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BS 5768:1979

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Specification for operating instrumentation for earth-moving machinery

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-08-1979

Foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1 Scope
2 Field of application
3 Instrumentation
4 Arrangement of instruments
Annex
A Space envelope and preferred dimensions of
   instruments
Tables
1 Information obtainable
2 Marking on meters
Figures
1 Instrument arrangement
2 Engine tachometer and speedometer
3 Instruments other than tachometer and speedometer
4 Engine tachometer
5 Speedometer
6 Ammeter
7 Voltmeter
8 Thermometer
9 Pressure gauges

Specifies the information to be obtainable from the instrument panel and the arrangement of such information to enable the machine to be operated in a safe and proper way and to maintain it in good operating condition.

This International Standard specifies the information an operator shall be able to obtain from the instrumentation at the instrument panel and the arrangement of this instrumentation in order to make it possible to operate the machine in a safe and proper way and to maintain it in good operating condition.

For guidance, an annex sets forth specified space envelope, preferred dimensions and dial-face layout of some instruments which are frequently used today.

Committee
B/513/1
DevelopmentNote
Also numbered as ISO 6011:1978 Supersedes 77/11693 DC (08/2005)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
10
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
ISO 6011:1978 Identical

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