BS EN 61987-15:2017

What is BS EN 61987-15 – Level measuring equipment for electronic data exchange about?  

BS EN 61987-15 is the 15th part of the IEC 61987 multi-series that discusses Industrial-process measurement and control.  

BS EN 61987-15 provides: 

• Operating list of properties (OLOP) for the description of the operating parameters and the collection of requirements for level measuring equipment, and 
• Device lists of properties (DLOPs) for the description of a range of level measuring equipment types. 

The structures of the OLOP and the DLOPs correspond to the general structures defined in IEC 61987-11 and agree with the fundamentals for the construction of LOPs defined in IEC 61987-10. 

Aspects other than the OLOP, needed in different electronic data exchange processes described in IEC 61987-10, will be published in IEC 61987-92. 

The locations of the libraries of properties and of blocks used in the LOPs concerned are listed in the Annexes C and D. 

Who is BS EN 61987-15 – Level measuring equipment for electronic data exchange for? 

BS EN 61987-15 on industrial process measurement and control is useful for: 

• Manufacturers of level gauges, level switches, and level indicators 
• Manufacturing units that use electronic data interchanging systems 
• Suppliers of electronic process measurement and control equipment 

Why should you use BS EN 61987-15 – Level measuring equipment for electronic data exchange?  

The exchange of product data between companies, business systems, engineering tools, data systems within companies and, in the future, control systems (electrical, measuring and control technology) can run smoothly only when both the information to be exchanged and the use of this information has been clearly defined. 

BS EN 61987-15 provides one operating LOP for all types of level measuring equipment which can be used, for example, as a request for various sorts of quotation. The DLOPs for the various level transmitter and gauge types provided in BS EN 61987-15 can be used in very different ways in the computer systems of equipment manufacturers and suppliers, in CAE and similar systems of EPC contractors and other engineering companies and especially in different plant maintenance systems of the plant owners.  

Overall, BS EN 61987-15 standardizes the OLOPs and DLOPs for level measuring equipment for all the concerned parties to optimize workflows both within their own companies and in their exchanges with other companies.