scope:

This standard applies to electrical, electronic, or electro-mechanical equipment designed:

▪ to measure or observe, and indicate quantities of electrical or electronic phenomena, or

▪ to supply electrical or electronic quantities for measuring or indicating purposes, or

▪ to measure or control, directly or indirectly, an industrial process, or

▪ to measure or indicate electrical analogs of non-electrical phenomena, or

▪ to measure, indicate, monitor, analyze substances or prepare materials, i.e., laboratory equipment.

Purpose

This standard states testing and certification requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use (herein called equipment).

Testing and certification criteria may include, but are not limited to, performance requirements, marking requirements, examination of manufacturing facility(is), audit of quality assurance procedures, and a follow-up program.