klassifizierung von Objekten
et codes pour les classes und Kennbuchstaben für Klassen
(CEI 81346-2:2009) (IEC 81346-2:2009)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2009-08-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
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Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

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© 2009 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 81346-2:2009 E
Foreword
The text of document 3/945/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 81346-2, prepared by IEC TC 3, Information
structures, documentation and graphical symbols, and ISO TC 10, Technical product documentation, was
submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as EN 81346-2 on
2009-08-01.
This European Standard supersedes EN 61346-2:2000.
– all rules concerning the application of letter codes have been removed as these should be included in
another publication dealing with the application of letter codes within reference designations.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
(dop) 2010-05-01
national standard or by endorsement
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
(dow) 2012-08-01
with the EN have to be withdrawn
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 81346-2:2009 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1) 2)
IEC 81346-1 - Industrial systems, installations and EN 81346-1 2009
equipment and industrial products -
Structuring principles and reference
designations -
Part 1: Basic rules
ISO 14617-6 2002 Graphical symbols for diagrams - - -
Part 6: Measurement and control functions

1)
Undated reference.
2)
Valid edition at date of issue.

IEC 81346-2
Edition 1.0 2009-07
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products –
Structuring principles and reference designations –
Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes

Systèmes industriels, installations et appareils, et produits industriels –
Principes de structuration et désignations de référence –
Partie 2: Classification des objets et codes pour les classes

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
X
CODE PRIX
ICS 01.110; 29.020 ISBN 2-8318-1053-5

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6
0.1 General.6
0.2 Basic requirements for this standard .6
1 Scope.8
2 Normative references .8
3 Terms and definitions .8
4 Classification principles .8
4.1 General .8
4.2 Assigning objects to classes.9
5 Classes of objects .11
5.1 Classes of objects according to intended purpose or task.11
5.2 Subclasses of objects according to intended purpose or task .17
5.3 Classes of objects according to infrastructure .36
Annex A (informative) Object-classes related to a generic process .39
Annex B (informative) Object-classes related to objects in a generic infrastructure .41

Figure 1 – Constituent objects .7
Figure 2 – The basic concept.8
Figure 3 – Classification of objects in a measuring circuit .10
Figure A.1 – Object-classes related to a process .39
Figure B.1 – Object-classes related to objects in a generic infrastructure.42

Table 1 – Classes of objects according to their intended purpose or task (Codes A to D).12
Table 1 (continued, codes E to J).13
Table 1 (continued, codes K to P) .14
Table 1 (continued, codes Q to U) .15
Table 1 (continued, codes V to Z) .16
Table 2 – Definitions and letter codes of subclasses related to main classes (Class A).18
Table 2 (continued, class B) .19
Table 2 (continued, class C) .20
Table 2 (continued, class E) .21
Table 2 (continued, class F).22
Table 2 (continued, class G) .23
Table 2 (continued, class H) .24
Table 2 (continued, class K) .25
Table 2 (continued, class M) .26
Table 2 (continued, class P) .27
Table 2 (continued, class Q) .28
Table 2 (continued, class R) .29
Table 2 (continued, class S) .30
Table 2 (continued, class T).31

81346-2 © IEC:2009 – 3 –
Table 2 (continued, class U) .32
Table 2 (continued, class V) .33
Table 2 (continued, class W).34
Table 2 (continued, class X) .35
Table 3 – Classes of infrastructure objects .37
Table 4 – Examples of branch-related classes B to U of Table 3 .38

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS, INSTALLATIONS
AND EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS –
STRUCTURING PRINCIPLES AND REFERENCE DESIGNATIONS –

Part 2: Classification of objects and codes for classes

FOREWORD
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