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Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

(OP)
Can anyone point me to a website which lists down the standard symbols or icons used in a P&ID for equipment and instruments in a process plant. Example valves (various types), pumps, controllers, etc.

---engineering your life---

RE: Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

Microsoft has a program called visio that comes with the pro version of office, that has all the symbols in it

http://www.cadtechcorp.com/products.html

that link is about the best a quick google search could come up with, click on the blue numbers to see the different pages.

Visio is still probably your best bet

RE: Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

In the Process Control Book of Macgraw hill Publication ---By Coughner there is standard symbols available .You can try in that book also.

RE: Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

ddkm,

The exact symbology used at where you work may "vary" slightly from "just about everyone else's". If you are looking for a general set of symbols, try the ISA at www.isa.org. They are the instrument people. Oh, you may have to pay for it though.

If you want to know the symbology at your work, or related to your project, grab an existing set of P&IDs. The legent should be in the front.

RE: Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

(OP)
eltron,
Thanks for the link. It seems to be a useful website, but I've printed out what I need at the moment.

dalcazar/dipak, I'll keep a lookout for yr suggestions.

Ashereng, you're right. Different companies have slightly different way of depicting the more uncommon symbols. However, what I am looking for is some form of global authoritative voice that decrees the standard symbols to be used by one-and-all. And then compare this with what we have at my company.

Or at least, something close to a global standard.

---engineering your life---

RE: Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

I would think that ISA would be as good a reference point for you then, as anything else.

RE: Standard Symbols/Drawing for Valves, Pumps, Instruments etc

The ISA are a good reference as is PIP and British Standard 1646 Parts 1 to 4. There is also an ANSi standard and a german standard DIN 28004

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