HARDWARE MANUAL Document reference MAMPS-HW/E
VM600 machinery protection system (MPS) Edition 18 - March 2022
D-4
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
NC Normally closed
NDE Normally de-energised
NE Normally energised
NO Normally open
OC Open collector
O/P Output
Pa
Pascal (unit of pressure, equivalent to N/m
2
)
PCB Printed circuit board
PCS Process control system
PLC Programmable logic controller
pk Peak
P/N Part number
pp Peak-to-peak
PS Power supply
PS
Position
* (= MPS processing function)
PTB
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (German certifying body used by
Meggitt vibro-meter
®
(Meggitt SA))
QSP Quasi-static pressure (= MPS processing function)
QST Quasi-static temperature (= MPS processing function)
RAM Random access memory
RFI Radio frequency interference
RLC Relay card (RLC16)
RMS Root mean square
ROM Read only memory
RPM Revolutions per minute
RPS Rack power supply (RPS6U)
RS
Relative shaft / shaft relative (API: radial shaft)
*
(= MPS processing function)
RSC
Relative shaft / shaft relative expansion using shaft collar
(= MPS processing function)
RST
Relative shaft / shaft relative expansion using shaft taper
(= MPS processing function)
Table D-1: Abbreviations and symbols (continued)
Abbreviation Definition